Youth Unemployment out of control

Ireland now holds the highest emigration rates in Europe.

Incredibly large numbers of people are leaving Irish shores in search of work and will continue to do so, according to new data that has emerged.

According to recent forecasts by the ERSI (Economic and Social Research Institute), in the 12 months before April 2010, the number of people who emigrated from the 26 counties is expected to be 70,000.

Research has also shown that although the state has the highest birth rate and lowest death rate in the EU, Irish people continue to leave in their droves.

It is predicted that 120,000 people will have left by the end of April 2011.

These devastating figures all stem from one core issue - the inaction demonstrated by this incompetent Fianna Fail/Green coalition government. This country, north and south, is losing thousands of its able and willing young people while Brian Cowen & Co. are on national airwaves telling the public that the recession is over and that we have turned some metaphorical corner.