Ireland – Unemployment rate stays on six-year low

The unemployment rate was unchanged in June after falling to a six-year low of 9.7 per cent last month.

According to new figures from the Central Statistics Office, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was down from 11. 4 per cent when compared to the same month a year earlier.

The number of unemployed people fell by 500 to 208,100 in June when compared to May 2015 and by 35,900 as against the same month last year.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Unemployment rate unchanged this month on six-year low.