Featured Publications
Connected Communities, Global Relationships
The Western Development Commission (WDC) has published Connected Communities, Global Relationships a new report on research carried out by our Policy team on diaspora engagement in the West and Northwest of Ireland. Emigration has been one…
Making the Transition to a Low Carbon Western Region - Where are we now? A look at the data
We have recently updated data from our 2020 report Making the Transition to a Low Carbon Society in the Western Region: Key Issues for Rural Dwellers. In doing this we focused on county data for Western…
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9 Mar 2026
Submission from the Western Development Commission to the DETE Green Growth Public Consultation
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5 Aug 2025
Western Development Commission response to EirGrid Ten Year Development Plan (TDP) consultation
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18 Oct 2024
WDC Briefing on Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Needs in the West and Northwest
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10 Jun 2024
WDC Submission to the the Commission for Regulation of Utilities Consultation on the Draft EirGrid Transmission Development Plan 2024-2033
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21 Feb 2024
WDC submission to the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications on the Draft Offshore Renewable Energy Policy Framework
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17 Jan 2024
Western Development Commission (WDC) Submission to the Review of the National Ports Policy
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14 Dec 2023
Western Development Commission (WDC) Submission to EirGrid Tomorrow’s Energy Scenarios consultation
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26 May 2023
Policy Briefing No. 10 – Linking Sustainable Regional Development with the National Well-Being Framework
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7 Feb 2023
WDC Presentation: Some Missing Links in Ireland’s National Well-Being Framework – Irish Postgraduate & Early Career Economists (IPECE) Conference 2023.
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