New Central Statistics Office figures show that the Live Register was effectively unchanged in April.
100 more people signed on last month to bring the seasonally adjusted figure to 436,000.
The CSO says that the standardised unemployment rate in April stood at 14.3%, unchanged from the level in March.
Today's figures also show that in unadjusted terms there were 430,001 people signing on the Live Register in April. This represents a decrease of 9,570 (-2.2%) over the year.
The CSO said that the trend in the overall Live Register continues to be one of movement within a small range.
Today's figures show that, on a monthly basis, the Live Register showed a monthly increase of 400 men while the amount of women signing on fell by 400.
But the number of male long term claimants increased by 7,744 (6.2%) in the year to April, while the number of long term unemployed women jumped by 6,889 (15.4%). This gives an overall annual increase of 14,633 (8.6%) in the number of long term unemployed.
The CSO figures also reveal that 57.2% of all claimants on the Live Register in April were short term - this compares to 61.5% the same time last year.
Meanwhile, new Eurostat figures show that Ireland has the fifth highest rate of unemployment in the European Union.
The average unemplyment rate in the EU stood at 10.2% in March, while the rate for the 17 countries in the euro zone is 10.9%. Unemployment in the USA is 8.2%, and 4.5% in Japan.
Spain has the highest unemployment rate at 24%, followed by Greece at 21.7%. Portugal was third on 15.3%, and Latvia fourth with 14.7%
The lowest unemployment rate was recorded in Austria, with 4%, followed by the Netherlands with 5%.
Live Register doesn't capture everyone - INOU
"The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed is keenly aware that the Live Register does not capture everyone who is unemployed which increasingly is becoming the entry mechanism to supports," noted Bríd O'Brien, Head of Policy and Media with the INOU.
The organisation is also very conscious of the fact that much of the employment people are accessing is part-time and piecemeal and that few people are securing decent jobs. She continued,
"It is absolutely critical that all unemployed people get the support they need to get back to work as soon as possible."
