Department urges jobless driver to apply for Malta post

An unemployed 60-year-old man has been encouraged by the Department of Social Protection to apply for a job driving buses in Malta.

The €250-a-week post was notified in a letter to the man, who Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty said is a constituent who has previously worked as a bus driver.

The Donegal South West TD asked if the Government was now actively encouraging emigration after being contacted by the jobseeker.