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COVID-19

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COVID-19 Statistics & GIS 

Visualisation of COVID-19 in Northern Ireland

14th January 202214th January 2022 Aaron McMurray

Reading Time: < 1 minutes By Aaron McMurray & James Bamford This dashboard has been prepared by the Assembly Research and Information Service (RaISe) to

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An image of the centre of Belfast with buses whizzing past COVID-19 signs
COVID-19 Transport 

Transport trends during the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland

3rd December 20216th December 2021 Ellen Robson

Reading Time: 8 minutes Share on linkedin Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print In March 2020, the lockdown

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COVID-19 Culture & Sport 

COVID, culture and recovery (part 2 of 2)

30th September 20218th November 2021 Karen McCallion

Reading Time: 8 minutes To support the Communities Committee’s consideration of recommendations for the culture sector’s recovery in Northern Ireland, this two-part blog post

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COVID-19 Culture & Sport 

COVID, culture and recovery (part 1 of 2)

30th September 202130th September 2021 Karen McCallion

Reading Time: 10 minutes To support the Communities Committee’s consideration of future recommendations for the recovery of the cultural sectors in Northern Ireland, this

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COVID-19 Health & Social Care 

Mental health and the COVID-19 pandemic

24th June 2021 Lesley-Ann Black Mental Health

Reading Time: 8 minutes As lockdown measures begin to ease, what evidence is there about the impact that COVID-19 has had on our mental

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COVID-19 Employment & Labour Market 

Part-time pandemic

23rd June 2021 Anne Bosse

Reading Time: 7 minutes Recent figures show a decline in part-time work in Northern Ireland (NI) since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] This

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COVID-19 Culture & Sport 

How has COVID-19 emergency funding for individual artists been distributed in Northern Ireland? (Updated)

22nd June 202128th July 2021 James Bamford

Reading Time: 2 minutes By James Bamford & Karen McCallion This visualisation provides a snapshot of £11.1 million in emergency funding provided to over

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A screenshot from the COVID-19 funding snapshot dashboard
COVID-19 Finance 

Snapshot of COVID-19 Funding: Department for Communities

14th April 202114th April 2021 Rachel Keyes

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This visualisation provides a series of interactive graphs compiled by the Assembly’s Research and Information Service (RaISe), which offer a

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COVID-19 Health & Social Care 

Eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic

13th April 202113th April 2021 Elisa Couto Clemente Mental Health

Reading Time: 6 minutes Following the Eating Disorders Awareness Week, which took place in the United Kingdom in March 2021, this article examines the

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COVID-19 Culture & Sport Finance 

How has Arts Council NI COVID-19 emergency funding been distributed to arts organisations?

9th March 20219th March 2021 Karen McCallion

Reading Time: 3 minutes By James Bamford, Karen McCallion & Thomas Procter The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) has the role of distributing

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