Independent.ie:"1,000 a week forced to emigrate"

[Maruska]

MORE than 1,000 people a week are being forced to leave the country in a desperate bid to find work abroad.

The extent of the emigration crisis -- the worst in the history of the State -- is revealed today in a major new report by the State's economic think-tank.

Up to 60,000 people will have left the country between April 2010 and this April, alarming new figures by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) show.

And, it is predicted another 40,000 will leave in the 12 months after this as the slowdown continues to bite and unemployment remains the third highest in Europe.

Just 44,000 emigrated in 1989 when the last recession reached its peak.

According to the forecasts, Ireland will lose the equivalent of the population of Galway city this year and twice the population of Kilkenny city next year.

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- Thomas Molloy and Aideen Sheehan
Thursday January 20 2011

Irish Independent