Additionally, there are 12,200 people who have registered, according to data from the Department of Rural and Community Development.
A disused Ulster Bank facility in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, has been transformed into a vibrant high-tech working centre at one of the connected hubs, and as a result, the entire town is feeling the effects.
Software developer Timmy Fisher works for global fitness software provider Glofox. He relocated to Edgeworthstown four years ago; he's originally from Dublin.
“I worked in Dublin and lived there and moved to Edgeworthstown four years ago with my wife who lives here. I worked at home for over two years and a few days in Dublin.”
Then Covid hit and I went fully remote and when CO:WORX opened I started coming here, it gives me a good social element to work. At home, it was isolating. Here I can go for coffee with people and have lunch with people.”
400 hubs will exist, according to the Department of Rural Affairs, by the following year.
According to the Western Development Commission, which manages the Connect Hubs Network, the network's average occupancy is at 76%, up from 52% at same time last year.
Are more employees being convinced to use remote working hubs rather than working at their kitchen tables, then?
The group behind Co-Worx, which is currently 75% occupied, includes Clare McEnroe.