Monthly Archives: August 2017

RSA Annual Conference ‘Urban Centres and Regional Economic Development’

Posted on August 28, 2017 by WDC Insights

The Annual Conference of the Regional Studies Association – Irish Branch is taking place this Friday, 1st September at Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Grangegorman. This year’s theme is ‘Urban Centres and Regional Economic Development’ and the conference will be … Continue reading →

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Capital Infrastructure priorities – Broadband remains top of the list!

Posted on August 22, 2017 by WDC Insights

Engineers Ireland recently published The State of Ireland 2017, which focuses on the state of Ireland’s infrastructure and the extent to which it is fit for purpose. This is timely as the Government are in the process of considering the … Continue reading →

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Western Region’s Top 10 Employment sectors

Posted on August 18, 2017 by WDC Insights

Census 2016 Summary Results – Part 2, included data on the number of people working in different sectors.  We’ll be publishing our first analysis of this data for the Western Region shortly, but in the meantime here’s a taster. Top … Continue reading →

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Get Detailed Census Data for Settlements

Posted on August 2, 2017 by WDC Insights

On 20 July the CSO released the Small Area Population Statistics (SAPs) from Census 2016. This is Census data at its most detailed geographic level; data across all demographic and socio-economic themes is available at spatial scales down to Small … Continue reading →

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