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This is an audio file with a 32-second quote from CSO Statistician with the Labour Market Division, Colin Hanley, about the Labour Force Survey Quarter 2 2024 release.
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The latest results from the Central Statistics Office Labour Force Survey, published today, show the employment rate of over 74.4% for persons aged 15-64 years.
The Unemployment Rate was 4.6%, up from 4.4% in Q2 2023.
The Participation Rate was 66% overall, up 0.3 percentage points from the previous year. The participation rate for females was 61.4% in Q2 2024 which was the highest recorded since the series began in 1998.
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