Stephen Kinsella: There is a recovery in employment

Judging by the discussions I hear on radio and read in the new programme for partnership government, you’d swear that out beyond the M50 lies an irradiated wasteland, some kind of cross between Mad Max and Trainspotting where life is nasty, brutish and short. The common refrain is that the recovery hasn’t made its way beyond the Pale.

The facts just don’t bear this impression out. Yes, there is a disparity between the ...