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LAST UPDATE | 24 Aug 2023
THE EMPLOYMENT RATE in Ireland is at its highest rate since records began in 1998.
In the second quarter of this year, there was an employment rate of 74.2% among people aged 15-64.
That’s an increase of 0.7% on the same period in 2022, according the newly released Labour Force Survey from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
The employment rate for men aged 15-64 stood at 78% in Q2 of 2023, and 70.5% for females.
There was also a 3.5% increase in the employment rates of people aged 15-89 in the 12 months to Q2 of this year, up 88,400 to 2,643,000 persons.
Females made up the majority of this increase, at 62,500, while males accounted for 25,900 of this figure.
The rate of youth employment (those aged 15-24) stood at 48% and was slightly higher for females (48.6%) than for males (47.5%).
Around 21.2% of those in employment, an estimated 559,100 people, worked part-time.
Close to 1 in 4 of those in part-time employment were classified as underemployed, meaning that they would like to work more hours for more pay.
And while there was an 11.2% increase in the number of people employed in public Administration and Defence in the year to Q2 2023, there was a significant decrease in the number of persons employed in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector.
This decreased by 6,600, or -6.3%, in the year to Q2 2023.
Meanwhile, the unemployment rates among people aged 15-74 decreased by 0.1% in Q2 when compared to the same period last year, down from 4.5% to 4.4%.
There were 121,200 unemployed persons in this age cohort in Q2 of 2023 using the International Labour Organisation (ILO) criteria.
The ILO classification describes an unemployed person as someone who, in the week before the survey, was without work and available for work within the next two weeks, and had taken specific steps in the preceding month to find work.
However, there was an increase in the youth unemployment rate (those aged 15-24).
This figure stood at 12.2% in Q2 of this year, up from 11.4% in Q2 of last year.
Of those who were in employment, an estimated 193,100 (7.3%) were absent from work during the reference week in Q2 of 2023.
This figure includes those temporarily absent from work for reasons such as holidays, sick leave or maternity leave.
This is an increase of 3.2% on the same period a year previous.
However, this was outweighed by an increase in employment of 3.5% among those aged 15-89.
This resulted in an increase of 1.3%, or 1.1 million more hours, worked per week to 84.1 million hours per week in Q2 2023.
Sam Scriven, a statistician in the Labour Market & Earnings Division of the CSO, explained more about how the CSO came to their findings.
He said: “Randomly selected households receive introductory letters by post asking them to take part in the Labour Force Survey or other CSO surveys.
“These letters give people an option to ring the interviewer or complete the survey face-to-face at the respondent’s home.
“These surveys give us a picture of the economic and social situation of the citizens of Ireland with a level of accuracy that no one else can gain.”
He urged people to take part in a CSO survey if invited to do so.
“It means that when CSO figures are quoted you know they’re accurate, because you told us.”
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Depression can drive a man to take his own life but what drove him to kill so many innocent people ? So very sad.
It’s something that many of us thankfully will never understand. But it makes it all the harder for the victims families because a normal person just can’t fathom how something like this happens.
“Link between Psychiatric drugs and violence cannot be ignored” by Brian Daniels ~
From 2005 ~ “Pilots Taking Antidepressants? The FAA Is Risking Our Lives” by Psychiatrist Dr Peter Breggin ~
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-peter-breggin/antidepressants-pilots-ta_b_542240.html
PIlots with severe depression should not be certified to fly several hundred passengers.
Absolutely, no exceptions !
Murdering bastaard
I can’t help but feel, the media should not be posting this guys picture or even his name. He apparently said he wanted to be remembered etcetc. So, if the media shows his info then this may, I only say may, influence others with the same psychotic needs!!! Just saying.
Very good point
Decent point but I don’t think it’s entirely practical as the same logic could be extended to those who commit many serious crimes. By basic human nature people need to vilify someone who commits such a heinous act, the concept of someone who committed such an atrocity not being associated with it doesn’t sit well with me.
Also in this era of 24-hour and tabloid news, News sources feed off these leaks so add some new content to their news reels so you’ll never find any editorial responsibility from that side.
Nothing can undo the horror of the crash and the manner in which it occurred. However,
this new story needs to be examined a bit. Why did nobody notice anything strange about the descent? Surely the pilot would have had to report something as irregular as this?
ATC did and tried to get in touch. The pilot was locked out of the cockpit and tried to get back in. All of this has already been examined in detail and well documented
He is referring to the “practice” descent Paul, not the actual one that caused the crash! :-)
He is referring to the “practice” descent Paul, not the one that caused the crash! :-)
Paul, I was referring to the article published today, not the original event.
I was surprised to discover that it was AFP that was responsible for this collection of words. At least I got something from it.
Is it a fact he was diagnosed as being suicidal in the past? Need I say anymore. ..
Why does the headline state “previous flights” only to be contradicted by the opening line of the article?
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