The number of people on the Live Register in Tipperary has fallen by over 30% in the last decade.
7,868 people were signing on in the Premier at the end of last month compared with nearly 11,400 in January of 2009.
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That drop of over 3,500 in the last 10 years is spread right across the county – however, the Carrick on Suir area has shown by far the biggest reduction.
In January 2009 there were 1,605 people on the Live Register at the Carrick social welfare office – this was down to 809 last month – a drop of nearly 50%.
Fine Gael representative in the Carrick Municipal District Louise McLoughlin has welcomed the figures