Monthly Archives: February 2017

Nationally and regionally; what are the latest QNHS employment figures telling us?

Posted on February 27, 2017 by WDC Insights

Last week the Central Statistics Office (CSO) (21st February 2017) published results from the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) for Q4 2016. Nationally the data show that employment totalled 2,048,100, up 3.3%, an increase of 65,100 over the last year. … Continue reading →

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All Island Dialogue on the Implications of Brexit on Culture, Heritage, Regional SMEs & the Impact on Border & other Rural Communities

Posted on February 20, 2017 by WDC Insights

Two weeks ago (6th February 2017) Minister Heather Humphreys hosted an All Island Dialogue on the implications of Brexit on Culture, Heritage, Regional SMEs & the Impact on Border & other Rural Communities in Cavan.   This was one of the … Continue reading →

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Typo in Income section of previous blog post

Posted on February 2, 2017 by WDC Insights

Apologies, there were two typos in the Income section of today’s blog post ‘How is the Western Region doing?’. Disposable income per person in the Western Region, as  a share of the State, in 1995 was definitely NOT 3%. It … Continue reading →

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How is the Western Region doing?

Posted on February 2, 2017 by WDC Insights

On 31 January, the WDC was invited to give a presentation to officials of the Department of Social Protection working across the Western Region. The objective was to give an overview of the WDC’s analysis of data across a range … Continue reading →

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