Unemployment in Northern Ireland showed another upward leap today and the the number of people claiming benefits is now over double what it was 15 months ago.The number of people unemployed was 49,000 for the three-month period to the end of February, up 3,000 over the quarter and 16,000 over the year, reports breakingnews.ie.
The rate of unemployment has now hit 6.2% - 0.5% up on the quarter and 2.1% up on a year ago.
