Irish universities are producing too many graduates in areas where there are no jobs available, according to the head of one of the country’s leading manufacturing companies.

There remains a shortage of IT staff and high-end manufacturing staff, according to a new report by the expert group on future skills needs.

THIS week Leaving Certificate students have the chance to change their minds on their CAO forms, and some of the top employers in the country want them to do just that.

THERE has been a serious deterioration in the quality of politicians going through the doors of Leinster House over the last 10 to 15 years.

UNEMPLOYMENT rates among young people with degrees to work in the services sector rose 12-fold in less than two years.

A NEW report from Fás estimates there will 96,000 job vacancies per year between 2011-2014, if the economy remains on the road to recovery.

The Government has announced 1,500 free part-time college places for unemployed workers in 18 institutions around the country from September, it emerged today.

THOUSANDS of jobs and billions of euro of investment could be generated in the animation, electronic games and other digital media industries in Ireland if specialised courses are offered by third-level colleges, a Government policy body has suggested.