17/12/2013

Government Launch Economic Growth Plan

Unemployment in Ireland will not fall below 10% before 2018, the government's new economic plan has said.

The newly published Strategy for Growth has predicted an unemployment rate of 8.1% by the year 2020.

The document also lays out predictions for economic growth, saying that by next year it will reach 2%, then 2.3% in 2015 and 3.0% in 2020.

Described as a "roadmap for the Irish economy", the full document can be read online.

(MH/JP)

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