UNEMPLOYMENT FOCUS: DAY 1 - Ireland's job crisis

In the first of a five-day series on unemployment, we focus on the county of Waterford, which has suffered more than its fair share of job losses, writes Conor Kane

NO COUNTY, no city, no town, no village has been spared the creeping and malodorous waft of unemployment since 2008, the year when phrases such as “Lehman Brothers” and “credit crunch” and “bank guarantee” first entered the national lexicon.

But often it seems Waterford has been hit the hardest by ever-lengthening dole queues.