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Thu 07 Jul 2009Taoiseach accepts jobless toll may pass 500,000
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has accepted the number of people out of work will pass the half million mark by the end of the year and could rise even higher next year.
Mr Cowen told the Dáil yesterday the seasonally-adjusted figure for the number of people on the Live Register had risen to 413,500 in June, an increase of 11,400 on May and an increase of 197,781 over 12 months.
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