Ireland to achieve jobs growth despite losses, says EU

IRELAND is in line to achieve ambitious employment growth despite current job losses and the downturn in the economy, according to a major EU report just released.

But governments and employers throughout the EU have to start treating and paying women better if they want to achieve their target of 70% employment by 2010.

Over the past 11 years, there has been an increase of more than 1.3 million women in the EU workforce, bringing the participation rate from 54% to just under 55%.