SF: 50,000 will leave without jobs fund

ANOTHER 50,000 people will emigrate without targeted investment in job creation for the under 25s, was the stark warning from Sinn Féin yesterday.

Launching the party’s proposed solutions for youth unemployment, entitled No Job, No Future, No Way, Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh attacked the record of previous Fine Gael/Labour administrations.

Referring to the 1982-87 coalition government, he said: “During that period, unemployment reached a then record figure of 232,000. Over 150,000 people left this state, over half of whom were third-level graduates.