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Workers in the Shaws department stores in Castlebar and Ballina, as well as in 14 other Shaws stores nationwide, are to be balloted for industrial action by their union Mandate. The retail outlet has 16 stores throughout the country, including the two in Mayo, employing more than 1,000 staff. 

Sinn Féin candidate for the North West EU Constituency Cllr Pádraig MacLochlainn, joined Mullingar local election candidate Sorca Clarke yesterday (Thursday April 23) to launch the party’s job retention and creation strategy document entitled ‘Getting Ireland back to work’ in County Westmeath.

New figures released by the Central Statistics Office this week reveal that unemployment levels continue to rise. There has been a massive 95 per cent increase in the number of people claiming unemployment assistance on the same period last year. Currently, nationally, there are a staggering 388,600 people claiming assistance, up from 188,800 on the corresponding period last year. This means that the unemployment rate has more than doubled from 5.5 per cent this time last year to 11.4 per cent at present.

Nearly three quarters of Irish workers will not be going away for a holiday this year, the latest poll from Peninsula Ireland reveals.

Nearly three quarters of Irish workers will not be going away for a holiday this year, the latest poll from Peninsula Ireland reveals.

Minister for Labour Affairs, Dara Calleary TD today has welcomed the announcement of the details of the Work Placement Programme and a pilot Short Time Working Training Programme. Both of these activation programmes, which are aimed at assisting the unemployed and those on a reduced working week, were contained in last month’s Supplementary Budget.

The numbers signing on in Mayo continue to rise with new Live Register statistics published for May by the CSO. The figures show the bleak unemployment trend continuing with an increase of 371 signing on, bringing the total to 11,420, an increase of 5,422 from May 2008.

Minister for Labour Affairs Dara Calleary TD welcomed the range of initiatives proposed by the European Commission to maintain and create jobs, to upgrade skills, and to increase access to employment.

Reading the Sunday Times last weekend, Donegal wing-back Barry Dunnion outlined how over a third of the Donegal football panel are out of work with little prospect of any in the near future.

In today’s current climate where “job losses” are regular words in hourly news reports, what happens to those people who are left with the realisation that tomorrow there’s no alarm call, no struggle in the rush hour traffic, and ultimately no pay packet at the end of the month? Once reality hits home how do those who have fallen on the sword of the recession fill the working week?