Organisation: Department of Employment Affairs

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Exchequer deficit soars to €7.5bn in April as Covid-19 pandemic costs mount

The huge costs of the 1.1 million people who are in receipt of some sort of Government welfare payment in April -- the first full month of the Covid-19 emergency -- has sent the exchequer deficit soaring to almost €7.5bn.

Tue, 05 May, 2020

Builders hoping they can get back to work as Covid-19 unemployed tops 1m

There is hope that some of the 148,000 building workers can start going back to work on a site-by-site basis as early as next month.

Mon, 20 Apr, 2020

'A crisis for workers and families' - TD says State should 'step in' and help small businesses

Around 140,000 people have already lost their jobs as pubs, clubs and leisure facilities shut.

Tue, 17 Mar, 2020

Time to grow up over issue of ageing and the workplace

It is a long time since an Irish Taoiseach - Charlie Haughey – was able to boast about the country’s youthful population, about the fact that half of us were aged under 25.

Sun, 03 Mar, 2019

Increase of 32k people on disability allowance ‘very disturbing’

An increase of 32,000 people going onto disability allowance over the past five years has been described as “very disturbing” by the Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI), which also says the high number of applications rejected is “very disheartening”.

Wed, 24 Jan, 2018