Dublin today joined 24 other European cities as part of moves to help immigrants integrate into communities.

FOUR out of every five jobs lost over the past 18 months have been due to company restructuring and not to relocating to countries with cheaper labour costs, according to the EU agency for working and living.

IT'S official - we're the hardest workers in the EU. Ireland now tops the EU league for the percentage of its labour force working up to 80 hours a week, more than double the average 37.4-hour week.