Irish jobless rate surges to 11.4%

Article reports that Ireland’s unemployment rate climbed to 11.4% in April 2009, from 7.7% at the end of 2008, putting further strain on the public finances.

The independent Economic and Social Research Institute think-tank predicted worse to come, forecasting that the jobless number will average 16.8 per cent of the workforce in 2010, the highest rate since the mid 1980s.

Ireland: Economic and Social Research Institute http://www.esri.ie/

Irish Times, 29.4.09: Jobless rate rises to 11.4% with 388,600 signing on http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0429/breaking25.htm

Ireland: Central Statistics Office http://www.cso.ie/

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