Irish COVID-19 jobless claims continue to fall

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The number of people in Ireland claiming temporary coronavirus-related jobless benefits has fallen to 93,399, down 3,731 on last week, government data showed on Wednesday.

The greatest reduction was in the accommodation and food services sector, as it has been for the past 19 weeks.

At the peak of Ireland's lockdown in February, almost 480,000 were in receipt of the payment.

(Reporting by Graham Fahy; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)