Homeless man tells Leo Varadkar about life on €7 a day
‘Homelessness one of the loneliest places,’ man tells Minister at pre-budget forum
Thousands of jobseekers to receive free third level courses
Springboard to offer training in sectors with ‘good prospects’ such as IT, financial services
Unemployment group ‘struggling’ to cope with demand
Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed received 9,000 queries in 2015
Building a route to work through apprenticeship
Ireland lags countries such as Germany in developing a structure for teaching trades in traditional and new sectors of the economy but new Apprenticeship Council may fill the void
Citizens need voice between elections
The man behind the ‘people’s conversation’ initiative believes that some national soul-searching can help us create a better country
Confusion over exclusion of poor households from water credits
About 190,000 short-term unemployed will get no water support payment
The man who says eating pigeon helped him survive the recession
“It really did happen. I had to shoot pigeons to eat and I had to catch fish to eat.”
Are we getting back to work?
Unemployment is at its lowest for three years. Does this signal a resurgence in the job market or is it just that people are emigrating or joining one of the Government’s job schemes?
Retailers support call to bring back ‘Christmas bonus’ payment
NGOs and TDs say it would boost economy and alleviate poverty at Christmas
Number of jobless below 400,000 for first time since 2009
October sees 16th consecutive monthly decline in numbers claiming welfare benefits
INOU says idea of jobless receiving multiple allowances a ‘popular myth’
Representative body calls for basic welfare rates to be kept
ECB expected to keep interest rates on hold
Irish jobless total falls by 3,400 in August as euro zone emerges from recession
Group warns against budget cut to welfare
Organisation launches 20th edition of booklet on unemployment supports
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