Ireland's unemployment rate remained stable compared with a year ago, at 14.2%, according to the report from the European Union's Eurostat statistical bureau.

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Retail sales across the eurozone have fallen for the second month in a row in March, according to the European Union statistics agency Eurostat.

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Labor costs across the euro zone rose by 3.3%, in the first quarter of 2008, according to data published by the European Union's statistical office Eurostat, in mid June.

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