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# Jobless

All time
# poverty line
Almost one in six Irish households is jobless
The rate refers to households where no adult is working.
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Feb 3rd 2018, 6:14 PM
# 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
# Unemployment
What can be done to help Ireland's "unacceptable" rate of jobless households?
A new report has come up with a number of proposed solutions.
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Jun 19th 2014, 7:45 AM
# Signing on
Live Register: Far more men than women are dropping their claims
There was a 1,600 decrease in the Live Register figures, once seasonally adjusted.
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Jun 5th 2014, 12:18 PM
# crisis
Unemployment down in eurozone but 18 million still jobless
Greece is still the country faring the worst with an unemployment rate of 26.7 per cent.
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May 2nd 2014, 11:20 AM
# ON THE DOLE
This t-shirt nails the feeling of being unemployed in Ireland
The Department of Social Rejection.
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Nov 30th 2013, 3:00 PM
# Unemployment
Unemployed number in Eurozone highest since records here began
There is a total of 19.071 million people unemployed in the eurozone.
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Apr 2nd 2013, 2:45 PM
# Jobless
Over 26 million people unemployed across the EU
The unemployment rate in the EU remains at 10.7 per cent but, at 11.8 per cent, it is much higher across just the euro area.
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Jan 8th 2013, 4:55 PM
# Jobless
Spain's unemployment rate fell by 1.2% in December
It is the first decline in the jobless figure since July 2012.
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Jan 3rd 2013, 10:47 AM
# Unemployment
ESRI: One in five people are living in jobless households
The percentage of households where adults are not working has grown from 15 per cent to 22 per cent in just three years.
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Dec 11th 2012, 10:48 AM
# Unemployment
Euro area unemployment rate at new high
Spain is ranked as the country with the highest rate of unemployment with Greece as a close second.
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Nov 30th 2012, 1:58 PM
Voices
Read Me: An open letter to my own depression
Garry Williams, who has suffered from depression for years, addresses his illness directly.
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Sep 30th 2012, 7:30 PM
# Unemployment
Unemployment hits 14.8 per cent - that's 309,000 people
The number of women out of work has risen by ten per cent in the past year.
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Jun 7th 2012, 11:40 AM
# Unemployment
Number on Live Register falls by 0.7 per cent in January
Unemployment dipped from 14.3 per cent to 14.2 per cent last month as a total of 439,589 people signed on in.
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Feb 1st 2012, 11:55 AM
# pathways to work
Unemployed people "are not statistics"
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore hits back at Joe Higgins description of ‘Pathways to Work’ interviews for jobless as “Alcoholics Anonymous style” meetings.
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Jan 26th 2012, 12:34 PM
# Welfare
New welfare 'profiling' to determine when jobless likely to find work
The new system aims to reduce long-term unemployment – and penalise people who refuse work or training.
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Jan 24th 2012, 7:47 PM
# Unemployment
Unemployment rate drops slightly in September 2011
While rate appears to be stablising, the proportion of those on the Live Register long-term has increased.
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Oct 5th 2011, 12:48 PM
Voices
Column: Here’s how the unemployment trap works
Stop bullying the unemployed – it’s about more than just not having a job, writes Róisín Nic Dhonnacha.
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Aug 26th 2011, 7:37 AM