A Know Your Rights article by Cork City Citizens Information regarding public holiday entitlements

In briefings, officials said a €44 cut on jobseeker payments had not been changed in over a decade and should be doubled at a time of full employment

Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys was launching a charter aimed at encouraging businesses and employers to hire young people

The tech company, which opened in Barrack Square, Ballincollig, in 2005 is a major employer in the region.

The employment rate for people aged 15-64 was 74.2 per cent during the second quarter of the year

The budgetary watchdog also estimated that inflation-proofing the tax system by indexing income bands and credits would cost €1.3 billion in 2024.

The Live Register is used to track the number of people registering for Jobseeker's Benefit or Jobseeker's Allowance

The unemployment rate was last at 3.9% between October 2000 and April 2001

New figures for February show the unemployment rate was down from 4.4 per cent in January

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The Department of Social Protection said the changes would bring Ireland in line with other EU countries

The counties that saw the greatest increase in the number of people on the Live Register up to November 2022 were Kerry (35.5 per cent) and Clare (30.7 per cent).

Tipperary was the only county that saw a decrease in the number of people on its live register in the year to September.

The overall seasonally adjusted unemployment figure for September was 4.3 per cent

The analysis by the Economic and Social Research Institute identified eight characteristics linked to prolonged periods of unemployment in 2018

The seasonally adjusted total for August 2022 shows that 186,100 people are on the Live Register, up 1,900 or 1.0 per cent from July

The figures showed that the jobless rate rose from a rate of 4.2% in July 2022 but was down from 5.5% in August 2021

The number in employments increased to 2,554,600, which is the highest employment rate since the series began in 1998.

CSO figures show 183,300 people were counted, down 1,200 on the previous month

Yesterday marked the end of the PUP, which was first introduced for employees and self-employed people in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic in March 2020.

Mr Martin said Sinn Féin taxation policies would affect businesses in the small business sector.

Nearly 700 people have found work through the support of EmployAbility in West Cork since it was founded 20 years ago, writes MARY ROSE MCCARTHY

A Cork TD has warned that a large number of people across the county will be impacted by the upcoming cuts to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, calling for the changes to be “scrapped”.

The number of people claiming the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) is at its lowest since December, new figures show. Around 285,000 people received the Covid-19 jobless payment this week, a decrease of more than 24,000 on last week.

Young people have faced a very difficult time during Covid, says Sinn Fein TD, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, who wants to see youth unemployment tackled and the creation of decent, sustainable work

FORMER Debenhams workers in Cork have shown their support for a bill that aims to improve workers’ rights in liquidation situations.

More than 2,000 people in Cork have closed their pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) claim in the past week.

VALERIE CONLON, spokeswoman for former Debenhams workers on Patrick St, says she is proud of what the ex-employees have achieved since the retailer closed its doors in Ireland.

The Government has unveiled its blueprint to transform rural areas across the country. Entitled Our Rural Future, it is described as the most ambitious and transformational policy for rural development in decades.

YOUNG Cork people who are deaf or hard of hearing and require support are being advised of a new mentoring support service.

More than 40,000 people in Cork will receive the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) today. New figures from the Department of Social Protection show it has issued weekly payments valued at €118.

The Government is to examine the introduction of a statutory living wage to tackle income inequality, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said. A living wage is the amount considered necessary to provide an acceptable standard of living.

The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, has announced that arrangements are in place to process new applications made by people for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) over the Christmas period.

There’s been a decrease in the number of people in Cork receiving the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP).

Weekly social welfare payments, which had been moved to a fortnightly schedule from the end of March will be fully restored to being paid weekly with effect from the start of November.

There’s been a further drop in the number of people in Cork who are receiving the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP).

Four thousand fewer people are in receipt of the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment this week compared to the same time last week. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection said €201.

Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) are hoping to capture the stories and experiences of people whose work has been disrupted by the COVID-19 crisis for a new study.

Fianna Fáil’s spokesperson on finance Michael McGrath has warned that the Covid-19 crisis will have a major and longlasting impact on the economy.

The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection is urging people to not attend Intreo centres if at all possible during the coronavirus outbreak.

As the Department of Health confirmed another 54 cases of coronavirus in Ireland last night, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warned that some 15,000 virus infections were expected by the end of the month.

New projections show Ireland could be seeing hundreds of new cases of Covid-19 per day by Sunday, and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said in the region of 15,000 cases are expected by the end of the month.

THE number of people on the live register in both Cork city and county fell in November. Figures released by the CSO saw an additional 764 people in employment last month, in comparison to October.