IMF marks Ireland down on youth unemployment

Ireland has received good marks from the IMF over the ways it redistributed taxes to prevent a potential social disaster during the financial crisis, but the country misses out on top marks on the ways it tackled youth unemployment.

IMF marks Ireland down on youth unemployment

Ireland has received good marks from the IMF over the ways it redistributed taxes to prevent a potential social disaster during the financial crisis, but the country misses out on top marks on the ways it tackled youth unemployment, writes Eamon Quinn. 

The Washington-based fund—which was the junior party in the troika during the country’s painful bailout — has published a hugely significant report on how the peoples of the EU fared during the global financial crisis.

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