ESRI: More investment needed in second-tier cities to spread growth

The gap in prosperity between Dublin and the rest of the country is only going to become more pronounced if more is not done to stop the current pattern of growth which is so concentrated around the capital.

The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), in research to be published later today, has found there must be more investment in the “second-tier” cities so as to spread economic growth beyond Dublin and the mid-east region.

Edgar Morgenroth, the ESRI’s associate research professor, has made projections for regions and counties across Ireland up to the year 2040, examining what will happen if current spatial planning patterns continue.