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LONG QUEUES FORMED early this morning in front of the RDS in Dublin as thousands of people headed to the Working Abroad Expo.
Jobseekers looking outside of Ireland for opportunities not available to them here paid €10 for entry to the event. Eighty companies will be recruiting at the exhibition but advice on visas and other aspects of emigration is also available.
Just some of the jobs on offer include physicians positions in Canada which come with a promise of $500,000 earnings and $55,000 in assistance to “get settled”, as well as a house and a car.
The attractive packages come as other countries suffer skills shortages and Ireland’s unemployment remains at stubbornly high levels. Migration experts VisaFirst.com has said that the competition between Canada and Australia for Irish farmers and other skilled workers is now in “full swing”.
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Didn’t know Laois was on the border.
Someone doesn’t know their laois from their louth
Are the Brits encroaching?
Sneaky Brits. Up to no good as usual!
Thats right. Blame them Northern Republicans as usual. Even though it was 2 Polish fellas. Lazy journalism
They’re turning into Willie Frazer seeing republicans shnakeing around everywhere.
Laois is not a border county. Shoddy journalism
I managed to drive from Dublin to cork via laois today without going near the border. Is there another laois I don’t know about?
Well that is actually an achievement for a woman driver!
Border to who, Carlow?
Since when has Laois become a border county
Right. Well judging on the comments so far, we’ve established calling it a border county is a stretch. In fact calling Laois a county at all is a stretch. In fact I think this may be the first time I’ve written the name “Laois” since primary school geography.
Laois – a border county?
Laois! Border county???
A border county ?
Laois is not a border county.
The only county that doesn’t touch a county that touches the sea! You hear a lot of useless Laois facts when you go out with a Laois man!
When Claire Byrne comes on the telly…..
I remember that from school…..a maritime county I think it was called……how we were so proud of that growing up in Laois. “Feckin sea, thinks it’s so great…..wouldn’t touch it with another county”…said Laois.
It has a port
Has 2 ports and a harbour
I am more concerned as to why I was allowed continue I the m7/m8 and saw flashing lights and abandoned car and Gardai talking to man only to be told by person in toll booth ,on paying toll of 1.90 , that they suspected a bomb in the car and were waiting on army… Like really?? Why was I allowed past and why were they still collecting toll charges… Crazy country
If you were diverted or held for a few hours you’d be complaining, pipe down
Ha fair enough..
Just to add this was at around 9pm, 3 hours later? Ok ok tough day, glad I am home..
Why did you need to add ‘like’ to the sentence??
Why 2 question marks? For emphasis? And this is your question?
No simple typing error. I’m asking why ‘like’ was added the sentence, it makes no sense in speech or written down.
James w is there a mountrath in Louth
By-passed county. Easy mistake to make.
It on the border with another county
arm all gardai now. enough about this utopian fairytale nonsense about the ridiculous reasons for not arming our gardai. They need to have the fullest of protection they can have at their disposal. Not just a baton & pepper spray. We have seen how serious & well armed the modern criminal is & only last yr an unarmed garda was murdered in cold blood. How many more of our brave men & women are we going to put in the firing line unarmed & how many more have to die before we shake off our inappropriate & outdated sensibilities.
Well done the Gardaii. Apparantly all we have hear are people that complain about the journalist and one complaining that 2 Gardai didnt simultaniously hold two suspects, secure a car with direarms on board and close a moterway!
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