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People queue outside the Social Welfare office in Limerick

By Peter Muhly

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People queue outside the Social Welfare office in Limerick, central Ireland, March 2009. The unemployment rate in the 16 euro countries climbed to a 10-year high of 9.5 percent in May as companies cut jobs to survive Europe's worst post-war recession, according to EU data. People queue outside the Social Welfare office in Limerick, central Ireland, March 2009. The unemployment rate in the 16 euro countries climbed to a 10-year high of 9.5 percent in May as companies cut jobs to survive Europe's worst post-war recession, according to EU data.


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