Increase in young jobless figures

THERE has been a large increase in the number of people under 25 signing on the live register in west and south Cork.

Figures released by the Central Statistics Office show that almost one in five people signing on are under that age.

The unemployment increase is particularly evident in young men, rather than women, and this is being attributed to the fall off in jobs in the construction industry.

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