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Fri 08 Aug 2009Jobless rate hits 12.2 per cent
A further 10,500 people signed on to the Live Register in July bringing the standardised unemployment rate to 12.2 per cent, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
The total number of people on the register at the end of last month was 423,400 compared to 412,900 in June, the lowest monthly increase since last September.
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