Quarter of young people out of work

A QUARTER of the young people in Ireland are out of work as unemployment continues to rise faster here than in most other EU countries, according to the latest figures.

The number of people under 24 years of age not able to find a job has increased four times faster in Ireland than the EU average over the past year.

Ireland has the fourth highest number of young people unemployed, at 25.5%, more than double the percentage of a year ago. Just Spain, Hungary and Sweden are higher.