This post uses the latest CSO data to estimate unemployment rates for each county, by age group and by gender. It also presents to interactive tools, a map and a motion chart, for visualising Ireland’s unemployment crisis. It finds that unemployment is highest among young men & in the Border, Midlands and South-East regions.
The banks and the government finances dominated public debate in 2009. In 2010, unemployment must take centre stage. This post presents estimates of young male unemployment around the country. In total about 55% of jobs for young men have disappeared in the last three years. In some parts of the country, up to two-thirds of young men are now signing on.
