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Irish Election: Youth emigration in County Mayo

The economic woes of the Republic have rarely been out of the headlines in recent years - the collapse of the Celtic Tiger, the banking bailout and the austerity budget. With the general election this month, the electorate will decide which politicians will oversee what's happens next. But some voters are not staying around to find out. We've been to the unemployment blackspot of County Mayo the constituency of the Fine Gael leader, Enda Kenny, where in the run up to the election emigration is high and optimism low...

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