Numbers at work 'at their lowest level in 20 years': Unemployment rate hits 28%

The CSO said the figures demonstrate the pandemic has continued to have "a significant impact on the labour market during April."

In the last week of April, 602,107 people were in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.

Ireland's unemployment rate hit 28.2% in April when accounting for all Covid-19 payments.

According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) the standard rate would be 5.4%.