Government accused of a 'miserable failure' to spread recovery

Fianna Fáil yesterday accused the Government of a “miserable failure” to spread the economic recovery to all parts of the country, at the launch of the party’s jobs plan for the next five years.

Dara Calleary made the claim hours after a new Newstalk opinion poll found 56% of people have not experienced Ireland’s economic comeback, and four-in-five feel the recovery occurred on a two-tier basis.

The outgoing Mayo TD said under the Fine Gael- Labour Coalition “42% of our recovery is based in one location of the island” and, as a result, there has been no jobs strategy for large swathes of the country.