Jobs must be the real priority for 2014

Taoiseach Enda Kenny insists that the focus of 2014 will be on creating jobs. The economy is moving back to some kind of normality, we are told, meaning that attention can now be given to getting people back to work.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny insists that the focus of 2014 will be on creating jobs. The economy is moving back to some kind of normality, we are told, meaning that attention can now be given to getting people back to work. It is all fine in theory - and the jobs market has been showing some recovery of late. However, there is a real danger that, newly freed of the troika, the government will ...