Unemployment has fallen slightly, according to the Central Statistics Office. The CSO figures show that last month's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.4%, down 0.2% from the rate in August. It means that the figures have fallen from 6.6% in September 2017. There were 129,400 people unemployed last month, down from 134,200 in August, and a decrease of 26,800 when compared to September 2017. Their data also shows that the youth unemployment rate was 12.9% in September, a fall from 13.9% in the previous month.

Source: Evening echo October 02, 2018 10:18 UTC