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Ireland jobless rate steady at 5.0% in August - CSO

2nd Sep 2026 11:21

(Alliance News) - Ireland's unemployment rate was unchanged last month, numbers from the Central Statistics Office showed on Wednesday.

According to the CSO, the jobless rate stayed at 5.0% in August, where it stood in July.

On-year, the rate of unemployment rose from 4.9%.

The number of those unemployed fell by 1,200 on month to 147,100. On-year, it climbed by 1,900.

By Eric Cunha, Alliance News news editor

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