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Governance Blog Archive

Here you will find an archive of Governance Blog articles published before 1 May 2022, divided into their relevant categories.

Brexit

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How is Brexit changing things for our artists?

  This article examines some of the potential implications for artists in Northern Ireland (NI) following the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) exit from the European Union (EU). Once COVID-19 restrictions…
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COVID-19 and Brexit: A reading list (updated)

Brexit and the negotiations during the current transition period may have slipped from the top of the news agenda, but commentators are already beginning to consider the likely impacts…
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COVID-19 and Brexit: A reading list

Brexit and the negotiations during the current transition period may have slipped from the top of the news agenda, but commentators are already beginning to consider the likely impacts…

Democracy and Government

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Election 2016: Candidates and voter turnout

The fifth Assembly election since the return of devolution in 1998 took place on 5 May 2016. The DUP consolidated its position as the largest party in Northern Ireland…
Rathlin Island, one of 57 SACs in Northern Ireland (Image: Colin Park under Creative Commons Licence)

The EU and the environment

How might leaving the European Union impact on environmental policy, funding and legislation in Northern Ireland?…
Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast, incorporating the High Court (Image: Suzanne Mischyshyn, Creative Commons)

Another week of Brexit-related developments

This week has seen a number of announcements made which will have a bearing on the process of UK withdrawal from the EU….

Justice

Planning

Statistics and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

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Visualisation of COVID-19 in Northern Ireland

By Keara McKay & Thomas Procter This is a visualisation prepared and maintained by the Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service (RaISe). It presents the spread of COVID-19…

A demographic profile of Northern Ireland in 2017

This paper presents a brief demographic profile of Northern Ireland, updating a previous article on this subject in 2016. It shows emerging trends in the population, and comparisons with…
Travel distances to nearest GP Practice, March 2018

Celebrating GIS in the Northern Ireland Assembly

Please note: this article was edited on 11.2.20 with up-to-date GIS maps showing travel distances to GP practices for 2015 and 2020. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Day was established…

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