Youth employment higher than pre-recession levels, new figures show

The report also shows that a third of all those unemployed aged 25 and under have attained only lower secondary education

A new report on youth unemployment has found there are as many young people without a job now as there were 12 years ago.

The report by SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority, found that while the unemployment rate in Ireland has almost reached pre-recession levels, the youth unemployment rate (under 25 years) is higher than the overall rate across the 12-year period, and is still at a higher rate in 2019 than it was in 2007.