Unemployment in the South East has fallen by 0.6% over the past three months.
The CSO says the official unemployment rate for Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and Tipperary is now 13.7 per cent.
The nationally rate is 11.1 per cent down from 11.5 at the end of June.
Statistician at the Central Statistics Office Brian Ring says this region is performing well: