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2,900 more signing on to Live Register in June

Standardised unemployment rate rose slightly in this month compared with May, and of the 2,900 extra people signing on, 2,000 were men.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT rate rose slightly from 14.1 per cent in May to 14.2 per cent in June after almost 3,000 more people signed on to the Live Register this month.

According to seasonally adjusted figures from the CSO, 446,800 peole signed on in June 2011. A year ago, 441,800 signed on for the month of June and the average unemployment for 2010 was 13.6 per cent.

Of the 2,900 people signing on in June, 2,000 were men. Over the year, the number of female claimants rose by 3.8 per cent, while the level of male claimants dropped slightly and was down 0.3 per cent.

However, the number of long-term claimants has increased over the year, from just over 30 per cent of the total Live Register figure in June 2010 to 40.8 per cent of it this month.

Just under a fifth of those on the Live Register in June 2011 were casual and part-time workers, while those of the ‘craft and related’ occupational group remain the single largest group signing on.

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    Mute Dublinjonny_No.2
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    Oct 20th 2014, 3:58 PM

    We need a fund it campaign to raise finances to pay a few showers and toilet flushes

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    Oct 20th 2014, 3:58 PM

    Would love the last photo in my living room. Its beautiful and mysterious.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 2:29 PM

    Hi Lily, Are you in Dublin? The exhibition ‘Out of Thin Air’ is on at the Copper House until November 7th and you can see that picture at 36″ x 32″ in liquid Acrylic.

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    Oct 20th 2014, 4:33 PM

    Ow this could be the way I can pay for our wedding….
    (Don’t think she would like the idea though)

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    Mute Bullet
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    Oct 20th 2014, 4:26 PM

    If anyone would like to read further we did a full interview with one of the co-founders here.

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    Mute Frederick Constant
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    Oct 20th 2014, 9:24 PM

    Sounds like a good way to secure funds from man on the street if the professional financiers don’t fancy investing. Although if the banks don’t want to lend, or to lend cheaply, there’s usually an underlying risk basis to that decision. Otherwise they’d have a piece of it for themselves..

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    Oct 20th 2014, 10:44 PM

    It’s a wonderful way to get a project off the ground that otherwise wouldn’t see the light of day,I have supported a sucessfull film venture on the Cajun zydeco music tradition in the US, through kickstarter fundraiser,the idea can be applied to any project anywhere that has the potential to suceed,if for some reason the funding effort fails to reach its set figure by the due date,the amount you have funded is left in your account,it also has potential for jobs and employment in rural areas where some companies just wouldn’t go.

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    Mute Patrick
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    Oct 20th 2014, 9:27 PM

    E begging

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