Irish jobless rate including COVID-19 payouts falls to 12.4%

Ireland’s unemployment rate, including people receiving temporary COVID-19 jobless benefits, fell to 12.4% in August, its lowest level since the pandemic began, from 13.5% in July, the state statistics agency said.

Excluding recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, which will be phased out in the coming months, the rate fell to 6.4% from 6.5% as the economy continued to reopen.

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