Three things needed – Jobs, jobs, jobs

THIS election is about employment. Candidates are asking for jobs while hundreds of thousands of people are hearing from politicians failing to deliver on the reciprocal request.

Much of the attention has focused on the big-name job losses, SR Technics, Dell and Waterford Crystal. But the global players do not account for the multitude of low-key redundancies away from industrial hubs.

In places like Longford, layered complexities bring financial misery home to more families every week.