When adjusted for Covid-19, the number in employment at the end of September was 2,078,058, or 61% of the labour force.That gives an unemployment rate for the third quarter of 7.1%.
All of the decrease in employment was amongst part-time workers with women bearing the brunt in the accommodation and food sector as well as retail. Meanwhile, the number of actual hours worked per week by the workforce fell by 5.4 % over the year to the end of September, according to the Central Statistics Office.
In the second quarter of 2020, during the first Covid-19 lockdown, hours worked per week collapsed by 22.1% or 16.8 million per week.
🇮🇪🦊 no sh*t you dont say..🙄🙄
Thanks FFG and SF for propping up this tyranny against the people and destroying our country, you won't be forgotten.