Minister outlines JobBridge alternative as placements to stop from Friday

The deeply divisive JobBridge internship programme will close to new participants on Friday, with a new system guaranteeing a series of reforms set to be implemented from next summer.

Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar confirmed the move at a launch of two separate reports into the controversial scheme, despite opposition parties lashing out at the new measures and describing them as “JobBridge 2.0”.

The Government has confirmed that it is ending the JobBridge programme and replacing it with a new system in the coming months.