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Social Welfare
THE amount of people signing on the live register in Tralee rose in January for a second consecutive month.
The number of people claiming unemployment benefit in the Tralee area is now 5,186. Though there has been slight climb of people unemployed, the figure is 458 less than January 2015.
The total across the county in Kerry’s seven social welfare offices is 12,725. In Killarney, 2,316 are signing on and in the Listowel the figure is just under 2,300.
Jobless figures in Tralee over the past year
January 2016 – 5,186
December 2015 – 5,154
November – 5,043
October – 5,093
September – 5,220
August – 5,713
July – 5,701
June – 5,609
May – 5,425
April – 5,438
March – 5,534
February – 5,644
January – 5,572
This is very sobering reading. How is Kerry surviving at all? Politicians. This is the main issue!