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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[TheJournal.ie]]></title>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Aaron McKenna: To combat youth unemployment, Ireland’s skills gap needs to be tackled ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/aaron-mckenna-to-combat-youth-unemployment-irelands-skills-gap-needs-to-be-tackled-903568-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/aaron-mckenna-to-combat-youth-unemployment-irelands-skills-gap-needs-to-be-tackled-903568-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Despite soaring youth unemployment rates, there are two million job vacancies across Europe due to a lack of skilled individuals in specific sectors. It’s time to think strategically about how to fill the gaps, writes Aaron McKenna. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aaron McKenna</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aaron-mckenna/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The Evening Fix… now with added world’s smallest movie]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/evening-fix-abortion-shooting-visa-boston-unemployment-prince-edward-892451-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:867ffada-cdc4-bef4-018c-51bbb318d127</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/evening-fix-abortion-shooting-visa-boston-unemployment-prince-edward-892451-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/evening-fix-abortion-shooting-visa-boston-unemployment-prince-edward-892451-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[100 fewer people on the Live Register last month]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/live-register-april-2013-891881-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/live-register-april-2013-891881-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland’s unemployment rate remains at 14.0 per cent, as a real-terms fall in claimants is undone by statistical adjustment.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="CSO" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Record breaker: Eurozone unemployment now at 12.1 per cent ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-unemployment-march-890231-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0dc2faf7-302e-c3fb-2a72-b9d8be09274a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-unemployment-march-890231-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Over 19 million people are unemployed in the eurozone but Ireland has recorded one of the largest year-on-year decreases in unemployment rates. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Spain’s unemployment rate shoots to record 27.16%]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spains-unemployment-rate-shoots-to-record-27-16-884128-Apr2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spains-unemployment-rate-shoots-to-record-27-16-884128-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[More than six million people in Spain are now without work. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[IBEC report shows over 5,000 new jobs created in Q1]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ibec-jobs-report-stabilization-878580-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:df6ab295-1b05-7904-9388-799526c3e3d0</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ibec-jobs-report-stabilization-878580-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[While the report found that there had been a stabilization in the jobs market it warned against any additional tax increases.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IBEC" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Business and Employers Confederation" />
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<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Careers clinic: Speaking skills for job seekers]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/public-speaking-interview-techniques-855390-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:527d33c5-14a5-ff23-8bf7-556721a7f168</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/public-speaking-interview-techniques-855390-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Non-profit organisation Toastmasters helps members improve communication skills – and has some tips for those facing an interview.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Elizabeth Hutcheson</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/elizabeth-hutcheson/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Aaron McKenna: While the Eurozone is floundering, the US is seeing growth – but why?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ireland-imf-858658-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f68d9d1e-a6bb-5ba0-a59c-c3539546e08f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ireland-imf-858658-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The EU needs to either get on with integration, proper banking and political union or separate into amicable trading partners and neighbours, writes Aaron McKenna.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aaron McKenna</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Numbers on Live Register down by 2,200 in March]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/numbers-on-live-register-down-by-2200-in-march-856447-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9c13da96-69fb-4b3b-870b-06414fffb3f9</id>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Unemployment stayed at 14.0 per cent last month with only a minor drop in the numbers signing on.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="CSO" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dole" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Economy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Live Register" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should young people be prioritised in job creation?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-should-young-people-be-prioritised-in-job-creation-854787-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b352c1ae-3fb7-d114-f868-54615a433f7a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-should-young-people-be-prioritised-in-job-creation-854787-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[USI wants a ‘significant investment’ in youth job creation – but younger people are also less likely to have pressures like mortgages.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Joan Burton" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="John Logue" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="USI" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Youth Unemployment" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[USI calls for greater investment in Youth Guarantee Scheme]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-youth-guarantee-usi-john-logue-854661-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:407f08f7-ef13-51ae-c18f-f8726e617c81</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-youth-guarantee-usi-john-logue-854661-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Latest figures have shown that 30.8 per cent of those under 25 years of age are now unemployed.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="John Logue" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Youth Unemployment" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Unemployed number in Eurozone highest since records here began]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/unemployed-highest-ever-in-eurozone-853362-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:007e3d36-dcfa-ca30-882d-ec99ab1b1cff</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/unemployed-highest-ever-in-eurozone-853362-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[There is a total of 19.071 million people unemployed in the eurozone.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Employment" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobswatch" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Manufacturing" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Business Insider</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/business-insider/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Irish economy starting to wilt again]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-manufacturing-index-decline-march-2013-853268-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:27489c5c-47fb-5e10-354d-65b64866ad04</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-manufacturing-index-decline-march-2013-853268-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Manufacturing indexes across Europe paint a stark picture this morning.]]></summary>
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</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[ECJ rules Spain’s eviction laws breach EU directive]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/court-spain-eviction-832819-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:855d3429-ff3e-f9ea-f4e7-9dd11b3baa91</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/court-spain-eviction-832819-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/court-spain-eviction-832819-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Spanish government has promised its law will now be “corrected” to comply with the ruling.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Autism – the ‘hidden condition’ – has been ignored for too long]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-autism-%e2%80%93-the-%e2%80%98hidden-condition%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-has-been-ignored-for-too-long-830025-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a2893f78-b5e0-1623-72d3-2833308a9efa</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-autism-%e2%80%93-the-%e2%80%98hidden-condition%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-has-been-ignored-for-too-long-830025-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-autism-%e2%80%93-the-%e2%80%98hidden-condition%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-has-been-ignored-for-too-long-830025-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Autism services have been historically underfunded, but with the new Autism Bill steps are finally being taken to acknowledge the rights of autistic citizens and those of their families, writes Michael McCarthy TD. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="developmental disorders" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="national autism strategy" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="social isolation" />
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<author><name>Michael McCarthy TD</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michael-mccarthy-td/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[€669 million saved through social welfare control measures in 2012]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/social-welfare-fraud-824965-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3a6e9ce3-652a-c49f-528e-68012a23f0bf</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/social-welfare-fraud-824965-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/social-welfare-fraud-824965-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Jobseeker’s benefit was the only payment that had a lower rate of suspected fraud than departmental error. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Child Benefit" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="claims" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Disability Benefit" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="error" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Fraud" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobseeker's Benefit" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="single parent" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Social Welfare" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment Benefit" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Midlands show largest percentage drop in employment ratio since 2006]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/midlands-unemployment-815010-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:12ac54b7-0936-7148-6dab-b716798a87d5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/midlands-unemployment-815010-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/midlands-unemployment-815010-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Nationally, there has been a 64 per cent decline in the ratio of employed to unemployed people with less than 5 people working for every person out of work.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Employment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Recession" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Teagasc" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[New figures on foreign nationals ‘debunk migrant welfare myth’]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/foreign-nationals-welfare-815425-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d1686557-55ad-38fd-23d4-d245a2d8a23a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/foreign-nationals-welfare-815425-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/foreign-nationals-welfare-815425-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The CSO report said that the decline in employment activity for foreign nationals has not resulted in a corresponding increase in social welfare activity. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Immigrants" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Immigration" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Social Welfare" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Welfare" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Over 26 million people unemployed across the EU ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/eurozone-europe-unemployment-eurostat-814910-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:88a5f9df-2995-b54b-5df7-3c10130bc14f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eurozone-europe-unemployment-eurostat-814910-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eurozone-europe-unemployment-eurostat-814910-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Meanwhile, eurozone unemployment hit a record 11.9 per cent in January with just under 19 million now out of work in the 17-member bloc.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: 15 tips to help you get a job ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-15-tips-to-help-you-get-a-job-813724-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6be33626-024e-10c6-407f-8e3e30d03eea</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-15-tips-to-help-you-get-a-job-813724-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Although there has been a drop in the unemployment figures, there are still many people searching for work. To mark National Jobseekers’ Day, Robert Mac Giolla Phadrig has some tips to help. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Job application" />
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<author><name>Robert Mac Giolla Phadrig</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/robert-mac-giolla-phadrig/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Number of people at work rises for first time in over four years]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/number-at-work-rises-unemployment-14-1pc-811837-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e1af463b-f75e-4981-9c70-fc1badf33294</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/number-at-work-rises-unemployment-14-1pc-811837-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/number-at-work-rises-unemployment-14-1pc-811837-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Unemployment stood at 14.2pc at the end of 2012 – down 0.4pc in three months – but emigration played a key role.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="CSO" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Employment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobswatch" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Labour Force" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Quarterly National Household Survey" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Workforce" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Are you satisfied with the government’s work on jobs?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-are-you-satisfied-with-the-governments-work-on-jobs-804937-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cbc1754d-1aa8-ce84-2b15-f1997cb5dad1</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-are-you-satisfied-with-the-governments-work-on-jobs-804937-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-are-you-satisfied-with-the-governments-work-on-jobs-804937-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Government launched its Action Plan on Jobs for 2013 today. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Action on Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobseekers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Report: Government should establish a ‘youth guarantee’ for unemployed]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/youth-unemployment-801024-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:57d13275-e515-6b8f-a083-9faf4e54939c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/youth-unemployment-801024-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/youth-unemployment-801024-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A jobs committee has made a number of recommendations, including introducing a €1 million Youth Entrepreneurship Fund. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Committee" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Employment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Government" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="guarantee" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployed" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="youth" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Unemployed people already feel they have no worth without being called ‘spongers’]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/unemployment-ireland-795869-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b7c7ed11-cb58-ccd5-0cce-f170eba6c48b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/unemployment-ireland-795869-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/unemployment-ireland-795869-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The contemporary world values people in terms of what they do for a living, so what is that saying to the unemployed, asks Tom Boland. 
]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dole Fraud" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="JOB SEEKERS" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read mes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="SPONGERS" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployed" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Tom Boland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/tom-boland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Promissory note deal savings should be spent on relieving youth unemployment]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-promissory-note-deal-savings-should-be-spent-on-relieving-youth-unemployment-797508-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c72374b2-e29a-de70-dbe3-950c9a457bf5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-promissory-note-deal-savings-should-be-spent-on-relieving-youth-unemployment-797508-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-promissory-note-deal-savings-should-be-spent-on-relieving-youth-unemployment-797508-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The generation suffering the most from the current debt crisis is the same one which will be approaching retirement in 35 years when the promissory note debt matures, writes Dan Hayden. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Promissory Note" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Youth Unemployment" />
<author><name>Dan Hayden </name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/dan-hayden-/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: A new pilot scheme could breathe life into cities with high unemployment]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-a-new-pilot-scheme-could-breathe-in-cities-with-high-unemployment-796187-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0a15232d-35f8-27b6-ecb1-f1aff21c0aae</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-a-new-pilot-scheme-could-breathe-in-cities-with-high-unemployment-796187-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-a-new-pilot-scheme-could-breathe-in-cities-with-high-unemployment-796187-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The ‘Living Cities’ scheme is all about urban regeneration and the aim is to revitalise retail in Waterford City – and Limerick – through a series of tax incentives, writes Ciara Conway TD. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IDA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Limerick" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Tax Incentives" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Waterford" />
<author><name>Ciara Conway </name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/ciara-conway-/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Europe-wide report says austerity is not working]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/austerity-report-caritas-europa-not-working-795224-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:bc1b6a37-da85-582f-54fe-ab8120fd6d65</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/austerity-report-caritas-europa-not-working-795224-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/austerity-report-caritas-europa-not-working-795224-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The report – the first in-depth examination of the impact of current austerity policies within Europe – has called for a ‘fair solution’.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/02/austerity-report-caritas-europa-not-working-2-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Austerity" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Caritas Europa" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Child poverty" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU/IMF" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="PIIGS" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Financial services union calls on Noonan to guarantee IBRC jobs]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/union-ibrc-jobs-786094-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a1cec99e-0271-36e2-7554-371b46686738</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/union-ibrc-jobs-786094-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/union-ibrc-jobs-786094-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Last night the Finance minister said he understood most staff would be rehired by the liquidators or by NAMA when it takes on the bank’s assets.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/02/irish-banks-54-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bankers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Employment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="ibrc" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="KPMG" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Liquidation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Promissory notes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="promnight" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Economic crisis has underlined the ‘critical importance’ of the welfare state – Burton]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/economic-crisis-has-underlined-the-critical-importance-of-the-welfare-state-burton-782595-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:bf66722e-3cd0-2f22-882e-39e88d96d039</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/economic-crisis-has-underlined-the-critical-importance-of-the-welfare-state-burton-782595-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/economic-crisis-has-underlined-the-critical-importance-of-the-welfare-state-burton-782595-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Minister for Social Protection said that without welfare payment, “millions of families across the EU would literally be left with nothing”.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/02/1912013-labour-party-executive-committee-meetings-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Confederation of Family Organisations of the European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Countrywomen’s Association" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Social Protection" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Welfare" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Youth Unemployment" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Taoiseach reveals how Action Plan on Jobs is progressing]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-reveals-how-action-plan-on-jobs-is-progressing-778733-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d2a2f712-af16-c538-e695-44e1a86a4ec8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-reveals-how-action-plan-on-jobs-is-progressing-778733-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-reveals-how-action-plan-on-jobs-is-progressing-778733-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Taoiseach has launched the plan’s fourth report, saying that the rate of unemployment “remains unacceptably high” in Ireland. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/02/11122012-western-development-showcase-events-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Action Plan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Employment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Progress" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Taoiseach" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[ESRI predicts economic growth and fall in unemployment in 2013]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/esri-economy-unemployment-776783-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:07f21c29-e942-0641-fdb4-e42e4eb12351</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/esri-economy-unemployment-776783-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/esri-economy-unemployment-776783-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The ESRI said the driving force behind the reduction in unemployment is ongoing net emigration.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/unemployment-3-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Croke Park" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Economic and Social Research Institute" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Economic Growth" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Emigration" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="ESRI" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Europe" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="expenditure" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="GDP" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Gross Domestic Product" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Growth" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Another dip in live register figures but unemployment rate unchanged]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/unemployment-live-register-775320-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a735438b-ab00-7262-75e7-c8812b619e13</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/unemployment-live-register-775320-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/unemployment-live-register-775320-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The number of people on the Live Register fell for the seventh month in-a-row. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/unemployment-live-register-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="CSO" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Live Register" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Do you think the global economic crisis is over? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/global-financial-crisis-poll-771898-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:aa01bc06-5069-7287-25de-0aba97718e7a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/global-financial-crisis-poll-771898-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/global-financial-crisis-poll-771898-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Most of those attending the World Economic Forum in Davos last week reckoned the four-year crisis is over, but what do you think? ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/germany-european-central-bank-22-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Davos" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Economic crisis" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Global economic crisis" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Switzerland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="World Economic Forum" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Rouen, Robin Hood and Real Madrid: The week in numbers]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/week-in-numbers-el-clasico-iphones-768379-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b2027f7f-4d8f-0697-9588-7d4cdccb78ff</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/week-in-numbers-el-clasico-iphones-768379-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/week-in-numbers-el-clasico-iphones-768379-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Also, how many of Kerry’s councillors actually favour relaxed drink-driving rules? And just how rich is Apple?]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/gaa-scoreboard-numbers-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Apple" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ballboy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Barcelona" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Charlie Morgan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Copa del Rey" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Danny Healy-Rae" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="edin hazard" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Gas" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Google" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Hunger" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="In Numbers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="iPhone" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Prime Numbers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Service" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Real Madrid" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="rouen" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Samaritans" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="trust" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Taoiseach: Youth employment will be priority for EU Presidency ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/enda-kenny-youth-unemployment-765663-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:248a294a-095c-d2ab-24f7-04c7572a8ea3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/enda-kenny-youth-unemployment-765663-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/enda-kenny-youth-unemployment-765663-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[His comments came in light of a report today that showed a rise in suicide in Ireland clashed with both the economic downturn and an increase in unemployment.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/enda-kenny-leaders-questions-4-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Austerity" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dáil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="european union presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Greece" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leaders' Questions" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Richard Boyd-Barrett" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Careers clinic: What are you actually doing to get a job? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/careers-clinic-finding-a-job-759617-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:40de8ab9-87c3-b983-16dc-faf3266aa147</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/careers-clinic-finding-a-job-759617-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/careers-clinic-finding-a-job-759617-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Jobs may be scarce on the ground – but they still exist. Here’s how to do everything you possibly can to find the job you want. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/careers-clinic-find-a-job-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Careers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Economy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="finding a job" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="jobhunt" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="jobhunting" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Recession" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Recruitment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Elizabeth Hutcheson</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/elizabeth-hutcheson/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Jobs initiative helped turn 6,000 pledges into 4,000 new hires in 2012]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/hireland-initiative-job-creation-754113-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2cf7520d-5550-f706-fada-36517bf3353a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/hireland-initiative-job-creation-754113-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/hireland-initiative-job-creation-754113-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Hireland, the voluntary initiative which urges SMEs to pledge to take on more staff, helped created 4,000 jobs in its first year.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/hireland-initiative-job-creation-2-230x150.jpeg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="2012" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Employment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Grassroots" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Hireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Hireland.ie" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Lucy Masterson" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Pledges" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Political donations, pregnancies and Love/Hate: The week in numbers]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/week-in-numbers-2-749784-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:03519bf0-445a-84fc-67a3-0730e8a45ad9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/week-in-numbers-2-749784-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/week-in-numbers-2-749784-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[How many women in Ireland smoke? Were consumers panicked by Budget announcements? And how many people watched Darren die?]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/numbers-7-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Abortion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Consumer Sentiment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Central Bank" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="iPhone" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Love/Hate" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Political Donations" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Pregnancy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Prime Numbers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Rape" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Smoking" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Government to hire private companies to find work for long-term unemployed]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/private-companies-find-work-long-term-dole-749457-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:88b7fc40-059f-836d-7c8d-853f51769f85</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/private-companies-find-work-long-term-dole-749457-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/private-companies-find-work-long-term-dole-749457-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Leaked bailout documents reveal new Department of Social Protection plans to get longstanding jobseekers back to work.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/dole-queue-finglas-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Department of Social Protection" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dole" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Euroleaks" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobseeker's Benefit" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobseekers Allowance" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Labour activation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Live Register" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Troika" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Workforce" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Over 26 million people unemployed across the EU]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/europe-unemployment-746031-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cce5cebd-8c04-628a-3739-e12a77abc4e2</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/europe-unemployment-746031-Jan2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-19T08:43:30+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The unemployment rate in the EU remains at 10.7 per cent but, at 11.8 per cent, it is much higher across just the euro area. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
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