Monthly Archives: February 2015

New Regional FDI Targets

Yesterday’s announcement of IDA Ireland’s new 5-year strategy put considerable focus on the regional balance of future FDI investments. The strategy includes a target to increase the number of investments in every region, outside of Dublin, by 30-40% over the … Continue reading

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International Air Access and the Western Region

Direct international air access is essential to the economy of the Western Region. For enterprises, quality transport links between producers, consumers and suppliers are needed to trade efficiently. Without good international connections, companies in the Region are at a competitive … Continue reading

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Launch of the Atlas of the Island of Ireland

‘The Atlas of the Island of Ireland’ was launched last week during the annual CCBS/ICLRD conference in Enniskillen. In 2011 there was a Census in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and this publication combines the data to … Continue reading

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