IRELAND has set a target of boosting employment within vulnerable Gaeltacht areas by 15pc before 2025. Total full-time employment in Gaeltacht areas was 7,844 at the end of 2019 with an additional 534 part-time and 147 seasonal jobs. It has also developed and marketed a 'gteic' network to allow people in Gaeltacht areas to work from a location close to home." The 'gteic' or Gaeltacht high-tech network will be central to employment development by 2025 - with firms encouraged to have employees remote working from Irish language areas. Udarás chief executive Mícheál Ó hÉanaigh said the agency has a proud history of delivering for Gaeltacht areas.

Source: Irish Independent June 04, 2021 10:06 UTC