News — Construction industry may need to recruit from abroad to fill jobs

Construction industry may need to recruit from abroad to fill jobs

Construction industry may need to recruit from abroad to fill jobs

Construction industry may need to recruit from abroad to fill jobs

Construction industry may need to recruit from abroad to fill jobs Following the crash in the property market, employment in the industry fell to 83,400 in 2012, from a high of 236,800 recorded in 2007. That represented a 65 per cent drop. In the analysis, titled Where are Ireland’s construction workers?, authors Thomas Conefrey and Tara McIndoe-Calder found the industry had regained only about one third of the jobs it lost during the economic crash, lagging other industries. The article is part of the Central bank’s Quarterly Bulletin for 2018. It also found the profile of workers has changed in...

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