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Figures obtained from the CSO have shown that over 60% of the people currently on the Live Register in Fermoy are male.

Over 60% of the people currently on the Live Register in Fermoy are male, figures obtained from the CSO have shown.

Of the 1,892 people signing on in Fermoy, 1,146 are male, with the vast majority of these being over the age of 25. Presently, 746 females are on the Live Register in Fermoy, with 105 of these under the age of 25.

While male unemployment is higher locally, it has been falling at a greater rate than female unemployment. Over the past 12 months – between March of 2015 and 2014 – male unemployment in Fermoy has decreased by 15%, compared to a fall of around 10% for females.

Similar figures are seen throughout The Avondhu. In Cahir, 1,096 people are currently on the Live Register, of which over 61% are males (669). Male unemployment here has fallen 13% in the last 12 months, compared to a 0.9% decrease for female unemployment, from 431 to 427.

Of the 1,718 people on the Live Register in Dungarvan, 61.8% are males, compared to 39% who are female. Male unemployment has fallen almost 17% since March of last year, compared to 10.5% for female unemployment.

Following similar local trends, over 60% of the people on the Live Register in Kilmallock are male; 1,062 of the 1.834 total. Male unemployment has declined 18.5% in the last 12 months, while female unemployment has fallen from 838 to 722 (13.8%).

Nationally, the local trend holds true, with males accounting for just over 60% of the 348,767 people on the Live Register in Ireland.

Further CSO statistics show, that while men are more likely to be unemployed, they also have a higher rate of employment. “Men are more likely to be in the labour force and those looking after home/family are overwhelmingly female,” a report on ‘Women and Men in Ireland 2013’ stated.

The report added: “Men worked an average of 39.2 hours a week in paid employment in 2013 compared to 31.2 hours for women and married men worked longer hours than married women, with close to half of married men (44.1%) working for 40 hours a week or more compared to just 16.8% of married women.”

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