New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in October rose to 5%, up from 4.2% the same month last year.
The CSO also revised the unemployment rate for September from 4.7% to 5.1%.
The unemployment rate for both men and women was 5% in October, the CSO added.
Meanwhile, the monthly youth unemployment rate was 13.4% in October, up from a revised rate of 13.3% in September.
Today’s figures show that the seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed was 147,400 in October, compared with 149,100 in September.
There was an increase of 26,800 in the seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed in October of this year compared with October 2024, the CSO added.