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Unemployment hits ten-year high

By Noreen Bowden | November 9, 2008

The Irish unemployment rate hit 6.7% in October, a ten-year high.

Economists are forecasting that unemploment will average 8.5% in 2009, the highest rate since 1997.

See the full report from the Central Statistics Office at CSO.ie.

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