Údarás records drop in new jobs

JOBS created by the country’s leading job creation agencies dropped significantly last year.

In its end of year statement released yesterday, Údarás na Gaeltachta, the regional authority responsible for economic and social development in the Gaeltacht areas, said 1,038 new jobs were created last year, down from 1,186 in 2006.

Earlier this month the IDA said jobs created by IDA Ireland-backed firms fell by more than 2,600 last year from 11,846 a year earlier to an 11-year-low of 9,216. This figure compares with 22,802 jobs generated in 2000 when the economy was at its peak.