There was further bad news on the jobs front in Donegal this month with the news that 637 more people were on the dole compared to this time last year.
There were 21,711 people signing on in Donegal at the end of March, down slightly on February, but up 3% on the same period last year.
Increases were recorded in most local offices across the county.
In fact, the only office not to record a year on year increase in those signing on was Dungloe.
The highest increase was recorded in Killybegs, with 1,355 signing on at the end of March, up 10% on last year, while there were 6,042 signing on in Letterkenny, up 7% on March 2010.
There were 1,573 signing on in Buncrana, up 5%, and 1,625 in Dunfanaghy a rise of 3%.
Ballybofey had a total of 2,630 signing on, up 1%.
Buncrana had 4,918 on the register and Donegal Town had 1,408, both unchanged over the 12 month period. Meanwhile, there were 2,159 people signing in Dungloe, down 2% on March 2010.
The latest figures come as an alarming number of young people continue to take the emigration option to both America and Australia.
A meeting was held last night in Ardara to discuss the exodus of young people from the area with a number of options discussed for job creation in the town.
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