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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
