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A blog from the Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service

Infrastructure

Here you will find blogs produced by our research officers in relation to infrastructure. Please note that the blogs you will find here are blogs that have been published since 1 May 2022. We also have an archive of blogs where you will find everything published before May 2022.

Energy

A cartoon image showing a landscape with some solar panels, a windfarm and a battery storage facility (image by RaISe, generated from Adobe Stock Images)
Legislative background International agreements In the past three decades, governments around the world have set out to decarbonise electricity and heat generation, industrial processes, and transport by moving away

Infrastructure

An image showing a police officer at the scene of an accident; the background of the image features lots of super-imposed charts and figures which simulate 'data'. The image was produced using AI in the Canva application
Road safety is an area of critical importance to policy makers. In Northern Ireland, road traffic collisions remain a leading cause of preventable death and serious injury, placing lasting

Transport

Transport articles will be published here when available.

Water

Overhead satellite image of Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.
In recent years, algal blooms have drawn large-scale notoriety and attention. We take a look at their global impact on areas of natural beauty.
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We take a look at the economic and environmental impact of zebra mussels, an invasive aquatic species, across Ireland and Northern Ireland.