Unemployment in the North West

Unemployment in the North West
Recent figures released by the government show that unemplyment across Ireland has now hit 15%. Unemployment rates are highest amongst young males aged 18-25. Nearly half a million people are now on the dole. The North West suffers from a proportionally higher degree of long term unemployment than the rest of the country. This is due primarily to long term neglect of the region by successive governments who failed to invest in infrastructure or jobs creation. Sligo, Donegal and Leitrim all now have thousands of people who have little prospects of finding employment in the near future. These people are treated by the government and media as a problem. Their benefits are constantly attacked and business lobby groups advocate cutting them further as an "incentive to work".
The reality is that the people on the dole would rather be employed and earning a steady wage. They are not the problem.Rather it is the billions of euros being pumped into pointless banks to pay off private debt that is the problem. The government can always seem to find more money to support the bankers yet when it comes to helping the unemployed their strapped for cash! The government promised that it would introduce job creation programmes. This has not happened in any satisfactory manner. The 32 County Sovereignty Movement supports the rights of the unemployed and we regard it as essential to organize against further cuts. We urge anyone on the dole who wishes to promote the interests of the working class against the IMF agenda to contact us and help organize campaigns in their area.