The Irish Times

Homeless man tells Leo Varadkar about life on €7 a day

‘Homelessness one of the loneliest places,’ man tells Minister at pre-budget forum

Sat Jul 23 2016 - 01:00

Thousands of jobseekers to receive free third level courses

Springboard to offer training in sectors with ‘good prospects’ such as IT, financial services

Wed Jun 15 2016 - 16:33

Unemployment group ‘struggling’ to cope with demand

Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed received 9,000 queries in 2015

Wed May 25 2016 - 13:45

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

Fri Jan 09 2015 - 01:00

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

Sat Dec 13 2014 - 06:00

Confusion over exclusion of poor households from water credits

About 190,000 short-term unemployed will get no water support payment

Thu Oct 16 2014 - 08:48

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.”

Fri Dec 13 2013 - 01:01

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?

Sat Dec 07 2013 - 01:00