Monday, 04.01.2010
CIF: Up to 100,000 construction jobs at risk

The Construction Industry Federaton is today warning that up to 100,000 jobs in the sector will be at risk next year.<br /><br />The CIF is forecasting only 10,000 houses will be built in 2010 - a dramatic fall from output of 90,000 at the height of the boom in 2006.<br /><br />It comes alongside a prediction from the ESRI today of 76,000 job losses in the overall job market next year.<br /><br />However, CIF director of policy and Research Martin Whelan believes the numbers joining the Live Register will be greater than this.