Unemployment figures - Workers hit hard as TDs on long break

The figures released

They rose by a shocking 11,747 - or 7.1% - to 177,852, and reflect increases all over the country.

The depressing CSO figures were released the day after the Dáil rose for its three-month summer recess, and to the realisation that its incumbents had sat a grand total of 100 days since last year’s general election.