Ciarán Nugent: There are not enough jobs for Ireland's graduates
Graduates are increasingly filling jobs with lower skills requirements instead, mostly in services, sales and clerical roles.
Ireland has undergone a transformation in the educational profile of the adult population in a generation, from having one of the lowest shares of third level education to the highest in the EU. For many, this is an integral part of a country’s development.
Education is the most important equaliser of opportunities and a vehicle of social mobility, which is important in an environment of growing inequality of outcomes for social cohesion. Third level education allows access to occupations with the highest levels of social status and the highest earnings, specifically managerial, professional, associate professional and technician jobs.
