Unemployment rises in Lisburn
ACCORDING to the recent labour statistics released by the Department of Trade, Enterprise and Investment, unemployment in Lisburn has risen by almost 2% in the last month.
There are now 3,735 people claiming unemployment benefit in the city, an increase of 1.9% compared to the previous month.
This is almost 5% of the working age population of the city.
In Northern Ireland as a whole there are 66,204 unemployed people, an increase of 5.5% over the last year.