Number on dole falls below 400,000
The drop in the total number of people on the Live Register to 396,500 in October means the unemployment rate now stands at 13.2%, the fifth month in a row that it has fallen. The number of dole claimants was 23,660 lower last month than in Oct 2012.
The figures from the Central Statistics Office show that in the year to October, the number of over-25-year-olds claiming the dole declined 16,324, or 4.7%, while the number of under-25s fell 7,336, or 10.5%.
