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# Dole

All time
Welfare payments due on Friday will now be paid tomorrow
28 Feb 2018
24.3k
33
Retirement age for public service workers to increase to 70
5 Dec 2017
67.7k
73
Leo wants to link dole payments to a person's PRSI contributions
11 Nov 2017
48.2k
163
'Losing my job was hard, but making people redundant was worse'
7 Aug 2017
21.2k
7
Ireland has the highest rate of young people receiving benefits across 35 countries
5 Oct 2016
21.7k
145
Varadkar plans to raise dole payments depending on how long you've worked
25 Jul 2016
22.3k
88
Fine Gael wants to increase the dole by €27*
16 Feb 2016
26.8k
123
'I'm angry, depressed and very, very broke. This is my life on zero hours'
Anonymous Man Profile Yellow Hoodie
14 Feb 2016
2.4k
141
There has been another drop in the number of people on the live register
7 Jan 2016
14.5k
112
Under 26 and on the dole? Labour has some good news for you - sort of
23 Nov 2015
34.6k
76
What is life really like on the dole?
1 Nov 2015
39.1k
159
People on the dole to see 50% increase in their Christmas bonus this year
14 Sep 2015
40.2k
143
These Drogheda lads' song about being on the dole is your unlikely summer jam
25 Aug 2015
4.9k
1
Gardaí are being used to interview social welfare claimants
21 Aug 2015
49.3k
144
Social welfare fraudster caught by facial recognition software is jailed
8 Jul 2015
24.4k
49
Joan slams social welfare fraudsters for 'giving two fingers to their neighbours'
24 Jun 2015
25.8k
137
Talk to Joan: 400 calls about dole and welfare fraud EVERY WEEK
26 May 2015
16.8k
58
Water charges will be taken from wages after people are given "every opportunity" - Minister
10 May 2015
29.1k
306
Young man takes on social welfare for 'age discrimination' over reduced dole
24 Apr 2015
72.1k
167
Could the self-employed be about to get equality on social welfare?
26 Mar 2015
21.7k
89
Signing off for Christmas work? Your dole will be restored 'immediately' afterwards
7 Nov 2014
14.9k
67
Life on the dole - a dark and humorous diary
9 Aug 2014
43.4k
56
Over €200m worth of unclaimed social welfare payments in past three years
21 Jul 2014
17.8k
25
'No evidence' that disproportionately high number of migrants receive social welfare
17 Jul 2014
10.9k
82
Almost 3,000 extra young people were signing on last month
2 Jul 2014
10.3k
74
A TD used a Dáil question to ask if a water meter protester would have their dole cut
28 Jun 2014
49.7k
357
Opinion: Yes, I'm unemployed but that doesn't make me lazy or incompetent
Adam Brennan
22 Jun 2014
2.3k
163
In cases where work pays less than the dole ... 7 out of 10 people choose work
11 Jun 2014
13.1k
56
Live Register: Far more men than women are dropping their claims
5 Jun 2014
7.6k
36
Government unsure if paying social welfare electronically will save money
4 May 2014
12.5k
61
Taoiseach warns of risk of 'welfare dependency' despite falling unemployment
30 Apr 2014
9.8k
64
Unemployment rate falls again to 11.7 per cent
30 Apr 2014
7.5k
81
Bruton on Gateway: 'Calling councils slave sweat shops is a total insult'
11 Mar 2014
10.0k
107
Another drop in Live Register numbers, unemployment at 12.3 per cent
5 Feb 2014
6.8k
63
James Reilly backs protest against turning his local library into a dole office
27 Jan 2014
9.9k
23
Irish man considers joining British army to pull family out of poverty
28 Oct 2013
37.8k
253
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
21 Oct 2013
9.7k
5
Column: Cutting unemployment benefit to the under-26s is unjust and unacceptable
Dan O'Neill and Fiona Dunkin
15 Oct 2013
82
122
Poll: Should dole payments for those under 26 be reduced?
14 Oct 2013
22.8k
390
Live Register falls by 3,200 in July
31 Jul 2013
6.5k
55
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