What demographic group are our emigrants primarily from?

Dannyboy83

As is probably well known by know, emigration is supposed to be running at 1000 people per week, highest in the EU.

Yet our unemployment rate is at a 17year high:
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/irish-unemployment-hits-17-year-peak-497360.html

& the live register has actually increased while this heavy rate of emigration continues:
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/live-register-figures-rise-to-442000-495677.html

So if emigration is rampant and the live register figures are not budging - I'm assuming we are exporting almost all of our college graduates?

hinault

Dannyboy83 wrote: »

As is probably well known by know, emigration is supposed to be running at 1000 people per week, highest in the EU.

Yet our unemployment rate is at a 17year high:
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/irish-unemployment-hits-17-year-peak-497360.html

& the live register has actually increased while this heavy rate of emigration continues:
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/live-register-figures-rise-to-442000-495677.html

So if emigration is rampant and the live register figures are not budging - I'm assuming we are exporting almost all of our college graduates?

Bit of a leap there, eh?

RichardAnd

Dannyboy83 wrote: »

As is probably well known by know, emigration is supposed to be running at 1000 people per week, highest in the EU.

Yet our unemployment rate is at a 17year high:
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/irish-unemployment-hits-17-year-peak-497360.html

& the live register has actually increased while this heavy rate of emigration continues:
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/live-register-figures-rise-to-442000-495677.html

So if emigration is rampant and the live register figures are not budging - I'm assuming we are exporting almost all of our college graduates?

Don't think so. Of my final year class, 75% (according to a mate who works in the college) got jobs within 6 months, myself amoungst them. Most graduates with real degrees that aren't construction releated get jobs.

EDIT: That link to breakingnews.ie about the live register would suggest to me that the live register is falling, which to my knowlege it is.

dan_d

Careful with the "real degrees" and "construction" there...:p

I get the impression that it's mainly grads and people from my own age-group (28) and early thirties, with young families and no incomes.

I know many of my friends (civil engineers), are still working, mind you, but mostly on 3 day weeks, and the majority with 30%+ wage cuts. However in the wider circle of aquaintances in the construction industry, it has been completely laid to waste. Which in some ways is a shame, as we do have a huge wealth of experience in construction and management now leaving/left the country.

I'm becoming more strongly of the opinion every day that those figures are relatively meaningless....they don't tell anything like the full story. Myself, I'm job hunting, but emigration is very much one of our options right now. As much to get a job as to get away from the crap that's constantly being spouted on the airwaves and on TV in this country.

gurramok

RichardAnd wrote: »

Don't think so. Of my final year class, 75% (according to a mate who works in the college) got jobs within 6 months, myself amoungst them. Most graduates with real degrees that aren't construction releated get jobs.

EDIT: That link to breakingnews.ie about the live register would suggest to me that the live register is falling, which to my knowlege it is.

And so are the employment numbers which are falling too. Its a question of who is emigrating and going back to education and who are getting the jobs. Would graduates be going back to education?

RichardAnd

gurramok wrote: »

And so are the employment numbers which are falling too. Its a question of who is emigrating and going back to education and who are getting the jobs. Would graduates be going back to education?

I didn't say employment wasn't falling, I only pointed out that the article in question claimed the live register was falling.

hinault

RichardAnd wrote: »

I didn't say employment wasn't falling, I only pointed out that the article in question claimed the live register was falling.

The number of people employed in this country is falling.

Unemployment numbers are up as they've reached 14.7% of the available workforce according to the CSO.

And all of this with rising levels of emigration and people enrolling/staying on in education.