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Sligo

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Sligo County Council

Land Mass 183,746 ha
% of Ireland 2.6%
Population Density 33.14 persons per sq km

Human Resource

  2006 Change 2002-2006
County Population 60,894 +4.6%

Key Centres with Population over 1,000 (2006)

Sligo 19,402
Tubbercurry 1,421
Strandhill 1,413
Ballymote 1,229

Employment

Employed (2006) 27,328
Labour force Participation on Rate (2006) 60.3%
Employment Growth (1996-2002) 14.2%
Live Register (February 2008) 2,410

Location of first Employment for Graduates from Sligo 2004

Sligo 34.6%
Dublin 30.8%
Other Ireland 25.6%
Overseas 9.0%

Natural Resources

Average Farm Size (2000)(ha) 24.5
Farming, Fishing & Forestry workers (2006) 1,795

Numbers Employed by Industry (2006)

Total 27,328
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 1,795
Industry 7,026
Services 18,507

Most Important Manufacturing Sectors (% of Industrial Employment) 2000

Electrical & Optical Equipment 24.9%
Chemicals, Chemical Products 17.2%

Job Creation (2006)

Employment in Agency Assisted Irish Owned Companies 1,705
Employment in Agency Assisted Foreign Owned Companies 2,539

Income & Output

Net Output per Person Engaged (2005) €74,668
Avg. Industrial Wage (2005) €22,396
Avg. Disposable Income per Capita (2004) €18,330

Tourism (2006)

Number of Overseas Tourists 156,000
Revenue Generated by Overseas tourists €39m

Recent News

  • The Western Development Commission is delighted with today’s announcement of the Volvo Ocean Race finishing in Galway in 2012 and sees it as an ideal opportunity to reinvigorate the potential of marine leisure activities in the Western Region.
    Welcoming the announcement, Lisa McAllister, CEO of the WDC said: “We are absolutely delighted at Galway’s selection as [...]

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  • The Western Development Commission (WDC) has re-launched its LookWest.ie website to include video case studies of people who have relocated or set up businesses in the Western Region. The site also utilises all the latest social networking tools to actively engage with a wider audience. The website, first launched in 2004, promotes the West as [...]

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  • Concerted action will be required if the Western Region, particularly the more rural northern part, is to participate in the move towards a ‘smart economy’. If this does not happen, the regional development gains of the past decade could be lost and the gap between the east and west of the country could widen even [...]

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