The line graphs illustrate the information about the proportion of unemployed rates in Ireland, along with the number of emigrated residents from 1988 to 2008.
Overall, what stands out from the data is that the unemployed levels witnessed a dramatic fall by 2000, however the number of people remained the same after the two years of given two decade period.
Examining the details for the percentage of jobless people in Ireland, it is apparent that approximately 16% people are those who did not have employment in 1988, before the figure saw a steady fall to nearly 13% in 1990. Subsequently, the unemployment rates experienced fluctuations until 2000, before reaching its lowest rate, representing below 6%, then this figure levelled off until 2007, and then reached to about 11% in 2008.
in terms of people leaving the country, it is clear that in 1990 this figure witnessed a peak at about 70,000 people and it noticed a considerable decline in the next year. After that number of emigrants saw ups and downs, before reaching to just over 40,000 in 2008.