Live Register figures for the end of last month have been released today by the Central Statistics Office, showing a fall in the numbers signing on in Donegal when compared to August 2023.
There were 8,395 people on the registers in the county’s eight social welfare offices, a drop of 11% on the same period last year.
The sharpest fall in the numbers signing on was seen in Killybegs with 499 people on the register, a decrease of 21%.
There were 20% fewer people recorded in Dungloe, with 926 signing on.
The figure for Ballyshannon sat at 917, down 18% on the year previous.
Buncrana fell by 11% to 1,514 and Letterkenny had decrease of 8% to 2399.
Meanwhile the Ballybofey and Donegal offices saw 6% and 5% less names on the register totalling to 1081 and 545 respectively.
Finally Dunfanaghy recorded the smallest decrease of 4%, to the figure of 514 people signing on.
