Unemployment ticks up along with hours worked

The sectors with the largest fall in employment were in wholesale, retail trade, and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, which dropped 7.3% followed by construction

The CSO estimated that 571,600 or 20.8% of those in employment worked part-time, and 24.8% of those in part-time employment were classified as underemployed. 

The unemployment rate in Ireland ticked up slightly between April and June as Irish workers put in a combined 1.7 million more hours compared to the same period last year, data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows.

According to the data, there were 131,200 unemployed people aged 15-74 years during the second quarter of the year, resulting in an unemployment rate of 4.6%, up from 4.4% last year. The youth employment rate — those aged 15 to 24 — stands at 47.7%.