Bruton: Welcomes Action Plan for Jobs progress but people are still struggling
19 Jul 2013
3.8k
44
Social Welfare
Half the population benefitted from weekly social welfare payments in 2012
6 Jun 2013
8.7k
65
Live Register
Same number of women but 700 fewer men sign on in May
6 Jun 2013
3.3k
18
Voices
Column: ‘I thought I did everything right – so why have I ended up here?’
Aoife O'Connor
18 Apr 2013
1.4k
160
Live Register
Numbers on Live Register down by 2,200 in March
4 Apr 2013
4.4k
56
Social Welfare
New figures on foreign nationals 'debunk migrant welfare myth'
1 Mar 2013
14.8k
78
Voices
Column: Unemployed people already feel they have no worth without being called ‘spongers’
Tom Boland
18 Feb 2013
2.1k
123
Euroleaks
Government to hire private companies to find work for long-term unemployed
11 Jan 2013
11.1k
133
Jobs
Department defends underspend as unemployment stays at 14.8 per cent
4 Oct 2012
5.1k
43
Dole
Jobseekers have benefits cut for not accepting work or training offers
28 Aug 2012
17.6k
152
Self-employed
Reform to self-employed PRSI contributions could be "too expensive"
24 Aug 2012
4.6k
20
Voices
Column: Reasons for making childcare tax-deductible are solid...
Stephen Donnelly
9 Jul 2012
86
64
Benefits
Just 10-20 per cent of people better off on dole, says ESRI
16 Jun 2012
4.8k
64
ESRI
Suggestions of government interference in ESRI paper withdrawal 'unfounded'
13 Jun 2012
5.2k
34
ESRI
ESRI paper which said many would be better off on dole withdrawn
12 Jun 2012
7.5k
69
welfare or work
Many would be better off on the dole rather than working, says ESRI
12 Jun 2012
7.6k
77
Voices
Column: Our welfare system is broken. We can fix it… by paying everybody.
Anne B Ryan
28 May 2012
1.1k
111
Live Register
Unemployment remains at 14.3 per cent, as 4,000 off the Live Register
2 May 2012
2.5k
44
Jobs crisis
Eurozone unemployment reaches highest level in currency's history
2 May 2012
1.5k
25
Voices
Column: Here’s what it’s like to be one of the long-term unemployed
Alan McMenamin
1 Mar 2012
505
93
Voices
Column: Lost your job? Here’s what you need to do…
John McGuire
24 Feb 2012
167
47
pathways to work
Govt to launch plan to get people back to work
23 Feb 2012
2.6k
26
Moonlighting
Government "working day and night" to get people off the dole: Enda Kenny
4 Feb 2012
4.5k
118
Magda
'Magda' says Irish Independent story was 'completely not true'
2 Feb 2012
13.1k
93
Good Morning
The 9 at 9
Nine things to know by 9am: Reports that dole could be cut, Mayo Garda station in firebomb attack, Robbie helps Galaxy to MLS glory, and the anniversary we’d rather forget
21 Nov 2011
6.0k
14
Good Morning
The 9 at 9
Nine things to know this morning…
13 Oct 2011
2.7k
14
Employment
Latest figures show unemployment rose in July
4 Aug 2011
579
6
Social Welfare
Judge: Dole recipients should get food vouchers instead
29 Jul 2011
5.7k
53
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock
18 Jul 2011
2.6k
5
Social Welfare
New rules mean 55 people have dole cut with more to come
18 Jul 2011
2.2k
49
Unemployment
Unemployment rate increased in May, reaching 14.8 per cent
1 Jun 2011
535
8
Stagnate
Ireland's economy to stagnate in 2011: OECD
26 May 2011
505
Good Morning
The 9 at 9
Nine things you need to know by 9am: OECD calls for dole to be cut; Sellafield to be stress-tested by the EU; and why Cheryl Cole was dropped from the US X Factor.
26 May 2011
2.9k
8
Live Register
Unemployment down slightly as Live Register is unchanged
5 May 2011
561
2
The Daily Poll
Poll: Is it right to cut benefits for those who refuse work or training?
24 Apr 2011
4.6k
Welfare
Dole claimants who refuse offers of work will have payments cut
24 Apr 2011
2.1k
Live Register
Unemployment stays at 14.7 per cent as live register rises
30 Mar 2011
495
Teachers
Unemployed to work for free under new scheme
30 Nov 2010
745
3
The Daily Poll
Poll: Should schools be allowed to hire the unemployed to work for free?