In response to mass unemployment and the prospect of having to emigrate, an unemployed Irish graduate has spent €2,000 (£1,745) on a massive billboard advertisement asking employers not to let him leave the republic.
Féilim Mac An Iomaire, who erected an advertising hoarding on the busy Merrion Road in south Dublin in an attempt to find a job, has said he has been overwhelmed by the response.
The ad contains a picture of the 26-year-old marketing graduate facing a number of famous landmarks from Sydney, London and New York with the message: "Save me from emigration."
His ad has struck a chord across Ireland at a time when about 50,000 citizens, many of them young graduates, are expected to leave this year for work abroad. There are still up to 400,000 jobless workers in Ireland due to the property crash and the country's fiscal crisis... (The Gardian)
It's very courageous of Mac An Iomaire to take such a bold approach. He also set up a facebook account and has received a lot of positive responses.
ResponderExcluirIrish news video about 'jobless paddy' here:
http://aidanmaconachyblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/jobless-paddy-resists-emigration-trend.html