August saw a further fall in the number of people on the live register in Clare.
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59 people left dole queues last month, while the live register in West Clare is at its lowest level in nearly eight years.
996 people are currently signing on in West Clare.
This marks a monthly fall of 23, and is the first time the figure has been below 1,000 since late 2008.
There were also falls in other parts of the county last month – down by 11 in North Clare and by 4 in East Clare, with the totals in both areas standing just over 1,000.
Ennis saw a fall of 15 to 3851.
The total number of people on Clare's live register is now 6928, down by over 12.5% year-on-year.
