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Legacy of Covid-19 will long linger over labour force

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There are some records that no government wants to break - and unemployment is one of them. But on Monday, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection revealed arguably the worst figures for social welfare income support claims ever, as the economy shut down due to Covid-19.

Even during the worst of the banking crisis, unemployment topped out at around 466,000 - or close to 16%. By February of this year, the Live Register had fallen to 182,000  - around 4.8%.

But in just five weeks, Ireland has reached a point where 844,000 people are either totally dependent on the state for all their income, or are being subsidised by the state to stay in employment.

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