The Taoiseach says Ireland's unemployment rate is still "unacceptable" – despite it falling to just over 12 per cent.
Enda Kenny was speaking at the launch of the latest Action Plan for Jobs – which hopes to attract an extra 10-thousand jobs from abroad over the next five years – on top of the 100-thousand previously announced.
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It’s giving the IDA more funding to boost Ireland’s competitiveness abroad – with a specific focus on emerging economies.
The CSO says an extra 14-thousand-600 people got jobs in the last quarter of last year – bringing the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate to just over 12 percent.
