For over twenty years, the Western Development commission has been practicing and promoting the benefits of remote working.
In 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic, we started to examine remote working from a research framework, in collaboration with the University of Galway. This was prompted by a renewed interest in the practice largely driven by the need to retain talent, improving technology, the move to a low carbon economy plus regional and rural development.
What began as an exploration, evolved into what has now become an annual study that informs national policy—such is the importance of these National Remote Working Surveys.
Below you will find the reports and infographics of results, mapping the evolution of a remote-working economy in Ireland.