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Jobless Figures Drop in the Mid West

The number of people on the live register in the MidWest is at its lowest level since February 2009.

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Newly released CSO figures show just under 29,800 people here were claiming some form of unemployment benefit in October, a monthly fall of 871 and an annual fall of nearly 3,800.

The fall is in line with the national trend, with the unemployment rate for all of Ireland falling for a 32nd month in a row.

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