Latest statistics show non-Irish national employment declined by 125,800 since its peak in 2007
Date Published: 25-03-2011
Latest Quarterly National Household figures show a decline in non-Irish national employment by 125,800 (36.4%) since its peak of 345,800 in Quarter 4 2007.
- There were 220,000 non-Irish nationals in employment in Q4 2010 representing a decrease of 13.8% over the year.
- Unemployment among non-Irish nationals in Q4 2010 was 49,600 and the unemployment rate was 18.4% (up from 15.8% in Q4 2009).
- The unemployment rate among Irish nationals was 13.5%.