Unemployment fell to 7.9% last month, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office, and it includes those in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
This compares to the Covid-adjusted rate of 8.9% in September and 20.3% in October 2020. The traditional, seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment, stood at 135,200 people or 5.2% of the workforce in October.
This is unchanged from September and down 18,400 from the 6.3% recorded in October 2020. The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) was closed to new applicants from July and the transition to a Jobseeker's payment began at the end of last month.