Minister critical of bid to tackle south-east job crisis
“… The south-east has an almost 4% higher rate of unemployment than the national average, she said, while it was ‘clear that third-level education is a contributing factor and it is imperative that a regional university is achieved’. Regarding a university in the south-east, Mr Hogan said he ‘will be doing everything possible to establish the structure of a steering group for this …’” (more)
[Ciaran Murphy, Irish Examiner, 31 May]
Tags: Phil Hogan, WIT