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Fri 04 Apr 2009One week's pay, a P45 - and goodbye!
When father-of-three David Joneslost his job in sales in January, it was the first time the 57-year-old had ever been unemployed. Here he describes the shattering experience and what it did to him
MORE THAN 35,000 Irish workers lost their jobs in January. I was one of those unfortunates. I’ve never been unemployed before. It’s a horrible, earth-shattering experience I wouldn’t wish on anyone.
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