Leitrim was the only county in the Shannonside region to record a drop in its unemployment total last month.
Longford and Roscommon both recorded slight increases in figures between December last and January of this year.
1,312 people were unemployed in Leitrim last month - a drop of one person on figures for December.
In the same month last year, 1,612 people were unemployed, representing a reduction of 335 people on the live register in a 12 month period.
The live register in Longford recorded a slight rise in the number of people unemployed in January - after showing no change for November or December.
2,014 people were unemployed last month in Longford - up a total of 19 on figures for the last month of 2021.
Year on year it represents a drop of 313 people on figures for the same month last year.
In Roscommon, 1,831 were unemployed in January - up three on figures for last December and year-on-year, it represents a drop of 789 on figures for the same month last year.
1898 people are claiming some form of unemployment assistance in Mullingar and 1447 in Athlone - down 21 and 29 respectively from December.
