Castlebar, County Mayo has emerged as the best place to work from home in Ireland, followed closely by Leixlip (Co Kildare) Navan (Co Meath) Galway and Longford.
The study, by consumer price comparison website Switcher.ie, considered a number of factors in identifying the best locations for remote work, including broadband speeds, housing costs, green spaces and schools.
The Government agreed last month to scrap its draft ‘Right to Request Remote Working’ Bill - described as “fatally flawed” by Fórsa and ICTU and instead deliver the new Bill, currently making its way through the Oireachtas.
ICTU’s head of social policy and employment affairs Laura Bambrick says the new Work Life Balance Bill is expected to bring Ireland in line with other European countries’ remote work policies.
She added: “The Bill passed through the Dáil late on Wednesday night (7th December) and will now proceed to the Seanad for debate. However, the Seanad goes into its Christmas recess next week, so the Bill is not now expected to be passed into law before the end of the year as planned.”
The new Work Life Balance Bill, which will bring Ireland in line with other European countries’ remote work policies, is expected by the end of the year.
A survey of 8,400 workers published by NUIG in April revealed that of those who could work remotely, 52% were currently working hybrid, 40% fully remotely, and only 8% were fully on-site.
The remaining towns in the remote working top ten, identified by the Switcher.ie study, were Gorey (Co Wexford), Clonmel (Co Tipperary), Mallow (Co Cork), Portmarnock (Dublin) and Sligo.
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