Figures released by the Central Statistics Office show that 9 additional people joined the live register in the month of May following three months of decreases.
North Tipperary was worst affected where 15 people joined the dole queues – the biggest increase was in Thurles were 27 extra people are signing on.
In South Tipperary, the figures fell by 6 – the largest drop there was in Clonmel where 44 people came off the live register.
