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2,000 jobs lost in Donegal in a
year
22.06.08
A DONEGAL senator has
called for a Seanad debate on Ireland's current job
crisis.
Senator Pearse Doherty has asked the leader of the
house Senator Donie Cassidy to invite Tánaiste Mary
Coughlan to come into the Seanad to set out the
Government’s proposals to deal with the weekly loss
of jobs around the country. "In my own county of
Donegal, which has one of the highest levels of
unemployment in the State, 2,000 jobs were lost in
the past year," said the Sinn Féin senator.
"However, this level of job losses is no longer
unique to Donegal. Thousands of jobs are being lost
on a weekly basis throughout the State as evidenced
by the fact the unemployment levels have soared
above 200,000 for the first time in a decade. In the
last year, the Live Register rose by 31 per cent,
representing the largest increase since records
began in 1967. The Government’s response to the
increase in unemployment has been inadequate to
date." |
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