Employees number increase despite contractions across several sectors

Ireland's construction sector contracted by 1.1% in April, with an additional three industries seeing employee numbers unchanged in the month

The construction sector contracted by 1.1% in the month, reflecting the largest decrease, followed by administrative services which fell by 0.9% in the same period. Photo: iStock

Employment figures have shown signs of levelling off in new findings by the Central Statistics Office, with construction, agriculture, industry, administration and services all reporting a fall in employees in April this year.

Furthermore, three sectors saw employment numbers remain unchanged, including wholesale and retail trade, professional and scientific services and the information and communications sector which has undergone mass layoffs impacting more than 3,000 people since November last year.