Recovery ‘not being felt equally’ across all counties

Unemployment may have fallen again in Ireland, but the recovery is not benefitting all counties equally, a leading economist warns.

An economist at the global job site Indeed, Mariano Mamertino said the highest and lowest unemployment rate varies between 4.8% in the South-West and more than 8% in the Midlands.

“With the unemployment trajectory expected to continue its downward trend in 2018, it must be hoped that policy efforts to bring investment and new jobs to areas where recovery has been less robust are successful,” said Mr Mamertino.