Over 2m people employed - highest number since boom

More than 2m people are in employment, the most working in the country since 2008, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.

The CSO’s National Household Survey for the third quarter of 2016 also shows that employment rose 2.9% or 57,500 in the year to September 2016, bringing total employment to 2,040,500.

Unemployment dropped by 25,300 (12.5%) over the same period bringing the total number of persons unemployed to 177,700.