Ireland’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in April stood at 4.4%, up from a revised rate of 4.1% in March 2024 and from 4.1% in April 2023, according to the Central Statistics Office.

Overall, the number of unemployed persons stood at 124,200 in April 2024.

Breaking down the results, the monthly unemployment rate in April 2024 rose to 4.7% for females from the revised rate of 4.3% in March 2024, and up from a revised rate of 3.9% in April 2023.

At the same time, the monthly unemployment rate in April 2024 was 4.1% for males, up from the revised rate of 3.9% in March 2024 and down from 4.3% in April 2023.

Meanwhile, the youth unemployment rate (15-24) increased to 10.6%, from a revised rate of 9.2% in March 2024. Further data also found that the monthly unemployment rate for people aged 25-74 years increased from a revised rate of 3.4% in March 2024 to 3.5% in April 2024.

Conor Delves, Statistician in the Labour Market Analysis Section, “The seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed was 124,200 in April 2024, compared with 115,400 in March 2024. There was an increase of 9,900 in the seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed in April 2024 when compared with a year earlier.

The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed males rose to 60,400 in April 2024, compared with 57,800 in March 2024. The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed females increased by 6,200 over the month to April 2024 from 57,600 to 63,800.”