A quarter of construction workers in Ireland face losing their jobs by the end of 2009 as the country’s building boom runs out of steam, newspaper Irish Independent has reported. The newspaper cites a confidential report by the Irish employment and training agency FAS which suggests that the country's largest industry will shed up to 65,400 of its 279,000 employees as the economic climate worsens and property values decline.
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