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Laois signing on number tumbles but insignificant Midlands jobs growth in booming year everywhere else

The number of people signing on at social welfare offices in Laois has dropped by nearly 6,000 since the trough of the Celtic Tiger recession but job creation in the Midlands is well below the big gains in other regions in what has been a record ...

24 Aug 2023 at 19:22

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Laois live register drops 14 percent

There has been a drop of 14 percent in the numbers signing on in County Laois over the last 12 months, although the current figure is still a whopping 257 percent what it was during the Celtic Tiger prosperity of a decade ago. The latest ...

09 May 2017 at 15:00

Business

Unemployment continues to drop, but threat of reclosure looms, says economist

The CSO reported that the Covid-19 adjusted unemployment rate fell to 16.7% in July, from 23.1% in June. These figures are an estimate based on the Live Register and Covid-19 related claims. The main unemployment rate rose to 5.0% in ...

05 Aug 2020 at 21:40

Local News

Unemployment figures down nationally

The latest unemployment figures show an annual drop of just over 1% across the State in the number of people out of work. According to the Central Statistics Office, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September 2017 was 6....

04 Oct 2017 at 15:51

Covid-19

Almost €130m in Pandemic Unemployment Payment arrears to be paid to 280,000 people today

Approximately 286,000 pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) recipients will be paid arrears to the value of €129.2 million today, the Department of Social Protection has said. Of the 286,068 people who are receiving arrears, 110,448 ...

01 Dec 2020 at 16:08

Local News

Laois benefits from scheme to help move people from welfare to work

Participants in the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (BTWEA) are twice as likely to be in full employment after six months than those who did not take part, a review has found. The study compared people who had stayed on the ...

27 Feb 2017 at 17:25

Local News

Government called out on PUP 'contradictory and confusing' back tax payments

Differing and 'confusing' explanations provided by the Government, including those by a Laois Offaly Minister for State, in an attempt to justify the retrospective taxation of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment payment have ...

18 Jan 2021 at 21:55

National News

Still twice as many Irish people unemployed compared to pre-Covid figures

Twice as many Irish people are still unemployed compared to pre-pandemic figures. That's according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which reported that the Covid-19 crisis has "continued to have a significant ...

07 Oct 2021 at 10:55

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Numbers signing on in Laois down 14 percent

The numbers signing on for social welfare in Laois has dropped by 14 percent in the last 12 months, although the local live register is still a staggering 273 percent what it was a decade ago. The latest figures ...

08 Feb 2017 at 16:06

National News

Irish social protection minister ‘not thinking of introducing national service’

Ireland’s social protection minister has said she is not considering implementing a form of compulsory national service as has been promised by the Tories in the UK. Heather Humphreys ruled out the move at the ...

28 May 2024 at 19:55

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Laois live register down 16 percent in the year

Laois has recorded another yearly dip in the number of people signing on for social welfare, with the numbers on the live register down almost 16 percent in the past 12 months. The latest figures from the ...

06 Oct 2017 at 16:51

National News

'Remarkable growth' in employment numbers as Ireland reaches record levels

Over 100,000 jobs were created in the first quarter of this year with employment now standing at 2.61 million, latest figures show. Unemployment is down 12.7 per cent when compared with the same period ...

24 May 2023 at 14:57

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