Tag Archives: Roscommon

New Infographic: Enterprise in the Western Region 2017

Posted on August 28, 2019 by WDC Insights

The WDC has analysed the latest CSO Business Demography data on enterprises in the Western Region. This data is for 2017 when there were 57,951 total enterprises[1] registered in the seven-county Western Region (location of an enterprise is based on … Continue reading →

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How important is Industry as a regional employer?

Posted on February 27, 2019 by WDC Insights

We’ve just published the fourth of our ‘Regional Sectoral Profiles’ analysing employment and enterprise data on specific economic sectors. The latest report examines Industry which is the Western Region’s largest employment sector, with 45,754 working in it.  Industry includes mining, … Continue reading →

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The Health & Care Sector in the Western Region

Posted on November 26, 2018 by WDC Insights

Today we published the second in our series of ‘Regional Sectoral Profiles’ analysing employment and enterprise data for the Western Region on specific economic sectors and identifying key policy issues. The new report examines the Health & Care Sector, the … Continue reading →

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Is e-Working on the Increase?

Posted on October 3, 2018 by WDC Insights

There has been much talk recently of an increase in e-working but does the evidence support the idea that it is more prevalent? Technology development and in particular high speed broadband enables much office based work to be conducted remotely … Continue reading →

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Enterprise in the Western Region 2016

Posted on September 14, 2018 by WDC Insights

Earlier this week we published our latest 2-page WDC Insights publication.  ‘Enterprise in the Western Region 2016’ analyses the latest data from the CSO’s Business Demography which measures active enterprises in 2016.  This data assigns enterprises to the county where … Continue reading →

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The National Broadband Plan, Ensuring it is Worth the Wait

Posted on June 27, 2018 by WDC Insights

The procurement process for the National Broadband Plan is well under way and an announcement on the preferred bidder is expected in the Autumn. It is planned that the network rollout will begin very soon after. The National Broadband Plan, … Continue reading →

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Broadband benefits – but when?

Posted on June 11, 2018 by WDC Insights

Recent statistics show that Ireland will not meet the EU 2020 targets for the universal availability of fast broadband[1]. Like other EU states, in Ireland there are particular challenges delivering fast broadband to rural areas and this is not helped … Continue reading →

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New WDC report on Travel to Work Patterns in the Western Region

Posted on May 10, 2018 by WDC Insights

The Western Development Commission (WDC) will shortly publish a new report on Travel to work patterns in the Western Region. Travel to Work and Labour Catchments in the Western Region, A Profile of Seven Town Labour Catchments (2018) which will be … Continue reading →

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Educational attainment in the Western Region

Posted on April 5, 2018 by WDC Insights

A recently published ESRI Research Bulletin, ‘The local factors that affect where new businesses are set up’ summarises their analysis of new firms setting up in Ireland.  Data from the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (DBEI) on the number … Continue reading →

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Caring for the West

Posted on March 8, 2018 by WDC Insights

The recent severe weather brought a lot of issues to national attention, not least of which was the extent to which people across the country are providing care and help to family, friends and neighbours, including older persons. As today … Continue reading →

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