Last week, researchers at UCD’s Geary Institute released a working paper ‘The Experience of Unemployment in Ireland’, the aim of which is “to capture the subjective experience of unemployment in Ireland during the current economic downturn.” Pointing out that “The debate about unemployment in Ireland has been restricted to discussion regarding the macro and micro-economic issues” the authors say “By listening to and documenting the views and experiences of people who have lost their jobs, the paper examines how material, emotional, psychological, social and physical well-being is being affecte