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Unemployment

All time
Social Welfare
Here's what the social welfare budget paid for last year
9 Jul 2014
20.4k
79
Live Register
Almost 3,000 extra young people were signing on last month
2 Jul 2014
10.4k
74
ESRI
Numbers acquiring Irish citizenship rapidly increased between 2010 and 2012 - report
30 Jun 2014
12.8k
174
Looking for Work
Opinion: Yes, I'm unemployed but that doesn't make me lazy or incompetent
Adam Brennan
22 Jun 2014
2.5k
163
Prime Numbers
Portmarnock beach, Thomas Piketty, and butter coffee: The week in numbers
21 Jun 2014
12.4k
2
National Debt
Opinion: Is austerity really a necessity – or do we have a choice?
Robert Grant
20 Jun 2014
469
43
finding solutions
Ireland is split between people who have good jobs – and people who don’t
20 Jun 2014
16.2k
41
Unemployment
What can be done to help Ireland's "unacceptable" rate of jobless households?
19 Jun 2014
6.9k
40
examining times
Mortgage arrears, the bailout and unemployment - who'd be a leaving cert economics student?
18 Jun 2014
7.0k
9
Rural Towns
Opinion: How can we revitalise rural towns? Simple – take some of the risk out of doing business
Cathal O’Donoghue
18 Jun 2014
659
17
Signing on
Live Register: Far more men than women are dropping their claims
5 Jun 2014
7.7k
36
rein it in
Criticisms of Irish healthcare overspend and unemployment levels in EU report
2 Jun 2014
14.5k
100
Labour Force
There are now almost 50,000 more full-time jobs than last year, many of them in agriculture
26 May 2014
7.0k
34
jobwatch
EU employment is struggling, with Ireland below average
20 May 2014
7.8k
48
Gender Equality
Men "hit harder than women by unemployment during recession"
14 May 2014
8.5k
18
Opinion
Opinion: Anxiety and depression are key in keeping the long-term unemployed out of work
Dr Keith Gaynor
13 May 2014
3.0k
67
Debt disaster
Half of Irish companies forced to sack workers because of late payments
12 May 2014
17.1k
19
taxed
Father-of-two works 20 hours a week for extra €2.38 on job scheme
10 May 2014
40.6k
164
Prime Numbers
Rory Gallagher, Death Row, and the 1916 Rising: The week in numbers
3 May 2014
10.9k
5
crisis
Unemployment down in eurozone but 18 million still jobless
2 May 2014
5.7k
34
Live Register
Unemployment rate falls again to 11.7 per cent
30 Apr 2014
7.7k
81
inequality
Opinion: Across Europe, equality is being obliterated by austerity
Rachel Mullen
28 Apr 2014
209
25
Jobs
Column: We're forced to bring skilled workers from abroad because of our educational failures
Aaron McKenna
26 Apr 2014
97
89
Unemployment
Column: I've entered the Church of Burton ... Yes, I am now a JobBridge intern
Catherine W
24 Apr 2014
189
68
Jobs
OECD says JobBridge is leaving most disadvantaged behind
23 Apr 2014
9.5k
66
news wrap
Lunchtime Fix: 6 things you need to know
16 Apr 2014
11.5k
3
not so happy customers
Consumer sentiment down in March after seven year high
7 Apr 2014
4.9k
8
Five Years On
VIDEO: The devastating aftermath of the Waterford Crystal factory closure
1 Apr 2014
18.1k
35
If you're happy and you know it
Report shows quality of life in Ireland above EU average
20 Mar 2014
10.6k
39
Suicide Prevention
Up to 560 suicides linked to the recession
7 Mar 2014
17.3k
48
Register of Interest
Live Register falls below 400,000 for the first time in five years
5 Mar 2014
17.3k
127
who are you
Most of 500,000 identity cards in Ireland issued to social welfare claimants
3 Mar 2014
38.9k
120
Jobs
There are now 253,200 unemployed people in Ireland
27 Feb 2014
15.9k
113
Social Protection
Jobseeker payments expenditure to fall by as much as 20 per cent
23 Feb 2014
12.9k
24
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know today as we head towards the weekend.
21 Feb 2014
9.9k
22
Penny Pinching
250,000 households have less than €15,000 a year to live on
12 Feb 2014
14.8k
100
generation failed
Column: The Youth Guarantee is an escalation of the government’s war on young people
Paul Murphy
7 Feb 2014
361
60
So many jobs
Government's jobs plan delivers 90 per cent success rate - but Bruton insists it's not spin
6 Feb 2014
5.1k
28
Jobswatch
Another drop in Live Register numbers, unemployment at 12.3 per cent
5 Feb 2014
6.9k
63
funemployed
Irish lad makes brilliant video cover letter to find a job
5 Feb 2014
3.0k
6
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