Cork Centre for the Unemployed Can Still be Saved

Cork Centre for the Unemployed Can Still be Saved


Sinn Féin councillor Mick Nugent has commended staff and supporters of the Cork Centre for the Unemployed for their efforts to keep the centre open, and called on FÁS to reconsider its position on withdrawing CE funding.


Cllr Nugent said:



“The staff and volunteers at the Cork Centre for the Unemployed are to be commended for their decision to keep the centre open on a voluntary basis, after the withdrawal by FÁS of community employment places.”



“With 40,000 people unemployed in Cork, the range of services provided by the centre has never been more necessary. It is ironic that a facility which has been open for nearly two decades should face the threat of closure now at a time when unemployment is at its highest since the 1980s.”



“The Cork Centre for the Unemployed is the only one of its kind in the city, and it is important that it is kept open.”



“FÁS should use the lease of life the staff have given the centre to reconsider their decision to withdraw funding for CE places while the facility can still be saved.”



For further information or comment contact Cllr Mick Nugent @ 087-6755793