Govt commits to stemming drain of brightest people from Ireland [siliconrepublic.com]
- Published: 16 June 2011
In light of the unemployment figures released today, Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton, TD, has said Ireland needs to do everything possible to create opportunities for our brightest people so they won’t leave the country.
He is in on a week-long trade mission to the US, meeting some of the world’s largest IT companies in an attempt to secure new investment and employment for Ireland.
“The decline in the unemployment rate from 14.8pc in the last quarter of 2010 to 14pc in the first quarter of 2011 is to be welcomed, but today’s figures remind us once again the scale of the unemployment challenge facing a new Government,” he said.
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