BIG RISE IN NUMBERS OUT OF WORK ACROSS GALWAY

Date Published: 10-Nov-2008

There's been a big increase in the numbers unemployed across Galway during the past month.The numbers out of work increased by almost 500 during the past month but when compared to the same month last year Galway now has 5,000 more people on the live registrar.Galway City and all the major urban centres across the county report rises in unemployment figures during the past month.Loughrea and Tuam have the biggest increases in the numbers unemployed with the figures for Loughrea going up by 146 to 1,237 while in Tuam the figure rose by 139 to 1,879.The number unemployed in Ballinasloe rose by 98 last month to 1,498 and in Clifden the figure is up by 56 to 832.In the city the numbers unemployed rose by 34 to 7,943 while Gort had the lowest increase in unemployed figures going up by 24 to 824.