15% fall in numbers signing on in the Premier

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The number of people on the Live Register in Tipperary has fallen by nearly 1,400 in the last year.

According to the Central Statistics Office there’s been a reduction in the numbers signing on at all eight social welfare offices in Tipperary in the last 12 months.

Roscrea has seen a drop of 270 since November 2017, Nenagh is down 220 while there’s been a fall of 214 in Clonmel.

There were 7,854 people on the Live Register in Tipperary at the end of last month compared with 9,231 twelve months ago – a fall of nearly 15%.

3,711 are signing on in North Tipperary with 4,143 in the south of the county.

The drop in the last month alone stands at 179 across the Premier County.