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Claremorris Interagency Working group will host an information and support workshop for unemployed people on Friday June 3 in the McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris.

The latest IrishJobs.ie index has revealed a continued upward trend at the beginning of 2011. The expanded quarterly IrishJobs.ie report is presented by economist Dr Stephen Kinsella and measures jobs advertised online across the main recruitment websites in Ireland. Figures released for Q1 2011 also showed an increase in salary expectations by an average of €3,000 relative to this time last year, even as unemployment in Ireland reached 14.7 per cent.

Recent figures might show a slight drop in unemployment in Galway but the number of people searching for jobs in the city and county remains “far too high”.

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has confirmed in the Dáil that the Government's jobs initiative will be announced next Tuesday.

Experienced and professional individuals in Galway who are eager to rejoin the workforce have the opportunity to take up some 300 work placements provided by Begin Again (www.beginagain.ie), a career advancement programme developed by the Irish Centre for Business Excellence (ICBE).

A Knockmore man who claimed unemployment assistance while he worked as a lorry driver was before Ballina District Court this week.

The Quarterly National Household Survey Q4 2010 figures released this week shows that some 18,900 people are unemployed in the Midlands region. The region’s unemployment rate has increased substantially to 15.9 per cent compared with 9.5 per cent two years ago.

The people of the south-east are suffering more than most in the recession that has hit the country.

Labour’s election candidate in Kilkenny, Councillor Ann Phelan said that of the 450,000 people on the live register almost half are unemployed for a year or more.

Fine Gael party leader, Enda Kenny TD, along with members of his front bench have outlined the core elements of the party’s ‘5-point plan to get Ireland working’. The plan is designed to create jobs, reform the health system, fix the budget crisis, make Government smaller and more cost effective and put the burden on politicians first.