All workers must share in profits of their labour

CSO official figures show that just over 1.8 million people were in employment and nearly 315,000 people were unemployed at the end of last September.

The unadjusted unemployment rate was then just under 15%.

On Feb 13, amid much fanfare, Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced a strategy of Government action plansto create 100,000 jobs by the year 2016.