UNEMPLOYMENT STILL RISING IN GALWAY

Date Published: 05-Sep-2008

Unemployment is still rising in Galway with more than 500 extra people joining the Live Register last month. [Aug]As the credit crunch continues, more people are losing jobs, with a total of 14 thousand 460 people out of work in Galway at the end of August.Galway city was the hardest hit with job losses in August, with an extra 255 people signing on, meaning there are just over 8 thousand 4 hundred people out of work in the city.Overall the rise in unemploment last month is sharp compared to the same period last year.In August 2007, there were 10 thousand 440 people on the Live Register, in August of this year, that figure rose by over 4 thousand to 14 thousand 460.