Monthly Archives: December 2017

WDC Insights Christmas Quiz Time Again!

Posted on December 20, 2017 by WDC Insights

We are sure you have been reading our WDC Insights blog and keeping an eye on our publications throughout 2017.   Take our Christmas Quiz (10 questions) and see just how well you can score on regional development and Western Region … Continue reading →

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Census 2016: The Western Region’s Labour Market – in pictures!

Posted on December 19, 2017 by WDC Insights

As the final Census 2016 Profile ‘Employment, Occupations and Industry’ was published by the CSO last week, we now have a pretty good picture of the Western Region’s labour market in 2016.  The Western Development Commission (WDC) has today published … Continue reading →

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Where do Western Region Residents work? Census 2016

Posted on December 14, 2017 by WDC Insights

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has just published a new WDC Insights publication which examines the place of work of workers living in the Western Region. There are also eight accompanying Word documents each examining the Place of Work of … Continue reading →

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Measuring Rural Employment

Posted on December 7, 2017 by WDC Insights

Much has been said and written about rural decline in Ireland particularly in the last few years. However despite this there are very few measures which capture ‘rural’ change in a statistical sense. To date rural decline is often described … Continue reading →

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