The South East continues to have the highest unemployment rate in the country.
According to the Labour Force Survey the unemployment rate was 8.6% at the end of the third quarter of this year - that's 2.6% above the national average.
The figure does represent a slight rise - from 8.2% in the third quarter of 2017.
There are now 186,500 people employed in the South East and 17,400 people unemployed.
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Nationally the Labour Force Survey shows employment in Ireland is continuing to grow.
The employment rate is up 3% so far this year while unemployment is down 12.1%.
Almost 2.3 million people in Ireland are now in work.
