Northern and Western Region’s Co-Working Hubs As evident from Figure 4, the three Regional Assemblies of Ireland identified a total of 67 co-working hubs – both privately and publicly owned – in the Northern and Western region, as of September 2020.
As previously stated, the Regional Assemblies of Ireland identified 387,000 private sector workers that are capable of operating remotely in Ireland, with 42,100 of these workers already based in the Northern and Western region. Furthermore, the Regional Assemblies of Ireland – using the above figures, research from the European Commission 18 and data from Census 2016 – estimated the number of private sector workers that are capable of operating remotely in each of the local authorities based in the Northern and Western region, as evident from Table 4.
In terms of local authorities, the highest number of hubs were located in Mayo, with 12 co-working hubs identified in the county as of September 2020. This was followed by Galway County and Donegal (11 Co- Working Hubs each), Leitrim (9), Galway City (8), Roscommon (7) and Sligo (5). The lowest number of co-working hubs were located in Cavan and Monaghan, with 2 co-working hubs located in each of these counties as of September 2020.
Table 4: Estimated number of private sector workers that are capable of operating remotely in the Northern and Western Region, Q2 2020
Estimated Number of Private Sector Jobs Capable of Operating Remotely
Local Authorities
Galway County
9,739
Donegal
8,001
Galway City
6,620
Mayo
5,043
Cavan
3,346
Sligo
2,803
Roscommon
2,785
Monaghan
2,383
Leitrim
1,380
Northern and Western Total
42,100
Source: Regional Assemblies of Ireland
18 https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC120578/jrc120578_report_covid_confinement_measures_final_updated_good.pdf
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