Ireland’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 5.0% in June 2026 from a revised 4.9% in the previous month and was up from 4.6% a year earlier, marking the highest rate since March. The total number of unemployed people increased by 3,100 to 145,100. By gender, the unemployment rate for females edged up to 5.4% from 5.3% in May, with the number of unemployed women increasing by 900 to 73,800. For males, the rate also ticked up to 4.6% from 4.5%, with unemployment rising by 2,200 to 71,200. Meanwhile, the youth unemployment rate (ages 15–24) rose to 10.8% from 9.9% in May, while for those aged 25–74, the rate stood at 4.2%.