Record numbers at work next year: Ibec

The country is set for record employment next year, according to a buoyant economic outlook report from employers’ group Ibec.

The organisation’s latest Quarterly Economic Outlook, covering the first quarter of this year, published today, forecasts 2.2m people at work next year as the economy heads towards full employment.

Aligned with a forecasted economic growth of 5.6% this year and Irish workers set to experience the quickest real wage growth in Europe, Ibec said total household purchasing power, excluding borrowing, has never been higher in the State’s history.