Monthly Archives: July 2019

Professional Services in the Western Region

Posted on July 31, 2019 by WDC Insights

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has just published the latest in its ‘Regional Sectoral Profiles’ series which analyses the most recent employment and enterprise data for the Western Region on specific economic sectors and identifies key policy issues.[1] This report … Continue reading →

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Our 5th Birthday! 5 years of the WDC Insights Blog

Posted on July 25, 2019 by WDC Insights

Five years ago today we published the first WDC Insights blog post.  This special anniversary post today is our 208th post. As we noted in the celebration for our 200th post, the blog covers a wider range of topics from … Continue reading →

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WDC submission to the Public Consultation on the development of the trans European transport network (TEN-T)

Posted on July 23, 2019 by WDC Insights

Introduction Since 1993 the EU holds responsibility on infrastructure policy – in the fields of transport, energy and telecommunications. In the transport sector, Europe’s TEN-T policy aims to boost economic, social and territorial cohesion between all Member States and their … Continue reading →

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The Public Administration & Defence Sector in the Western Region

Posted on July 17, 2019 by WDC Insights

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has just published the 9th in its Regional Sectoral Profile series which analyse employment in different economic sectors in the Western Region. And this one is of particular interest to us, as it’s the sector … Continue reading →

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Diverse Neighbourhoods: New report analysing the residential distribution of immigrants in Ireland

Posted on July 10, 2019 by WDC Insights

Recently I attended a very interesting seminar on ‘Migrant Integration: policy and place’ organised by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the European Migration Network (EMN). At the seminar two new pieces of research were presented and discussed: … Continue reading →

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Carbon Tax: Use of revenue to address climate action issues in rural areas

Posted on July 2, 2019 by WDC Insights

The WDC made a submission to the Department of Finance Consultation on the options for the use of revenues raised from increases in carbon tax. A detailed consultation paper was prepared by the Tax Division of the Department of Finance … Continue reading →

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