The Live Register figures for Dundalk fell for the first time since March last month.
The latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that there were 6,255 people signed on in Dundalk last month, a fall of 1.4% from the 6,341 who were caliming dole payments in July.
This is the first fall after four consecutive months of increases but the numbers on the Live Register in the town are still 6.4% higher than they were in March when just 5,881 were on the register.
On a county level there were 14,611 people signing on last month, also the first fall since March and down by 1.2%.
There was also falls recorded in Ardee (-1.7%) and Drogheda (-0.8%).
Talk of the Town 