Hopeful workers lay futures on the line at expo
In Cork yesterday, people started queuing at the Silversprings Hotel to reach the Silversprings Conference Centre, 150m away. Another queue began at the conference centre door, snaking around the car park before tapering off at the front of the centre.
Outside the Silversprings complex, a company had been drafted in to look after traffic management. The hotel carparks were full since 8am and cars were backed up all the way from Tivoli to Mayfield and on to Glanmire, two miles away. Some people said they had been queuing since 6am. Others weren’t prepared to take a chance and had slept in their cars overnight.
