Ireland has reached "full employment" as unemployment rates dipped to their lowest levels since records began, the Government has announced.
Data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed that unemployment levels in April dropped to 3.9 per cent.
This is the lowest level seen in 22 years, since April 2001. The most recent Labour Force Survey, published in the final quarter of last year, reported that there were over 2.57 million people in employment in the State.
