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Rise in numbers working part-time sees unemployment fall to 13.7%
- Ireland
- May 30, 2013, 11:41
The numbers at work grew for the third successive quarter in the first three months of the year according to the Central Statistics Office. On a seaso(...)

Two-thirds of prisoners reoffend within three years
- Crime & Law
- May 30, 2013, 11:36
Almost two-thirds of prisoners go on to reoffend within three years of release, a new study has shown. The report, published this morning by the Irish(...)

Too early to call British tourist market, says ferry group boss
- Transport & Tourism
- May 30, 2013, 01:00
The chief executive of ferry operator Irish Continental Group, has said it is too soon to predict how the British tourist market will perform this ye(...)
Tough times for farmers
- Agribusiness & Food
- May 29, 2013, 01:00
It is deeply unsettling to hear animals cry out in hunger. That sound was heard all too frequently in recent months to the great distress of the farme(...)

Retail sales rise last month after March slump
- Retail & Services
- May 28, 2013, 12:41
Retail sales rose by 0.2 per cent last month, rebounding from a marked slump in March, as sales of cars and electrical goods boosted numbers on the hi(...)

North American visitors on rise but British tourists still in decline
- Consumer
- May 28, 2013, 00:00
The Gathering may have caught the imagination of American tourists, but the number of British visitors to Ireland continues to decline, figures releas(...)

Keeping it real in view of TV women’s dangerous lives
- Politics
- May 27, 2013, 12:00
Television females lead strange lives. And not just because they wake up with all their make-up on, always have clean hair and can wear boned b(...)

Dublin outstrips regions for quality of life
- Social Affairs
- May 22, 2013, 12:00
Dublin comes out on top when it comes to a broad range of quality of life indicators, according to the latest report from the Central Statistic(...)

Emigration story by far the most important of modern Ireland
- Politics
- May 21, 2013, 12:00
Imagine the populations of Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford cities put together. They amount to about 400,000 people. That’s about the numb(...)

Exports subdued but strengthen for second consecutive month
- Ireland
- May 17, 2013, 01:00
The value of exports rose modestly for the second consecutive month in March, but foreign(...)