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Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Jobs Dara Calleary has said the latest Live Register figures show that the jobs crisis continues to deteriorate and that the Government’s jobs strategy is not working. Deputy Calleary has again appealed to the Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton not to make things worse by introducing a statutory sick pay scheme.

Two Galway businessmen, Tom O' Connor and John Herterich are the third generation in their family to take over a thriving local enterprise, and each business has over seventy years of success behind it. Unlike many of their acquaintances, neither of them ever had to leave Galway to find employment.

The Irish Road Haulage Association has warned that while the announcement of the closure of Target Express is very concerning it is only a reflection of the current state of emergency which exists within the Irish road haulage industry in Ireland. With the loss of almost 400 jobs associated with Target Express, the IRHA fears that unless Government stem the tide of ever increasing fuel prices there will be thousands more job losses before Christmas.

Businesses across Mayo are urged to check whether they are entitled to any of the Government schemes available to help start-up, expand, or create new jobs.

After it was revealed this week that 2,000 under-25s in Westmeath were unemployed, an opposition TD has called on the Government to “seriously consider” Fianna Fáil’s proposals on tackling youth unemployment.

Courage

Fianna Fáil has published a strategy on youth unemployment, setting out a range of ambitious policies aimed specifically at providing work opportunities for young people.

Insider rarely tires of the vicissitudes of Galway politics. The city and county’s petty intrigues, feverish whisperings, internecine squabbles, and comical characters are usually enough to keep even the most amateur political observer entertained.

As this week marked the beginning of Lent and the pre-Easter season of doing without, many were wondering what more could they do without; what is there left to give up?

Companies in Galway have promised to create 105 jobs — the highest number of jobs pledged in the country outside Dublin — under the recently launched Hireland initiative.