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Slight Drop In Tralee Jobless As Rest Of County Sees Increase

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Social Welfare OfficeTHERE’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

Unemployment In Tralee Rises For Third Consecutive Month

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THE amount of people in Tralee seeking unemployment benefit has risen for the third consecutive month.

The figure of 5,187 on the live register was an increase of just one person on the previous month.

Though Tralee saw another rise in people seeking unemployment benefit, the figure is down 457 on this time last year.

Around the county all offices reported a drop in unemployed except Tralee.

The area with the greatest fall in unemployed was Killarney, going down by 108 (2,208)

Kerry now has a total of 12,515 people unemployed which is a 10% drop on last year (13,851).

Jobless figures in Tralee over the past year

February 2016 – 5,187

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