County Westmeath Clause Samples

County Westmeath. Mullingar is the county town with a population of 20,928 (2016), the other main towns are Athlone, Moate, Killbeggan, Kinnegad, Killucan and Castlepollard. employees and only 1.2% employ over 250 employees. Some 44% of employees are employed in these micro- enterprises, with 7% employed by large firms in the over 250 category. 24% are employed in Professional Services, while 23% are in Commerce and Trade. The participation rate in Agriculture is higher than the state average. Athlone has a strong pharma (Alkermes, Jazz), engineering (▇▇▇▇, Extrusions) and public service employment base. The manufacturing sector in the Midlands is a key employer in the region, only surpassed by the Wholesale/Retail and Health/Social Work sectors. The vast majority of agency supported employment in the Midlands region is in the Manufacturing Sector (10,993), with over a third of these employed in the Food Processing Sector. Over half of these use low to medium technology processes. Irish owned manufacturing companies based in the region span a range of sectors including Food, Engineering, Life Sciences, Cleantech, Electronic, and Paper, Print and Packaging. In common with the national trend, the unemployment rate is declining in Longford and Westmeath. There were a total of 8,546 on the live register across the region at May 2018. Population 31,400 69,000 Workforce 15,100 35,200 Unemployed 3,700 6,700 Student 3,100 7,900 Source: CSO Census 2016 Live Register 2,845 5,701 Source: ▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇ website June 2018