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Social Welfare
OVER the course of December there was a rise in the number of people on the live register in Tralee.
Tralee saw an increase of 111 people to 5,154 seeking employment assistance in the last month of the year.
Unemployment had been steadily falling in town the three months previous, but has since jumped up again though still well off the yearly high in August which had 5,713 people claiming social welfare assistance.
Monthly unemployment figures 2015
2015 Monthly Liver Register figures.
January – 5,572
February – 5,644
March – 5,534
April – 5,438
May – 5,425
June – 5,609
July – 5,701
August – 5,713
September – 5,220
October – 5,093
November – 5,043
December – 5,154
