Welcome to NUIGDDJ15 class blog. Here you can find our student’s data stories. These stories are our students’ final projects for the Data Journalism module at the MA in Journalism at NUI Galway. You can check the course syllabus and material here. The course hashtag on Twitter is: #NUIGDDJ15.
Tadhg Evans The future of the Irish language would be the source of much debate if that debate hadn’t already been decided in many people’s minds. Most seem to agree that the language is, at the very least, in serious jeopardy. However, this viewpoint might…
Margaret Langevin When it comes to poverty and homicides a person may well assume that these two factors go hand in hand. However, according to the Eurostats, this does not appear to be the case. Eurostats is a Directorate-General of the European Commission who gather…
David Kane Ireland has a population of 4,588,252, and tops the list of countries that are infamous for speaking one language only. 60% of the Irish population speaks one language, which puts the Emerald Isle just behind Hungary (65%), Italy (62%) and Portugal (61%) on…
Niamh Cullen It’s clear to the public eye that in a county of small land mass boasting 1.2 million people, homelessness is very much at the heart of Dublin. According to the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation (IMHO), more than 25,000 people now face homelessness. It’s…
Aonghus O’Maicin Statistics show that overseas visitors tend to spend more revenue in larger cities than rural areas around the island of Ireland. The statistics suggest that although visitors from overseas tend to visit many of Ireland’s more rural counties, these counties still do not…
Rowan Gillick Theft from shops in Ireland in the period of 2003 to 2014 saw a significant rise for a number of years before decreasing slightly and then peaking again in 2013 & 2014. Between the years of 2004 to 2005, there was an increase…
Ultan Sherry Irish milk levels have risen significantly since the abolition of the EU Quotas back in April this year. In statistics released by the Central Statistics Office for August 2015, Ireland’s level of milk rose from 2.3 billion litres in the period January-May 2014…