Category Archives: Regional Development

Remote Working in Ireland During Covid-19 – Initial Findings from WDC/NUIG Survey

Posted on May 13, 2020 by WDC Insights

Introduction The WDC in partnership with Whitaker Institute NUIG has just published initial findings of its survey Remote Working in Ireland During COVID-19, see here. These are the summary results from the national survey of 7,241 individuals across a wide … Continue reading →

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How are we doing? Changes and Trends in County Incomes in the Western Region

Posted on March 10, 2020 by WDC Insights

The CSO released data on County Incomes and Regional GDP for 2017 last month (along with preliminary figures for 2018).  In this post changes in disposable incomes per person in Western Region counties incomes in the Western Region are examined … Continue reading →

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Information Society Statistics – The Regional Picture

Posted on October 31, 2019 by WDC Insights

The CSO has recently published statistics on household use of the internet, measuring various aspects of the information society. Given the significant importance of the National Broadband Plan, aimed at delivering better internet access for all, especially those in rural … Continue reading →

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Reprioritising and Updating Transport Policy and Investment

Posted on October 17, 2019 by WDC Insights

Recently, there have been a few publications which focus on the need to reprioritise policy and investment across various aspects of Irish transport infrastructure and services. The Irish Exporters Association (IEA) has published a paper entitled Building a Transport infrastructure … Continue reading →

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Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies- the final steps

Posted on September 27, 2019 by WDC Insights

The long process of developing a National Planning Framework under Project Ireland 2040 is nearing its end, with the publication of the three regional Spatial and Economic Strategies anticipated shortly.  Each of the three regional assemblies (Eastern and Midland, Southern, … Continue reading →

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Incomes in the Western Region: what do Geographical Income Profiles tell us?

Posted on September 6, 2019 by WDC Insights

At WDC Insights we are always on the lookout for data sources which can improve our understanding of the economy and society of the Western Region and give us greater insight into how the people living and working here are … Continue reading →

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What we do where:  Regions, Sectors and GVA

Posted on August 13, 2019 by WDC Insights

In this final post on regional Gross Value Added (GVA) data, the focus is on the role of different sectors in our regions.  As discussed in the previous post, the economic contribution of the regions is related to the size … 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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The Benefits as well as the Costs of the National Broadband Plan

Posted on June 17, 2019 by WDC Insights

There are significant benefits associated with the planned rollout of the National Broadband Plan (NBP), though the recent media coverage seemed to focus largely on the costs. A review of newspaper headlines over the period following the announcement of the … Continue reading →

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200th WDC Insights blog post – Our Top 5!

Posted on June 6, 2019 by WDC Insights

It is hard to believe but this is our 200th post since the Policy Analysis team’s WDC Insights blog was first launched on 25th July 2014. Over the last (almost) five years and 200 posts we have addressed everything from … Continue reading →

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