Slight rise in unemployment in Galway last month
Galway Bay fm newsroom - Unemployment figures in Galway crept up slightly last month after months of decreases.
An additional 173 people joined the Liver Register in the city and county in December, bringing the jobless figure for Galway to 20 thousand 174.
Almost all areas in Galway saw a slight increase in unemployment figures last month.
The biggest rise was in Tuam, where an extra 67 people signed on.
Tuam now has an unemployment figure of 3 thousand and 55.
In Ballinasloe, 44 more people joined the Live Register in December, bringing its jobless figure up to over 2 thousand 300.
37 extra people signed on at the social welfare office in Loughrea in December bringing its unemployment figure to over 2thousand 200.
In Clifden, 32 more people joined the Live Register last month bringing the number of people out of work in Clifden to 12 hundred.
Last month in Gort, there was a slight increase of 14 on November's unemployment figure.
The number of people without work in Gort is now just over 14 hundred.
The only area to see a decrease in unemployment last month was the city, where 21 people came off the Live Register.
The city now has an unemployment figure of 9 thousand 931.
There are now 20 thousand 174 people out of work in Galway, a drop of the 8 and a half percent.