Youth unemployment top of leaders’ agenda

Monday 16th January 2012, 2:56PM GMT.

Chief Minister Ian Gorst and Assistant Chief Minister Sir Philip Bailhache were greeted by Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny

GETTING young people back to work was the main topic at last week’s British Irish Council meeting in Dublin.

Attending his first summit, Chief Minister Ian Gorst met senior politicians from around Britain including Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond on Friday.

Leaders from around Britain spoke about youth unemployment and the misuse of drugs at the event.

‘It was very good, we were made to feel very welcome indeed,’ said Senator Gorst.

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your secret admirer

January 16, 2012 at 4:03 pm

See theyv’e found a useful job for Senator Bailanche,carrying the Chief Ministers papers!!

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- Mark G
  
  January 17, 2012 at 7:47 am
  
  They should do a caption comp on what he is saying or thinking. How he wishes that was him.
  
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mick

January 16, 2012 at 8:06 pm

Great news dos that mean we will send all the unemployed youths over there or will they send all there unemployed here i think the latter.

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