The WDC has recently published an analysis study of opportunities for the development of the renewable heat sector in the Western Region. The study ‘A Regional Renewable Energy Analysis: Using Biomass to Contribute to the National Renewable Heat Target’ was under taken as the Western Development Commission (WDC), along with SEAI, were tasked under the […]
More people living in the Western Region and at work – up by 6% in 10 years Over a quarter of all workers in the Western Region live in Galway city catchment Workers in the Western Region leave for work later than national average A new report carried out by the Western Development Commission (WDC) […]
The Western Development Commission (WDC) will shortly publish Travel to Work and Labour Catchments in the Western Region, A Profile of Seven Town Labour Catchments (2018) which will be available for download here. In this publication, the WDC draws on Census 2016 POWCAR data to examine the travel to work patterns in centres with a […]
In the last blog post on this subject, Leprechauns in Invisible Regions, the very significant changes in GVA and GDP[1] at a regional level between 2014 and 2015 were discussed. These largely applied in manufacturing, with a national growth in GVA that sector of 134%. As mentioned in that post, some regional data for the […]
National University of Ireland, Galway has recently published a series of reports ‘Economic & Social Impact Assessment’ of the creative sector in five different regions across Europe’s Northern Edge including the West of Ireland. The five reports are available to download here: West of Ireland Creative Sector – Economic and Social Impact Assessment Report Västernorrland […]
Regional GVA (GDP)[1] figures for 2015, and preliminary figures for 2016, were published recently by the CSO. The 2015 figures are of particular interest as that year (the year of leprechaun economics), there was a level shift in the size of the economy. The relocation to Ireland by significant Multi National Enterprises (MNEs) of some […]
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 of start-up firms each year in 190 localities, all outside of the Greater Dublin Area, […]
The National Planning Framework has a chapter on ‘Making Urban Places Stronger’ which covers settlements from cities to small towns. In discussing Ireland’s urban structure (p58-59) it looks at population and employment and highlights a ratio of “jobs to resident workforce” as a key indicator of sustainability for a town. Data is provided (in the […]
The CSO released data on County Incomes and Regional GDP in 2015 last month (and also published preliminary figures for 2016). In this post changes in county incomes in the Western Region are examined with a particular focus on the difference among counties and the changes over time. Regional GDP will be considered in a […]
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 is also International Women’s Day, this seemed like a good time to examine the extent […]
