COMMENT: Irish Jobs market is slowly moving in right direction

Ireland’s political landscape has become very difficult over the past year as the government has become embroiled in a number of controversial issues that have seriously damaged its standing in the opinion polls.

Much attention has been focused on issues such as water charges, the setting up of Irish Water, the Seanad nomination process and events in the Department of Justice.

This is unfortunate, because it has distracted attention away from issues that really affect the lives of people, particularly the management of the economy.