The number of people claiming social welfare payments in Dundalk continued to fall last month, according to the latest data from the Central Statistics Office.
The latest Live Register figures for the area shows there were 6,611 people signing on in December, down 1.9% from the 6,737 in the previous month.
This is the fifth consecutive month in which the Live Register figure has fallen and means the number of people signing on is at its lowest since November 2010 when 6,449 people were signed on.
The number of men signing on fell by 51 in December to 4,148, while the number of women also dropped by 75 to 2,463.
The overall figure for Louth also fell by 0.2% in December from 15,410 to 15,376.
