Who is in recession?
Jan 30th, 2009 | By Ian Poulton | Category: IrelandHave you tried buying tickets for the Six Nations matches?
Pat Kenny’s RTE 1 radio programme included interviews with people at an unemployment office in west Dublin. The staff member explained that the overwhelming majority of those attending the office were unemployed for the first time; that there had been a massive increase in those looking for work, to the point that the office could hardly cope with the numbers.
The news at the top of the hour confirmed the bleakness of the picture; crisis talks were continuing at Government…