Yesterday in the Dáil Labour leader Eamon Gilmore said there were fears about the mood of the country five weeks away from what is being branded the harshest Budget in the history of the State.
He stated:
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It seems to me, as a country, we are hurtling headlong into a period of conflict, strife and a lot of division in society”.
Mr Gilmore blamed the looming crisis on Fianna Fáil‘s refusal to agree a way forward with others.
He said a plan of action was needed, through an agreed national recovery deal, to save jobs, prevent home repossessions and resolve the fall-out over public sector pay cuts.
Thurles.info has learned that there are 615 pending claims for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Benefit in North Tipperary. This number, when added to the latest Live Register figures for the area, actually brings the number of people on the dole to over 7,000. Live Register figures for the month of September showed 6,511 people are on the dole in North Tipperary. October’s live register figures are due out this Friday 6th November.
There are 58,282 waiting for Jobseeker’s Welfare payments nationwide. Both Cork and Galway have over 3,000 waiting. Limerick City has over 3,000 alone and in Dublin the waiting list is over 14,000 when pending claims from all local offices are considered.
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