O'Keefe rejects FG criticism on jobs

Enterprise Minister Batt O’Keeffe today strongly rebuffed Fine Gael's criticism of the Government's employment strategy in the wake of the latest Live Register figures showing a record 450,000 people on the dole.

Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar had earlier warned that Fianna Fáil and the Greens are leading Ireland into a "lost decade of stagnation".