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	<title>The Mire &#187; Unemployed</title>
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		<title>Free sunbed sessions for the unemployed  a &#8216;cynical ploy&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[leisure society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minister for Health Mary Harney]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Fine Gael spokesman this morning condemned the Govenment for &#8220;the cynical ploy&#8221; of offering free sunbed sessions to the unemployed.
&#8220;This is no less than a cynical ploy to get people off the live register by killing them,&#8221; a Fine Gael spokesman said.
However, a Government spokesman accused Fine Gael of playing politics with people&#8217;s lives. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fas forced to look abroad for revolution tutors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unemployed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fas has conceded defeat in its efforts to hire revolutionaries to put the country back on track. Ads with all the key recruitment agencies have failed to attract a single applicant.
Fas is now preparing a campaign to attract Revolution Tutors from overseas and hopes to role out courses in revolution for the new unemployed early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shops hoping for sales bonanza from striking public servants</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[250000]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[public service pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public service strike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small businesses and the unemployed are hoping for a reprieve from floods and recession when up to 250,000 public servants bring their considerable spending power to towns around the country.
Hairdressers have recruited extra staff for the day while coffee shops are hopeful that cappucino and latte sales will be at a level not seen since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union fights for jobs of staff who don&#8217;t work</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bankers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sources on both sides of the Bank of Ireland pay dispute have admitted that reaching resolution on the issue is unlikely unless it can be established what the staff involved actually do for a living.
A leading banker told The Mire that the fundamentals of banking had changed so much recently that it was by no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Con Sultans enjoy gloom boom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[An Bord Snip Nua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unemployed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While increasing numbers of Mirish people continue to suffer the indignity of having to eat sandwiches instead of paninis, the boom years are just beginning for the nation&#8217;s Con Sultans as they prepare to offer their expertise to the process of implementing An Bord Snip Nua&#8217;s cost-cutting measures.
Con Sultans have played a key role in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment study focuses on public servants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Public Service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Health Service Executive (HSE) and Dept of Social Welfare are looking for volunteers from the public service for a joint study into the impact and implications of long term unemployment.

“Because of the boom years we don&#8217;t have up to date analysis of the effects of long term unemployment but we are aware of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training the new unemployed</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/training-the-new-unemployed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A spokesman for third level, VEC and Fas education and training bodies has strongly defended the delay in rolling out course places for the new unemployed, saying that the training situation facing them now is different to anything they have ever had to deal with before.

“You have to remember that our track record up to [...]]]></description>
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