3.5 PERCENT DROP IN GALWAY'S JOBLESS FIGURE

Date Published: 05-Nov-2012

There's been a 3.5 percent drop in the number of people signing on across the city and county.

Latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show that 21 thousand 627 people are without a job in Galway, 807 less than the same period last year.

In almost all parts of Galway, October has recorded a drop in the number of people without a job since the same time in 2011.

In the city, just over 11 thousand people are now listed as unemployed, a drop of 4.9 percent on October last year.