Slivers of optimism - Hope for Crystal jobs?

YESTERDAY’S shocking jobs figures — with unemployment up 70% in a year — dominated economic news but, thankfully, it was not all doom and gloom.

Even though yesterday’s figures represent the greatest fall in employment since records began there are small but significant grounds for just a sliver of optimism.

Intel have announced a €50m investment in Shannon which will create 134 very badly needed jobs, possibly opening up the prospect of a new career for former Dell workers. As well as the Shannon announcement it was revealed that a consortium has approached the Government to discuss the possibility of buying a controlling stake in the recently nationalised Anglo Irish Bank.