Coverage of jobs issue criticised

The unemployment issue is getting insufficient coverage in the election campaign despite marked differences between the policies…

The unemployment issue is getting insufficient coverage in the election campaign despite marked differences between the policies of the various parties, the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed has claimed.

On the issue of job creation, for instance, the organisation said that, while none of the parties gave targets, they all had different policy priorities.

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