South East needs job creation initiative, says authority

MORE Government money needs to be pumped into job creation in Waterford, the South East Regional Authority has said.

South East needs job creation initiative, says authority

A delegation from the authority is to meet with Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin soon to discuss recent job losses in the region. One of the hardest hit parts of the south-east has been Carlow, which has seen hundreds of jobs go since Christmas.

Figures from the CSO in the past few days have shown unemployment levels in the south-east are among the highest in the country. Job losses in March were 1.2% greater than in March 2004. And household-income levels in parts of the region are as low as 90% of the national average.

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