New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the seasonally adjusted Live Register total for October rose by 400 people to stand at 172,800.
The CSO said the 25 to 34 years age group made up the largest number of those on the Live Register in October, at 24% of the total.
Today’s figures show the counties that recorded the biggest percentage increases in the number of people on the Live Register in October were in Longford, with the figures there up by 7.3%, while they rose by 5.3% in Dublin.
The largest decreases were in Kerry, with the numbers signing on down by 9.2%, while they eased by 9% in Monaghan.
The CSO said the unadjusted Live Register total stood at 168,352 people for October, of which 55.2% were men. This marked was a rise of 1.5% on the same time last year.
The 25 to 34 years age group made up the largest number of those on the Live Register in October 2026 at 40,436 people or 24.0% of the total.
The counties that recorded the largest percentage increases in the number of people on the Live Register in the 12 months to October 2026 were Longford (+7.3%) and Dublin (+5.3%), while the largest decreases were in Kerry (-9.2%) and Monaghan (-9.0%).
There were 115,870 people on the Live Register for less than one year, which was 68.8% of the total number of people on the Live Register.
The Live Register is not designed to measure unemployment as it includes part-time workers as well as seasonal and casual workers who are entitled to Jobseeker’s Benefit or Jobseeker’s Allowance.
Figures earlier this week from the CSO showed that the country’s unemployment rate moved up to 4.8% in October from 4.7% a month earlier. The September figure of 4.7% was lower than the original reading of 5% for the month after downward revisions to previous months.
The jobless rate has stayed between a near-record low of 4.1% and 5.1% since November 2021.
