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Mon 07 Jul 2008Young jobless to be directed into courses
THOUSANDS OF young people who are signing on the Live Register are to be directed towards gaining additional skills and training following a sharp rise in youth unemployment.
Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin said yesterday that she was alarmed by figures that show the number of unemployed under-25 year olds has jumped by 42 per cent to 48,000 in the space of a year.
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