Keara McKay, Author at Research Matters

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The impact of COVID-19 on Northern Ireland

18th June 202018th August 2020 Keara McKay

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Keara McKay & Thomas Procter Our new visualisation based on figures and analysis published in the public domain by

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Visualisation of COVID-19 in Northern Ireland

9th April 202014th January 2022 Keara McKay

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Keara McKay & Thomas Procter This is a visualisation prepared and maintained by the Northern Ireland Assembly Research and

Health & Social Care

Suicide statistics and strategy in Northern Ireland: Update

28th November 201922nd April 2020 Keara McKay

Reading Time: 10 minutes By Lesley-Ann Black and Keara McKay This article is an updated version of a piece which was published on Research

Immigration Statistics & GIS

A demographic profile of Northern Ireland in 2017

7th February 201910th June 2019 Keara McKay 0 Comments Demographic statistics

Reading Time: 6 minutes This paper presents a brief demographic profile of Northern Ireland, updating a previous article on this subject in 2016. It

Travel distances to nearest GP Practice, March 2018

Statistics & GIS

Celebrating GIS in the Northern Ireland Assembly

14th November 201811th February 2020 Keara McKay

Reading Time: 3 minutes Please note: this article was edited on 11.2.20 with up-to-date GIS maps showing travel distances to GP practices for 2015

An image showing the clearing of the snow on Donegall Square North, Belfast [Image: Dean Molyneaux under Creative Commons 2.0)

Infrastructure Transport

Grit Expectations: How and when are our roads and footpaths salted during the winter season?

18th January 201813th November 2019 Keara McKay Roads, winter planning

Reading Time: 6 minutes By Des McKibbin & Keara McKay As temperatures plummetted towards the end of November 2017, forecasters began to predict the

Map2. The service areas of the cancer centre in Northern Ireland, prior to the opening of the North West Cancer Centre.

Statistics & GIS

The Geographic Information Service at the Northern Ireland Assembly

15th November 201728th March 2018 Keara McKay Geographical information and analysis

Reading Time: 5 minutes To mark World GIS day, this article will look at how the Northern Ireland Assembly uses GIS to communicate data

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