Joblessness down but complacency a worry

There was further good news on the jobs front, this week, when the Central Statistics Office released figures showing that the unemployment rate last month fell to 8.4%, down from 9.7% in April of last year.

The number of unemployed people in Ireland was 183,700 in April. That’s a drop of of 3,700, compared to the March figure, and a fall of 25,700, compared to April, 2015.

It is the most hopeful sign yet that the economic recovery is finally becoming more widespread, and the fact that youth unemployment is falling is also very welcome, although, at 18%, it is still far too high.