Generation Paused: ‘Not much attraction' for young people to stay in Ireland 

As part of the Irish Examiner's special report on youth unemployment, Caitlín Griffin and Ciarán Sunderland talked to two young people who struggled to find employment during the pandemic 

Leona Buckley from Clonroche, Co Wexford: ‘I am starting college in September and somehow need to fund a laptop and accommodation.’

Caitríona Meehan was nearly finished college when the Covid pandemic first reached Ireland.

She was halfway through a work placement in March 2020 at her dream job.