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Unemployment rate jumps to 28.2% in April - CSO

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The unemployment rate for April, as measured by the Covid-19 adjusted measure, was 28.2%, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office.

The CSO said the Covid-19 crisis has continued to have a significant impact on the labour market here in April. Today's jobless figures mark the country's highest ever rate of unemployment and marked an increase from a jobless rate of just 4.8% before the crisis two months ago.

Today's figures show that the Covid-19 Adjusted Measure of Unemployment stood at 30% for men and 26.1% for women. The youth jobless rate stood at 52.8% in April, while it was 24.8% for persons aged 25 years and over.

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