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Recent findings from the Whitaker Institute and Western Development Commission’s remote working survey has been featured in a number of articles. The Irish Times looks at the future of the office market as remote working becomes a new normal. Read the article here. A piece in Irish Tech News details the reopening of the RDI… | Read on »

Fiscal equalisation is a key element of a country’s intergovernmental fiscal arrangements where functions and funding are decentralised to subnational government. Equalisation transfers are used to reduce horizontal fiscal imbalances between local authorities, so that fiscal equity can be achieved whereby citizens are not disadvantaged in their access to public services by their place or… | Read on »

Reports by the Whitaker Institute’s Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU) which inform the government’s Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth strategy, show growth in the marine sector and economic potential for coastal regions in relation to domestic tourism. Read more in marine.ie and afloat.ie To read the report, click here.

Against the backdrop of population ageing, which has been identified as a major societal challenge for all Western nations, successive Irish Government reports have reflected on the difficulty of sustaining the costs of the public State pension. The need for pension reform in Ireland continues to give rise to much public debate. Recasting pensions however… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Dr Gerard Turley, of the Performance Management cluster, has written a new article for RTÉ Brainstorm. The piece breaks down the meanings behind the terms and acronyms around the local property tax. Local property tax: a guide to the A to Z of LPT LPT, ARV, LAF, VSL SVT, WTF? Analysis: just… | Read on »

A study on workplace bullying undertaken by Whitaker Institute member Dr John Cullinan, of the Population and Migration research cluster, and Dr Margaret Hodgins has been featured in a new article by Silicon Republic. The article advises ways to recognise and deal with workplace bullying. To read the article, click here. To read more about… | Read on »

A new article by the Independent.ie has referenced the Whitaker Institute and Western Development Commission’s remote working employee pulse survey, which found 83% of people would like to continue working remotely following the pandemic. The article looks at the increase in customers seeking non-invasive cosmetic surgeries in the era of online meetings. Read the article… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Professor Esther Tippmann, of the Innovation and Structural Change cluster, has co-authored a new piece for RTÉ Brainstorm with Mark Gantly. The article argues the nature of what a subsidiary company does has changed dramatically, which brings challenges for local managers. The changing world of a multinational subsidiary in Ireland “Today, most subsidiaries… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute members Dr Nata Duvvury, Dr Caroline Forde and Dr Mrinal Chadha, of the Gender and Public policy cluster, have co-authored a new report. The report looks at the issue of child marriages in the Arab region and examine the feasibility of undertaking cost estimates of child marriage in the region. Download the full report… | Read on »

The National Rural Network launched a series of videos on the role of women in farming, which is supported by research led by Whitaker Institute member Dr Maura Farrell, of the Environment, Development and Sustainability cluster. The video gain insights from some of the 70,000 women who work on farms in Ireland. Watch the videos… | Read on »