Commentators fall for full employment myth

THE Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed is angered by the frequent references of economic commentators to Ireland having attained full employment.

In our view, this only fuels the sense of complacency in addressing the issue. Are the current 82,400 unemployed people to be forgotten about?

This is a worrying development especially since this figure is an underestimation because the International Labour Organisation’s definition of unemployment is so narrow.