WE in the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed take exception to your simplistic comments about those who are jobless (Irish Examiner editorial, August 4).

THE number of people receiving unemployment benefit and assistance has fallen by nearly 9,000 in the last 12 months, it emerged yesterday.

The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (INOU) said it was disappointed at today's Live Register figures.

LAST year was a black time for jobs, with the second highest level of redundancies since 1984, new figures have shown.

The second highest level of redundancies since 1984 were recorded last year, new figures showed today.

COMPANIES should put more effort into hiring unemployed people locally rather than engaging in large recruitment drives abroad, the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (INOU) has said.

Groups representing the jobless are welcoming calls from the Social Affairs Minister for urgent reforms to help them get off the dole.

THE number of people employed rose by a record 72,400 in the past year - and more than half of these were women, according to the Central Statistics Office.

The Irish National Organisation for the Unemployed has expressed concern about an increase in long-term unemployment announced by the Central Statistics Office today.

MANUFACTURING firms are under renewed attack from low-cost countries forcing factory closures around the country, it was claimed yesterday.

The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (INOU) has expressed concern about a spate of job losses in the first few weeks of the year.

The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed has welcomed today's CSO figures highlighting a significant decrease in the seasonally-adjusted Live Register figures for last month.

IRELAND’S commitment to the world’s poor has long been a source of national pride and international respect.

THE number of people claiming unemployment assistance or benefit dropped by almost 9% last month as job creation rates continued to outpace redundancies.

THE Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed is angered by the frequent references of economic commentators to Ireland having attained full employment.

The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed has welcomed the reduction in the number of people on the live register announced today.

The Central Statistics Office has reported a slight increase in the number of people on the Live Register in Ireland last month.

The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed has welcomed a decision by supermarket chain Tesco to recruit 100 long-term unemployed people.

AN influx of migrants seeking jobs and benefits is expected from May as Ireland is one of only two EU countries to offer full work and welfare rights to citizens of the 10 new EU member States.

The outlook for the jobs market in 2004 is uncertain, according to the National Organisation of the Unemployed.

THE latest rise of over 4% in the number of long-term unemployed people signing on the Live Register is very worrying, according to the Irish Organisation for the Unemployed.

THE number of people signing on the Live Register fell by more than 2,000 in November the lowest in a year, figures released by the Central Statistics Office confirmed yesterday.

The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed is criticising spending estimates, which it says will slash supports to the jobless.

The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed said today that two separate job loss announcements show the economy is in trouble.

Over 300 people face the prospect of redundancy because of a FÁS decision to cut the number of places on the Jobs Initiative Programme.

UNEMPLOYMENT figures will continue to rise, experts warned yesterday as figures showed almost 600 people started signing on the dole every working day last month.

The number of people signing on in Ireland fell by 4,835 to 166,105 last month, according to figures released today by the Central Statistics Office.

THE Government has been accused of being over reliant on foreign companies yesterday as the numbers out of work hit a three-year high in April.

The Live Register increased by 2,881 people last month, an increase of 1.7%, according to figures released today by the Central Statistics Office.

THE revelation that TDs are paid over €500 for each day the Dáil sits provoked calls yesterday from organisations representing the unemployed that politicians should spend more time there.

CUTS to the Community Employment scheme should be reversed, according to organisations for the jobless.

UNEMPLOYMENT among young people has reached worrying levels, the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (INOU) said yesterday, as figures hit the highest level in three years.

The Government has been asked to roll back on its decision to cut back resources for job creation agencies.

FEARS are growing among voluntary and community groups that the government will slash by half the number of places on a work scheme for the long-term unemployed.

The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed begins its annual conference in Dublin later today.

THERE were 25,000 jobs lost in the last 12 months, indicating the Celtic Tiger is no longer with us, a leading economist warned yesterday.

The Irish National Organisation for the Unemployed has expressed concern at new statistics showing an 18% rise in live register figures over the last 12 months.

New figures show a big jump in the number of people joining the dole queues.

The National Organisation for the Unemployed has expressed deep concern about the cost of the Exchequer of the Government’s Special Savings Incentive Scheme.