Unskilled jobless youths struggle to re-enter market

IRELAND has a huge number of unemployed young people, and many of those without jobs also lack skills and qualifications — posing a great difficulty in reversing the unemployment trend.

Job losses are on the increase throughout the EU and experts warn that Ireland needs to do something about its growing army of young jobless.

Five EU countries, however, are bucking the trend with falling unemployment rates, but this is creating an even deeper division with the rest of the member states, where jobless rates continue to rise.