Unemployment rate expected to be 6.2% by the end of the year
Ireland is nearly reaching full employment as the end of the year approaches.
The ESRI says the unemployment rate will be 6.2% by January 1.
This will continue to drop further in the coming months to a level as low as 5.4% in 2018.
During the height of the economic crisis, 2010 unemployment exceeded 15%.
