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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)
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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