Statement from the Communist Party of Ireland
The announcement by Bank of Ireland that it would be cutting its workforce by 750 jobs to be imposed over the next two years is clearly just the beginning. These job losses come on the back of thousands of jobs already gone from the financial services sector and at [...]

Adrian Weckler is doing what journalists should be doing - investigating stories rather than report press releases. We have, of late, been subjected to an avalanche of job-creation announcements. Take one example: Weedle, a Dublin-based company that marries recruitment with social marketing; Minister Batt announced 50 new jobs from this company.
‘The company, which already employs [...]

The figures below are based on the Quarterly Household Survey reports of employment by SOC classification. They relate to the changes in employment from the fourth quarter 2008 to the fourth quarter 2009.
The Quarterly Household Survey is a sample survey, details of which are outlined here.

According to the 2006 Census 15% of the Irish workforce was comprised of non-Irish nationals from 188 different countries. Although this figure has certainly declined since the onset of the current recession, a large percentage still remain.
Migrant workers from the EU and EEA (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland) are entitled to take up employment in [...]

Monday night’s Frontline discussion was an object lesson in how to miss the point - a really big point in a really big way. In discussing spending cuts we were treated to all sorts of suggestions - from getting rid of Minister’s drivers to shaving departmental estimates; all with a view to saving a few [...]

First of all, the caveats.
The Quarterly Household Survey (QHS) is a sample survey, compiled by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the details of which are outlined in Tuesday’s post which looked at broad occupations.
There are 21 economic sectors in the NACE Rev.2, and for its purposes, the CSO has amalgamated some of these to give [...]

Here’s some video of the protest outside the Dail yesterday evening, from Paula Geraghty. Below I’ve added a comment from Shane O’Mearain, who was one of number of people who left comments on our post about the march after events yesterday.
Another march is being organised for next week, 18th May to protest the Bailout of [...]

Continuing on from our August 2009 post on the Quarterly Household Survey (QHS), Q1 2009, this is a look at employment and unemployment in the Republic, Oct-Dec ‘08 to Oct-Dec ‘09, based on the QHS Q4 2009.
We know that due to the government’s active pursuit of deflation, Ireland’s GNP shrank by world-beating 11.3% in 2009. [...]

If, as Keynes said,
‘If you look after unemployment, the budget will look after itself”
then no wonder the economy remains mired in an economic and fiscal crisis. Fianna Fail has not looked after unemployment; the budget has not looked after itself; no one is looking after the economy.
How does Irish employment fare in comparison with other [...]

UNITE has thrown its support behind the Right to Work campaign, a coalition of young unemployed,  trade unions, workers, community groups and other parties looking to press for greater effort on jobs and services from the Irish government.
The Campaign will hold its first public rally on the evening of Tuesday, May 11th when thousands of [...]