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Many workers stopped receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment in early December, but would have reapplied at the end of the month due to the reintroduction of Covid restrictions

Live Register & PUP claimants fell 4.5% in December

Business • 08 Jan

The Covid-19 crisis is continuing to have a significant impact on the labour market here

Unemployment rate dips to 20.4% before latest lockdown

Business • 06 Jan

The number of Americans filing for first-time claims for jobless benefits increased again last week

US weekly jobless claims increase again

Business • 25 Nov 20

The jobless rate, including those receiving temporary Covid-19 jobless benefits, rose to 20.2% in October

Covid-adjusted unemployment rate rises to 20.2% - CSO

Business • 04 Nov 20

Clare, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo are more heavily reliant on micro-enterprises, Central Bank research shows

Employment in western counties hit harder by Covid

Business • 23 Oct 20

The ESRI said it expects the economy to rebound strongly next year by 6.3%

ESRI eyes recovery if Brexit deal reached

Business • 08 Oct 20

The jobless rate, which stood at 4.8% before the coronavirus crisis, hit a record 28.8% in April

Covid adjusted unemployment rate falls to 14.7% - CSO

Business • 29 Sep 20

New CSO figures show the unemployment rate, including those receiving temporary Covid-19 jobless benefit, fell to 15.4% at the end of August from 17.6% in July

Covid adjusted unemployment rate falls to 15.4% - CSO

Business • 09 Sep 20

The unemployment rate is 41.2% for those aged 15 - 24 years

Adjusted unemployment rate fell to 16.7% in July - CSO

Business • 05 Aug 20

Wholesale and retail were among the sectors to see the greater number of workers return

4.3% fall in Pandemic Unemployment Payment numbers

Business • 04 Aug 20

45% of young people in the labour force are currently unemployed - with 90,000 under-25s claiming the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.

€190m funding call to tackle youth unemployment

Unemployment • 17 Jul 20

Retail sales in Germany rose by almost 14% in June, rebounding from a 6.5% drop in April

German economic rebound from coronavirus gathering pace

Business • 01 Jul 20

Paschal Donohoe said he is really optimistic about where Ireland can go

Getting people back to work biggest challenge - Donohoe

Business • 16 Jun 20

The percentage of younger people unemployed continues to be high

Adjusted unemployment rate fell slightly in May - CSO

Business • 03 Jun 20

Paschal Donohoe brought a memo to Cabinet today seeking approval for the revised spending estimates

€6.8bn extra funding approved as spending limit nears

Politics • 22 May 20

Australia's unemployment rate shot up to 6.2%, the highest since September 2015, from 5.2% in March

Australians warned worse to come as job losses soar

Business • 14 May 20

The Covid-19 crisis has continued to have a significant impact on the labour market here in April

April unemployment rate jumps to record high of 28.2%

Business • 08 May 20

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives for the vote on the $484bn coronavirus rescue package

US Congress passes coronavirus relief package

US • 23 Apr 20

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said the Irish economic landscape 'has been turned on its head in recent weeks'

Donohoe: We're 'in the midst of a severe recession'

Business • 21 Apr 20

The Covid-19 crisis had a significant impact on the labour market in Ireland in March

Covid-19 adjusted monthly jobless rate soars to 16.5%

Business • 09 Apr 20

Best estimates so far put the unemployment rate in Ireland at around the 17-18% mark - higher than the 16% recorded at the peak of the last financial crisis.

5 things we learned about the Covid-19 economy today

Coronavirus • 02 Apr 20

The latest Live Register figures, due out today, are expected to show that 482,000 people are now claiming unemplyment payments

Unemployment rate may rise to 17% in March - Goodbody

Business • 02 Apr 20

The seasonally adjusted number of people who were unemployed stood at 120,100 in February, new CSO figures

Unemployment rate steady at 4.8% in February - CSO

Business • 03 Mar 20

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 5% in the third quarter of 2019 to 4.7% in the fourth quarter

Number of employed people rose by 3.5% last year - CSO

Business • 18 Feb 20

Unemployment moved higher in January - but remained lower on an annual basis

Unemployment edges up in January - CSO

Business • 04 Feb 20

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