Vallas showed he meant business when he threw out the custodians in defiance of the building trades union.

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And let me just say parenthetically, one of the highest unemployment segments in the country is in the construction area, in the building trades.

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The economic slowdown has been rough on many in the building trades, and the two Norden brothers have had a "tough go, " says their uncle.

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And when the talent ran out immigrants arrived, to bring extra vim not only to the building trades but, because lots of them are Polish, to Ireland's fading Roman Catholic church.

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But the list also includes more conventional trades such as building and plumbing.

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The recession has hit hardest the most macho trades, such as building and manufacturing.

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With those questions unanswered, consensus appears to be building around a more limited tax on share trades, similar in style to Britain's stamp duty, that could be expanded later.

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Skills-based capacity building and training programs have helped to teach trades and vocational capabilities, and socio-educational organizations have emerged to help provide guidance and extra-curricular activities to individuals and children who may otherwise be at risk of recruitment into extremist groups, be that through lack of other options or economic coercion.

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