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DONEGAL SLIGO LEITRIM CAVAN
MONAGHAN
LOUTH
MAYO
ROSCOMMON LONGFORD
WESTMEATH MEATH
DUBLIN GALWAY OFFALY KILLDARE
WICKLOW
CLARE
TIPPERARY
LAOIS
CARLOW
WEXFORD
LIMERICK
KILKENNY
KERRY
CORK
WATERFORD
CSO May 1997
Donegal mostly consists of manual and semi skilled workers (51,000+) and less than a quarter of the population does agricultural labor. More than 75% of the unemployed are over the age of 25 which shows that youth involvement is high. Furthermore, the majority of the workforce is between the ages of 25 and 44.
Letterkenny, the major town of this county, is one of the fastest growing towns in Ireland with rapid growth in all sectors. Letterkenny has become a regional headquarters to some of Ireland's major commercial and financial organizations. Letterkenny is also close to Derry, Dublin, and Belfast which makes it attractive to many firms in different markets.
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Sligo is a mid sized county which seems to be mostly filled with manual skilled workers and a high percentage of farm workers (8,000).
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Lietrim is one of the smaller counties with the majority of the workers (13,000) involved in either low skilled or farm labor.
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While not many people live in Cavan the town (5,254), there are over 170,000 who live within a 25 mile radius of the town. The largest amount of workers are involved in farm labor(12,000). Other major forms of labor that flourish in Cavan include crystal glass manufacturing and Data packaging. From the lack of technological jobs, demand has risen for college education.
This is another mid sized region that has mostly farmers and low skilled workers making up the majority of the workforce. Roughly 25% of the workforce is made up of laborers, while higher professionals only make up 1/20 of the workforce.
Louth is a larger region that has fewer farm workers than one might expect. Instead there is a high amount of manual and semi skilled workers, and even a relatively large number (3,200) of higher professionals.
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This county has the youngest population with 70% of the population under the age of 50 which may help explain why the unemployment rate in this region is about 8%. Since this population is so young, there is a higher amount of people who are in third level institutions (colleges, technical schools) rather than being employed in full time work. The dominate type of labor is farm work, but there is also a large number of laborers who are considered high professionals.
Ballina, the major town in County Mayo, has international firms located around it, including some highly regarded firms in their own markets, such as Coca Cola and Lionbridge Technologies. Furthermore, some firms have poured capital into the expansion of R & D in their Ballina plants.
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Roscommon is another mid sized county where farming is the major form of labor. The majority of the laborers are under 45 years old and the level of output is very low although Roscommon doesn't look like its going to flourish in some technological way.
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Longford is another small region, however, it is highly diverse in its workforce. Likewise, the ages of workers are also diverse.
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Westmeath is dominated by Non Manual laborers under the age of 45. Agricultural work is low for this mid sized county, but so is unemployment, which shows that there is high laborer mobility in this region.
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Meath has a high amount of manual and non-manual labor. Once again the majority of workers are under the age of 45. There is also a large amount of farm labor (14,000+). Surprisingly, there is also a large amount of laborers who hold managerial positions.
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Dublin is undeniably the center of Ireland's economy as hundreds of firms are setting up managerial and manufacturing bases in, and around the city. Nearly 150,000 laborers are either managers or employers and over 230,000 are non-manual laborers. Agriculture obviously is very low compared to other counties with less than 7,000 workers.
Dublin has a wide variety of leading firms investing in the people, plants, and services. Dublin is the center of technological, pharmaceutical, and financial growth in Ireland. Dublin has been the central city during Ireland's economic boom.
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Galway is a large county that has quite a bit of diversity in its workforce. While there are many farmers (30,000), there are also many workers in managerial and employer positions. Furthermore, there are over 27,000 non-manual workers. Age is also quite diverse, but the dominant group is still between the ages of 25 and 44 years.
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The county of Offaly is another mid sized region that has a lot of farm and manual labor. Higher Professional labor is fairly low, with just over 1,000 workers holding such positions. The majority of the workforce again is between the ages of 25 and 44 years.
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The county Kildare is a large region that shows steady signs of growth, such as a high level of non-manual workers and managers. Kildare also has a youthful workforce, with more than half of the labor force under the age of 50. Meanwhile farm labor and unskilled labor are relatively small.
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Wicklow county is much like Kildare in that they both have many workers in skilled labor and the majority of workers are young. Furthermore, farm work and unskilled labor are also low in this region.
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County Clare is a large region that has a majority of farm workers. There is also a large amount of employers and managers in this region. The region is also diverse in skilled versus unskilled labor and has a relatively young majority.
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This county is dominated by farm work, but still has a large number of non-manual labor. Once again the majority of workers are between 25 and 44 years old, and future expectations say that there will be over 100,000 workers by 2015.
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Laois is another mid sized region that has a diverse labor supply. Manual workers, non-manual workers, and farmers are all at about the same amount (around 8,000). There is more skilled labor than one might expect.
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Carlow is a small county that shows a lot of growth towards technology and services. It is believed that within the next 15 years the workforce will double, once again showing that the current workforce is young. Furthermore there are almost as many managers and employers as there are farmers.
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This county shows a lot of growth as the majority of workers are in non-manual and managerial labor. There is still a healthy amount of agricultural workers (17,000+), but over all there is a visible shift in the growth of non-manual labor.
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Limerick is a large county that has a large amount of higher professional work. It also has a high amount of employer and managerial labor as well as non-manual labor. Limerick is another region that has attracted many international firms.
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Killkenny is a mid sized region that also has a large number of workers in the higher professional positions. There is also a large number of manual skilled labor in this region.
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Kerry has two major towns, Killkarney and Tralee. Killkarney is best known as a tourist attraction because of its wonderful scenery. Thus this region has a lot of agricultural labor as well as seasonal employment that thrives on tourists. Although the town is known for its rustic scenery, it has well maintained roads and connections to surrounding regions such as Cork and Tralee. Furthermore, telecommunications firms have established bases in this region, thus the telecommunications are considered advanced.
Tralee is the largest communications and administrative center of the county. The town is also known for having state-of-the-art telecommunications systems and has very solid infrastructure. It also does quite well in the service industry with many hotels and attractions and has good placement in the country as far as being close to airports and other visited regions.
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Cork is another highly developed region with solid institutions and highly evolved telecommunications system. This county benefits from high employment in service sectors. Cork also has the largest number of farm workers in Ireland, showing that while it is considered an advanced region, it still has a strong base in agriculture.
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Waterford is a large region that is close to Limerick and Cork. It has over 90 firms located within it, including Bausch & Lomb, Hasboro, and other household names. The region also greatly benefits from being along the coast, making shipping costs lower. Agricultural work is relatively low and non-manual labor is high. Much like all the other regions, the workforce is dominated by those between the ages of 25 and 44.
