# Unemployment

All time

# Employment

The latest job numbers are pretty good news for these two

Employment is now increasing at a rate of over 1,000 jobs per week.

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Aug 26th 2015, 3:11 PM

# Wrong way

There is some bad news in the latest jobless figures

The unemployment rate for July went in the wrong direction for the first time since the start of 2014.

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Aug 5th 2015, 10:45 PM

# looking ahead

These are the jobs with the brightest futures in Ireland right now

But there are also skills that can help you in almost any career.

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Jul 19th 2015, 10:00 AM

# pocket change

Why most workers aren't going to start earning more any time soon

Ireland can look to the UK and US for signs of what’s to come.

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Jun 10th 2015, 6:01 AM

# blow by blow

These are the jobs that are winning and losing as the economy picks up

Average pay packets took another hit at the start of the year.

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May 26th 2015, 4:10 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

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May 21st 2015, 4:56 PM

# Long Time Coming

For the first time in seven years, Ireland's unemployment rate is under 10%

There are now 1.9 million people employed in Ireland and 212,000 who are unemployed.

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May 21st 2015, 12:29 PM

# jobphobia

Michael Noonan is copping a lot of flak for saying some people are 'allergic to work'

Brendan Howlin, for one, doesn’t agree.

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May 7th 2015, 6:20 PM

# Live Register

15,000 under 25s have been signing on for over a year

The number of people signing on has dropped but unemployment is still at 10%.

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Apr 29th 2015, 2:23 PM

Voices

'I have never felt so strongly wronged by those who represent our country'

Here I am, feeling like a second-class citizen in my own country, crying over a water meter. Do the politicians I voted for even care?

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Apr 7th 2015, 7:30 PM

# wunderbar

Germany is laughing all the way to the jobs office

The country’s unemployment figures for March were the best since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Mar 31st 2015, 11:28 AM

# Greensleeves

Top Gear's James May seems to be enjoying his new-found 'unemployment'

He’s been learning the descant recorder, you know.

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Mar 28th 2015, 2:34 PM

# we're not partying

Saying jobs are only being created in Dublin is 'highly misleading'

One in four workers earn less than the living wage, new research has found.

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Mar 19th 2015, 5:45 PM

# downturn

Suicides of more than 470 men in Ireland linked to recession

In 2008, the trend of falling suicide rates started to reverse and self-harm among both men and women has also been rising.

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Mar 16th 2015, 3:00 PM

# Prime Numbers

How big is the average penis? That, and more, in the week in numbers

Plus: How much did Willie Walsh earn last year?

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Mar 7th 2015, 7:00 PM

# Jobs Jobs Jobs

Irish unemployment is THIS CLOSE to dropping below 10%

The live register hasn’t seen figures this low since February 2009

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Mar 4th 2015, 8:25 PM

# shots fired

Joan Burton: I sometimes wonder if TDs criticising JobBridge have ever worked in a job*

* “Apart from politics of course,” the Tánaiste said.

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Feb 25th 2015, 11:00 PM

# not this time

The JobBridge €50 top-up won't be increased, here's why

The National Youth Council of Ireland thinks “significant reform” of the internship scheme is needed.

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Feb 25th 2015, 5:05 PM

# four years on

With all this good news, why is Labour so low in the polls? We asked Joan Burton...

The Tánaiste answered questions about Labour’s low poll ratings today.

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Feb 25th 2015, 3:16 PM

# good and bad reviews

'If it wasn't for JobBridge, I'd still be on benefits'

Almost four years on from the launch of the internship scheme, we’ve been asking participants about their experiences…

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Feb 21st 2015, 8:15 PM

# Recession

As unemployment rates rise, the risk of suicide increases

A study found that both men and women of all ages were equally vulnerable to the effects of rising unemployment.

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Feb 11th 2015, 9:15 AM

Voices

Opinion: Raising the minimum wage sounds nice, but it could price young people out of work

A substantial minimum wage rise right now would be a very hollow victory if it meant that businesses couldn’t remain competitive and collapsed.

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Feb 6th 2015, 8:00 AM

# Research

The Great Recession had a HUGE impact on Ireland's young people

A new ESRI study has looked at how many young people were unemployed in recent years – and it’s grim reading.

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Feb 5th 2015, 10:43 AM

# tell us more

This is what 2015 will look like for jobs and pay cheques*

*According to the Central Bank’s latest update, that is.

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Feb 3rd 2015, 11:02 AM

Voices

Opinion: JobBridge has very vocal critics, but it's delivering results for thousands of young people

Unpaid internships are largely the preserve of the well-off and reinforce disadvantage; JobBridge has levelled the playing field.

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Feb 2nd 2015, 6:00 PM

# erase and rewind

Ireland's economy should soon be back where it started - except for all that debt

How about we start from scratch?

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Feb 2nd 2015, 5:03 PM

# Going Down

Every single month in 2014 there were fewer and fewer people on the dole queue

The unemployment rate is now down to 10.6%.

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Jan 7th 2015, 12:02 PM

# leaking cash

The budget will take a big hit next year because of Irish Water: ESRI

But at least things are looking good for jobs and the economy.

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Dec 17th 2014, 6:30 AM

# Prime Numbers

Tayto crisps, Mary Lou McDonald, and U2: The week in numbers

Plus: How many homeowners are more than two years behind with their mortgage repayments?

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Dec 6th 2014, 7:30 PM

# Unemployment

The dole queue has shrunk to a post-recession low... And Joan Burton's happy

Each person off the Live Register and into a job saves the taxpayer €20,000 a year, the government says.

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Dec 3rd 2014, 12:47 PM

# Now Hiring

Good news Dublin: A tech company is creating 150 jobs

The jobs will be in areas such as business, technical analysis, quality assurance, and application support

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Dec 3rd 2014, 6:59 AM

# graphgate

The guy called 'moron' by Alan Farrell has his own graph for the TD...

Presented without comment.

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Nov 27th 2014, 9:13 AM

# Touchy subject

A Twitter row over this incredibly vague graph climaxed with a FG TD calling a voter a "moron"

That escalated REALLY quickly.

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Nov 26th 2014, 11:20 PM

# Jobs

The unemployment rate has been revised down even further

A new CSO report has revealed that since the same time last year, the number of people unemployed has fallen by 37,000.

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Nov 26th 2014, 7:15 PM

# Money Talks

Most employers will be hiring next year, but workers expect to get more from those jobs

People are expecting extra cash after years of shrinking pay packets.

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Nov 21st 2014, 5:12 PM

# Unemployment

Here's how many Irish Water employees were taken off the live register

More than one fifth of the meter installers were unemployed before they got their current job.

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Nov 16th 2014, 7:45 AM

# seasonal jobs

Signing off for Christmas work? Your dole will be restored 'immediately' afterwards

Minister Kevin Humphreys is reminding those on Jobseekers payments that seasonal work of up to eight weeks can be taken.

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Nov 7th 2014, 4:19 PM

# Every Little Helps

People on the dole will get a Christmas present from the government this year

The Christmas Bonus will be reintroduced this year – one of two increases in the area of social welfare announced in today’s Budget.

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Oct 14th 2014, 4:57 PM

# Jobseekers

Lower dole rate leaves Ireland's young people 'struggling to make ends meet'

An organisation representing young people in Ireland is calling for the €188 rate to be restored for all young people who are taking part in education, training and works experience programmes.

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Oct 13th 2014, 4:22 PM

# poverty line

Three quarters of people with spinal injuries in Ireland are unemployed

Four in ten people with spinal cord injuries live at or below the poverty line.

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Oct 8th 2014, 7:38 PM