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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Self-employment – What does the Census tell us?
Regular followers of the WDC Insights blog will know that self-employment is a topic we’ve examined a number of times before, drawing on Quarterly National Household Survey data. However this can only tell us what is happening in the Western … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Employment
Tagged CSO, CSO data, Regional Data, Regional policy, self-employment, Western Region
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Home-Based Working in the Western Region
The Western Development Commission (WDC) has published its latest WDC Insights Home-Based Working in the Western Region, download here (267 KB):, which is the third in a series examining the current nature of work, focussing on work which is often home … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Employment, Enterprise, Regional Development, Rural Development, Uncategorized
Tagged Data, employment, Infrastructure, jobs, Regional policy, Western Region
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Census 2016-The Western Region – in pictures!
As further results from Census 2016 are published we get an interesting picture of the Western Region in 2016. The Western Development Commission (WDC) has today published an infographic on aspects of the Western Region from the Census 2016 Summary Results … Continue reading
Posted in Population, Regional Development, Regional Statistics, Uncategorized
Tagged CSO data, Population, Regional policy, Western Region
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Regional Growth- rural areas, towns and cities
The Western Development Commission (WDC) has published its latest WDC Insights Regional Growth- rural areas, towns and cities which is now available for download here. It provides a short discussion of some of the points made in the WDC submission … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Regional Development, Rural Development
Tagged employment, Regional policy, Towns, Western Region
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The National Planning Framework – Where is it now?
A conference on Irish planning, held on the 14th of June, brought together planners, policymakers and those interested in the planning process to discuss various aspects of planning. A key theme of the conference was the proposed National Planning Framework … Continue reading
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