The Western Development Commission (WDC) convene meeting on Regional Renewable Heat Energy status with sector and Sustainable Energy Association of Ireland (SEAI), in Ballaghaderreen today. This meeting is part of a Regional Action Plan for jobs.
For all of us interested in the future of Ireland and its economic and social development, the preparation of the National Planning Framework is an important exercise. The Final draft will be prepared in the next few months following a period of consultation on the Draft NPF. The closing date for submissions on the Draft […]
There has been much discussion of Brexit and what it will mean for Ireland, for businesses here, for different sectors, and for social and cultural interactions. The discussion is, of course, taking place in the context of multiple unknowns. We don’t know if there will be a hard or soft Brexit, how the movement of […]
In the last few decades Ireland has become a much more multicultural society. To what extent is this also evident in and across the Western Region and what are the most recent trends? Census 2017 Profile 7 Migration and Diversity provides details and a snapshot is posted here. Non-Irish nationals In the Western Region in […]
Many of us probably feel we know what rural means. Perhaps when we hear the word we think of green fields, or wild mountains, or deserted beaches. Or maybe we think of small villages, modern bungalows or just anywhere beyond ‘the big smoke’. Arguably all of these are or can be considered rural and, indeed, […]
Recently the Western Development Commission (WDC) published two new WDC Insights publications examining the sectoral profile of employment in the Western Region of Ireland and its counties. Both are based on an analysis of data from Census 2016 on employment by economic sector (industrial group). The first looks at the sectoral pattern of employment in the Western […]
Census 2016 results, Profile 6 has highlighted some key trends in relation to commuting patterns across the country. What are the trends in the Western Region and how do they compare with the national picture? More commuting to work The number of people living in the Western Region and commuting to work in 2016 was […]
The Irish branch of the Regional Studies Association held its annual conference on Friday 1st September at the DIT Grangegorman campus. The conference, “Urban Centres and Regional Economic Development”, which was opened by John Paul Phelan T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Housing Planning and Local Government, covered a wide range of topics […]
The Annual Conference of the Regional Studies Association – Irish Branch is taking place this Friday, 1st September at Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Grangegorman. This year’s theme is ‘Urban Centres and Regional Economic Development’ and the conference will be opened by Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Eoghan Murphy TD. Theme Urban areas […]
Engineers Ireland recently published The State of Ireland 2017, which focuses on the state of Ireland’s infrastructure and the extent to which it is fit for purpose. This is timely as the Government are in the process of considering the capital infrastructure priorities to be funded over the next few years. This State of Ireland […]
