CSO: Ireland creating jobs faster than EU average

IRELAND is outperforming most European Union countries when it comes to creating jobs, new figures show.

In the last quarter women accounted for 69% of the 66,800 increase in people at work, which stands at 2,138,900 persons.

Between September and November the number of females in jobs rose 45,800 or 5.2% to 924,800. The number of men in employment rose 21,000 or 1.8% to 1,214,100 during the same period.