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Thu 07 Jul 2010Gilmore claims 2,000 jobs lost every week under Government
SOME 300,000 more people are now on the Live Register than when the general election took place three years ago, Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has said after the latest unemployed figures show 452,882 people are now receiving assistance.
As the recession was declared technically over, Mr Gilmore said “it is the highest number of people ever unemployed in the State” and he claimed 2,000 jobs had been lost each week since the current Government came into office.
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