The Government today launched its South West Action Plan for Jobs, aimed at delivering 10-15% employment growth over the coming years.

A new €10million initiative to support more start-up businesses in every county of the country has today been launched by the Government as part of its Regional Action plan for Jobs.

By Jeanne Mirer and Marjorie Cohn
The debate about the debt ceiling should have been a conversation about how to create jobs. It is time for progressives to remind the government that it has a legal duty to create jobs, and must act immediately—if not through Congress, then through the Federal Reserve.