A conference on the Future of Work, on 29th November, organised by the Sunday Business Post highlighted the trends and influences which are likely to impact on the types of jobs that will be in demand in the future. In his keynote address, Ade McCormack, former technologist and Financial Times columnist explained why work will […]
The biggest change in the Western Region’s labour market over the past year has been an exceptionally rapid expansion in self-employment. According to a special run of the CSO’s Quarterly National Household Survey for Quarter 1 2016 for the Western Region, between Quarter 1 2015 and Quarter 1 2016 the number of people in the […]
Detailed analysis of what works in rural policy, why it is important, and trends in rural areas in other countries is always welcome. The OECD has recently published its Regional Outlook 2016 with the subheading ’Productive Regions for Inclusive Societies’ which focuses on the untapped potential in regions and a structural and ‘place based’ approach to […]
In July of this year, the CSO published preliminary results of the Census. These are very initial results for a small number of indicators based on the forms completed by the Census Enumerators. These results will be subject to revision when the full results are published next year. It is nevertheless useful to examine the […]
This week the Western Development Commission (WDC) was invited by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to discuss what it takes to sustain a viable rural community. The committee is holding a series of meetings to get to the heart of what makes a rural community sustainable and viable. […]
The Annual Conference of the Regional Studies Association Irish Branch (in conjunction with NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission) was held on 9 September 2016 at NUI Galway. The conference was titled “Planning for Regional Development: The National Planning Framework as a Roadmap for Ireland’s Future?”. The conference was timely with work underway on the […]
Last week the WDC published two new WDC Insights publications. They were both based on our analysis of the CSO’s Business Demography 2014 data which measures active enterprises in the business economy.[1] The publications were: WDC Insights: Enterprise Profile of the Western Region WDC Insights: Enterprise in Western Counties In a previous blog, I outlined […]
Though the media attention is now largely focussed on what is in Budget 2017 and how it affects individuals, an interesting conference on investment in Ireland’s infrastructure took place on 27th September. Infrastructure Ireland, organised by Eolas, convened a range of speakers with expertise across various Government departments as well as industry bodies and funding […]
Local Property Tax (LPT) data for each county is released regularly by Revenue and includes information on the number of properties, the compliance rate and the amount of LPT collected. While data is available to June 2016, because collection for the year is not complete[1] the focus of this post is on data for 2013 […]
A previous blog post Census 2016 Preliminary Results – What does it say about the Western Region? provided some headline figures on population and migration data in 2016 and changes since 2011. Here I examine two further aspects; housing stock and vacancy rates and examine what is happening at a Western Region and county level. […]
