The unemployment rate for September remains unchanged from last month but is down 7,500 from last year, according to the Central Statistics Office. The unemployment rate for September remains unchanged from last month but is down 7,500 from last year, according to the Central Statistics Office. The unemployment rate for women was 4.9% at 54,200 in September 2019, down from 5.1% in August 2019, and down from 56,100 and 5.6% in the same time period last year. The youth unemployment rate in Ireland (for people aged 15-24 years) was 14.8% in September 2019 remaining unchanged from August. Ireland performs slightly above its EU counterparts, however the trend is similar across the eurozone, as the unemployment rate in the 19-country group dropped in August to its lowest in more than 11 years, data from the European Union statistics agency states, a rate of 7.4%.

Source: Irish Independent October 01, 2019 12:11 UTC