JOBS OVERVIEW: Real jobs growth adds meat to the Irish recovery story

The jobless rate has inched below the 11% for the first time since 2009 and more significantly, the numbers at work are up 27,700 in the year to March. 

Employment in Ireland now stands at 1.926 million, the highest since March 2009, though still well below the peak levels at the height of the boom.

These are some of the key findings from the latest Central Statistics Office survey of the labour market.