350,000 provide unpaid care, says report

Irish Times

AN ESTIMATED 350,000 people provide unpaid help or assistance to people living in their homes or in other private households, a survey has found.

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Numbers signing on up by 13.3%

Irish Times

The number of people signing on for unemployment payments increased by 50,781 (13.3 per cent) in the year to April.

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Jobless rate spirals as 167,000 join dole in 2009

Irish Examiner

ALMOST 167,000 people lost their jobs during 2009 – a reduction of 8.1% in the number of people at work in the space of 12 months.

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Old stereotypes of women alive in modern Ireland

Irish Examiner

WOMEN continue to lose out in the battle of the sexes. A report shows the glass ceiling is still very much in place for them. A Central . . . → Read More: Old stereotypes of women alive in modern Ireland

Study highlights gender imbalance

Irish Times

Men in Ireland leave school earlier and are less qualified than women yet they earn more and . . . → Read More: Study highlights gender imbalance

Income map reveals ‘two-tier Ireland’

Irish Times

Disposable income in the State’s southern and eastern “super region” continued to be higher than in the Border, Midlands and Western region in 2006 and 2007 – . . . → Read More: Income map reveals ‘two-tier Ireland’

45,000 foreigners leave country in a year as jobs vanish

Irish Examiner

In the last year as work has dried up , almost 45,000 non-Irish national adults have left the country, figures from the Central Statistics Office show.

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43% rise in suicide rate for first three months of this year

Irish Times

Suicide prevention experts say job losses and the recession may be linked to a 43 per cent increase in the number of suicides recorded during the first . . . → Read More: 43% rise in suicide rate for first three months of this year

One in eight people on dole as unemployment hits 12-year high

Irish Examiner

One in eight Irish people are on the dole as latest figure show unemployment at its highest level in 12 years.  According to the Live Register from . . . → Read More: One in eight people on dole as unemployment hits 12-year high

One in 20 lived boom in poverty

Irish Independent

Just over 5pc of the population were living in consistent poverty as the Celtic Tiger boom was nearing its end. Figures on Ireland’s spending on social protection . . . → Read More: One in 20 lived boom in poverty