Live Register figures in Donegal fall 14% at the end of February

 

There were 10,343 people on the Live Register in Donegal at the end of February, down 1,743 on the same period last year.
That’s a fall of 14%.
The numbers fell in all the offices in the county.
There were 1,009 people signing on in Dungloe and 725 in Dunfanaghy, both down 17% on the February 2018 figure.
Falls of 16% were recorded in the Inishowen and Ballybofey offices, with 1,807 and 1,418 signing on respectively.
There were 573 people on the register in Killybegs, down 15%, while Letterkenny had 3,133 signing on, down 14%.
There were 700 people signing on in Donegal Town at the end of last month, a fall of 11%, while in Ballyshannon, there was a fall of 6%, with 978 people on the register there.