Jobless at 7.9% - No reason for complacency

UNEMPLOYMENT in Ireland fell to 7.9% last month, down from 8.2% in August. It is now running at its lowest rate since 2008, having hit a peak of more than 15% in 2012.

That’s the good news.

Even better news is that youth unemployment halved over the same period, from more than 33% to 15.9%, although the latter is still unacceptably high.