Peter Donaghy
@peterdonaghy.bsky.social
Belfast based spreadsheet guy
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There has been a significant decline in incidents of anti-social behaviour in NI since 2011, with the summer peak in 2025 around 42% lower than 2013.
December 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
There has been a significant decline in incidents of anti-social behaviour in NI since 2011, with the summer peak in 2025 around 42% lower than 2013.
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Electro-diesel Stadler Flirts selected to replace Dublin – Belfast Enterprise trains www.railwaygazette.com/traction-and....
Electro-diesel Stadler Flirt trains selected to renew Dublin – Belfast Enterprise fleet
EUROPE: Ireland's national railway Iarnród Éireann and North Ireland's Translink have jointly selected Stadler Flirt trainsets to replace locomotive-hauled rolling stock on the cross-border Dublin - B...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Electro-diesel Stadler Flirts selected to replace Dublin – Belfast Enterprise trains www.railwaygazette.com/traction-and....
I added another dashboard on my site on Northern Ireland crime statistics. It has data on reported crimes by category for NI, the councils and down to DEA level, since 2011.
salmonofdata.com/dashboards/n...
salmonofdata.com/dashboards/n...
December 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I added another dashboard on my site on Northern Ireland crime statistics. It has data on reported crimes by category for NI, the councils and down to DEA level, since 2011.
salmonofdata.com/dashboards/n...
salmonofdata.com/dashboards/n...
Not something I would have known from media coverage - bicycle theft prevalence in England and Wales for 2024/25 was the second lowest on record in a data series going back to the early 1980s.
December 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Not something I would have known from media coverage - bicycle theft prevalence in England and Wales for 2024/25 was the second lowest on record in a data series going back to the early 1980s.
I wonder why the OpenDataNI page is partly written in Galician
December 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I wonder why the OpenDataNI page is partly written in Galician
Something I found in the UK police data - there has been a collapse in the number of burglaries in NI over the last 15 years. There were 192 burglaries in September 2025; the lowest since records began and an 77% reduction from September 2011.
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Something I found in the UK police data - there has been a collapse in the number of burglaries in NI over the last 15 years. There were 192 burglaries in September 2025; the lowest since records began and an 77% reduction from September 2011.
Added another dashboard on my site on PISA data for the UK and Ireland since 2009. NI was ahead of both England and ROI for maths in 2009 and has since fallen behind; driven by a decline in grammar schools from 2009-15, and then another decline in secondary schools.
salmonofdata.com/dashboards/p...
salmonofdata.com/dashboards/p...
December 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Added another dashboard on my site on PISA data for the UK and Ireland since 2009. NI was ahead of both England and ROI for maths in 2009 and has since fallen behind; driven by a decline in grammar schools from 2009-15, and then another decline in secondary schools.
salmonofdata.com/dashboards/p...
salmonofdata.com/dashboards/p...
I thought this was interesting from the PISA 2022 data. Having more highly educated parents is associated with better performance at school until Master's level. But scores are much lower amongst pupils with a parent that has a PhD.
December 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I thought this was interesting from the PISA 2022 data. Having more highly educated parents is associated with better performance at school until Master's level. But scores are much lower amongst pupils with a parent that has a PhD.
I made a new dashboard on Northern Ireland election results since 1921. You can explore results by party or community designation and filter by different election types (Westminster, Assembly, etc.)
salmonofdata.com/dashboards/n...
salmonofdata.com/dashboards/n...
December 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I made a new dashboard on Northern Ireland election results since 1921. You can explore results by party or community designation and filter by different election types (Westminster, Assembly, etc.)
salmonofdata.com/dashboards/n...
salmonofdata.com/dashboards/n...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Added total spending per capita to the spending dashboard. Northern Ireland had the highest spending per capita in 2024-25, followed by Scotland and then London. The Southeast of England had the lowest.
salmonofdata.com/dashboards/u...
salmonofdata.com/dashboards/u...
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November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Added total spending per capita to the spending dashboard. Northern Ireland had the highest spending per capita in 2024-25, followed by Scotland and then London. The Southeast of England had the lowest.
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I made another data dashboard for my site - this one shows UK government spending per head for the regions and countries of the UK by category. salmonofdata.com/dashboards/u...
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I made another data dashboard for my site - this one shows UK government spending per head for the regions and countries of the UK by category. salmonofdata.com/dashboards/u...
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There's this weird mindset that voters won't object to a breaking of tax promises is if it's done in a sufficiently convoluted way. Like they're fae creatures impressed you found a way around their contract terms or something.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
There's this weird mindset that voters won't object to a breaking of tax promises is if it's done in a sufficiently convoluted way. Like they're fae creatures impressed you found a way around their contract terms or something.
I've restarted my website and intend to start publishing datasets I have lying around. First - the ONS item price data on average consumer prices across the UK. See how much more pints cost in NI compared with elsewhere. Features small caged mammal. salmonofdata.com/dashboards/u...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I've restarted my website and intend to start publishing datasets I have lying around. First - the ONS item price data on average consumer prices across the UK. See how much more pints cost in NI compared with elsewhere. Features small caged mammal. salmonofdata.com/dashboards/u...
The latest UK regional spending data was published this week. Northern Ireland spent £16.1k per head in 2024-25, £3k more than England (£13.1k). Incapacity, disability and injury benefits were the single biggest difference (£941), followed by agriculture (£417).
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The latest UK regional spending data was published this week. Northern Ireland spent £16.1k per head in 2024-25, £3k more than England (£13.1k). Incapacity, disability and injury benefits were the single biggest difference (£941), followed by agriculture (£417).
San Marino scoring after 2 minutes in a game they're trying to lose on purpose
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
San Marino scoring after 2 minutes in a game they're trying to lose on purpose
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i do not know if this justifies the URGENT
URGENT Heineken targets mid-single digit revenue growth in 2030 plan reut.rs/47CRrnN
URGENT Heineken targets mid-single digit revenue growth in 2030 plan
Dutch brewer Heineken said on Thursday it expects to deliver mid-single digit organic net revenue growth, with profit growth ahead of that, as it laid out an updated strategic vision covering the years until 2030 ahead of an investor event later in the day.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
i do not know if this justifies the URGENT
Possibly concerning news for Sinn Féin? For nearly 3 decades, the SF share of the vote at Irish general elections has been correlated with the length of the title of Rob Zombie's most recent album. If the pattern continues, it could be ominous for SF at the next general election.
October 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Possibly concerning news for Sinn Féin? For nearly 3 decades, the SF share of the vote at Irish general elections has been correlated with the length of the title of Rob Zombie's most recent album. If the pattern continues, it could be ominous for SF at the next general election.
This could cause a deflationary spirali
‘A fatal blow’: Italian producers fear effects of Trump’s ‘war against pasta’
‘A fatal blow’: Italian producers fear effects of Trump’s ‘war against pasta’
US president’s threat to impose 92% tariffs targeting major manufacturers put family-run firms in the firing line as well
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October 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This could cause a deflationary spirali
It's striking how there was very little change in the demographic makeup of Northern Ireland for the first 50 years after partition, followed by rapid change in the 50 years from 1971.
factcheckni.org/articles/dem...
factcheckni.org/articles/dem...
September 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It's striking how there was very little change in the demographic makeup of Northern Ireland for the first 50 years after partition, followed by rapid change in the 50 years from 1971.
factcheckni.org/articles/dem...
factcheckni.org/articles/dem...
By the end of the 2020s we could end up with:
- Nigel Farage as Prime Minister
- TUV as the largest unionist party
- A nationalist plurality in Stormont
- Nigel Farage as Prime Minister
- TUV as the largest unionist party
- A nationalist plurality in Stormont
YouGov's September 2025 MRP projects a hung parliament where Reform UK would be almost certain to form a government
Reform UK: 311 (+306 from 2024)
Labour: 144 (-267)
Lib Dems: 78 (+6)
Conservatives: 45 (-76)
SNP: 37 (+28)
Greens: 7 (+3)
Plaid: 6 (+2)
Others: 3 (-2)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Reform UK: 311 (+306 from 2024)
Labour: 144 (-267)
Lib Dems: 78 (+6)
Conservatives: 45 (-76)
SNP: 37 (+28)
Greens: 7 (+3)
Plaid: 6 (+2)
Others: 3 (-2)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
September 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
By the end of the 2020s we could end up with:
- Nigel Farage as Prime Minister
- TUV as the largest unionist party
- A nationalist plurality in Stormont
- Nigel Farage as Prime Minister
- TUV as the largest unionist party
- A nationalist plurality in Stormont
The shortest distance across the border from England to Scotland is over 130 miles
September 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The shortest distance across the border from England to Scotland is over 130 miles
I wonder why spending on schools in Northern Ireland has fallen so far behind GB since 2020.
September 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I wonder why spending on schools in Northern Ireland has fallen so far behind GB since 2020.