THERE’S been a slight drop in the number of people signing on at the Tralee social welfare office last month according to figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Tralee’s Live Register figure for November fell by six to 4,439 which is a 12% drop on the same month in 2015.

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Countywide, the November figure was 10,172 people down 13% on the same time last year – a drop of 1,521.

The six other social welfare offices in Kerry saw monthly increases with Killarney up 232 to 1,640 the largest increase.

The live register figures for Tralee in the past year…

November – 4,439

October – 4,445

September – 4,521

August – 4,974

July – 5,083

June – 5,054

May – 4,961

April- 4,931

March – 5,008

February – 5,187

January – 5,186

December 2015 – 5,154

November – 5,043