70% of young unemployed to emigrate

Cllr Anthony Kelly has expressed shock at the release of new figures from the National Youth Council of Ireland today which indicated that 70% of our unemployed young people plan on emigrating before the end of this year. Cllr Kelly has held the Coalition for Cuts directly responsible for the fate of this lost Generation and has once again appealed for immediate, emergency action to combat emigration.

"This morning Leo Varadkar spouted the same tired old rhetoric of cuts on national radio," Cllr Kelly said, "Its become so familiar to us all at this stage that I'm sure I wasn't the only one wondering if this was Brian Lenihan blaming the Irish people for his mistakes again. It wasn't. Instead we had the golden boy of the 'opposition' telling us that his party in power with Labour will continue on Fianna Fails deadly legacy. He even had the nerve to snigger about it. That's the opposition that they offer, laughter at the expense of the Irish people. Laughter at the expense of half a million unemployed, thousands of emigrants, hundreds of thousands of people who are suffering due to the failed policies of people like Leo Varadkar."

Cllr Kelly said that only Sinn Féin is offering a way out of this mess. "Sinn Féin knows the importance of job creation. We are the only people talking about it. That's an incredible thing considering the situation we're in, and a damning description of the other political parties. We need to get Ireland back to work. We need to stop our young people leaving by offering them what they want; jobs, a chance to earn a living, a chance to live. We have the plan and I promise that when the people of county Wexford elect me as their representative to the Dail, I will stop the modern day coffin ships leaving our shores. My party will get this country back to work."