Unemployment continues its steady rise in the EU. Ireland's unemployent rate is the fourth worst of the 27 EU countries with only Spain, Greece and Portugal with higher levels.
Goes nowhere near the scale required to address long-term unemployent.
There is no greater challenge facing Ireland than getting our people back to work. There have been over 300,000 job losses since a flawed economic model collapsed in 2008 and there are
The Irish Government’s ‘Action Plan for Jobs - 2012‘ contains more than 270 actions, identifies the Government Departments and agencies responsible for implementing each of these, and sets ou
Ireland’s unemployment crisis remains the striking feature of the current recession. Despite this, in Budget 2012 and in the months since the Budget was annnounced, Government has taken
Minister Richard Bruton has announced the launch of the Government’s multi-annual Action Plan for Jobs.
Social Justice Ireland urges the Government to act immediately on unemployment, especially long term unemployment. A report just published by European Foundation for the Improvement of Living
Social Justice Ireland's Policy Briefing on Work, Unemployment, Job Creation.
As unemployment reaches its highest point in 2011 Government requires a twin-track strategy – one track focused on job-creation and the other track focused on creating real meaningful work opportun
Social Justice Ireland has strongly criticised a proposal from the OECD that unemployment payments should be reduced over time to encourage unemployed people to take up employment.
