Irish General Election 2011: The challenge of creating 200,000 new jobs and the media as cheerleader
Jan 30th, 2011 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
Irish General Election 2011: While the renegotiation of the EU-IMF bailout will have centre place in the general election campaign, the issue of jobs for the desperate unemployed and the challenge of creating 200,000 net new jobs is likely to evoke lots of platitudes but few if any credible proposals. Meanwhile, the media is likely to continue its role as cheerleader rather than providing a forensic analysis of the flawed prescriptions for the future.