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Jobless rate 'already at 20% this week as more construction workers sign on'

The unemployment rate will have topped 20% by the end of this week as more construction workers sign on for the Covid-19 payments, Goodbody chief economist Dermot O’Leary said.

Jobless rate 'already at 20% this week as more construction workers sign on'

Thu, 02 Apr, 2020 - 20:40

Eamon Quinn

Additional reporting: Daniel McConnell

The unemployment rate will have topped 20% by the end of this week as more construction workers sign on for the Covid-19 payments, Goodbody chief economist Dermot O’Leary said.

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