A chara, – Barry Murphy-Richards’s broad contention (December 27th) is not borne out by more recent CSO employment figures for the third quarter of 2011, published on December 12th. By comparison with the same period in 2010, these show 39,500 fewer Irish employed and 6,400 fewer non-Irish nationals employed. These are almost exactly proportionate to the numbers of Irish and non-Irish nationals employed. – Is mise,