Cork Has One Of The Lowest Levels Of Employees Receiving State Covid Supports In The Country

That’s according to figures obtained by the Irish Independent, which shows an unequal picture across the country.

These figures show those counties where a large portion of the workers are employed in tourism and retail were hit harder than those where manufacturing is prominent. 

More than 45% of workers in Kerry were on State benefits during the last lockdown.

This was followed by Dublin, Louth, Wexford and Carlow which had more than 40% of their labour force on income supports in November. 

The counties with the lowest level of workers on supports were Cork, Roscommon, Laois, Meath, Kilkenny and Offaly with approximately 30% reliant on benefits.

20% of the workforce were unemployed during November – Kerry had the highest unemployment rate and Kilkenny had the lowest.