Monthly Archives: January 2018

Travel to work profile of workers living in the Western Region

Following on from the WDC Insights Where People in the Western Region Work, this blogpost examines the journey time and means of travel to work for workers resident in the Western Region. Journey time to work Figure 1 below, based … Continue reading

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WDC Policy Analysis 2017

Happy New Year to all our WDC Insights blog readers!  At the start of 2018 it’s a good time to reflect on what we’ve done over the last 12 months. 2017 was an extremely busy year for the Western Development … Continue reading

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EI and IDA End of Year Results 2017

Two of the main enterprise development agencies in Ireland recently issued their end of year results for 2017. Enterprise Ireland Enterprise Ireland issued their end of year statement on 3rd January.  In total, 209,338 people are employed in companies supported … Continue reading

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