Peter Donaghy

@peterdonaghy.bsky.social

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Belfast based spreadsheet guy

A chart showing the number of days over temperature thresholds (28, 30 and 32) at London Heathrow from 1973 to 2026.
A chart showing the Nationalist/Unionist/Other share at NI Assembly and Forum elections since 1996.
A chart showing days where air conditioning is necessary to maintain a safe/pleasant temperature in London. YTD 2026 is the highest point.
A chart showing the deposit to run in Westminster elections from 1918 to 2026 in £2026, showing a fall from £15.5k in 1934 to £500 today.
A chart showing shares at NI Assembly and Forum elections since 1996
A picture of me enthusiastically gesticulating at an exhibition on the ECB monetary policy target
Wes Streeting
A still from Futurama: "Fry's Assassin's Assassin"
Prime Ministers at the Cenotaph
A chart showing Northern Ireland birth projections and actual births. Each successive population shows a lower projection for the number of births.
A chart showing a population forecast for Northern Ireland by birth cohort
A chart showing mentions of the phase "I rise" in Hansard since 1900
A chart showing the length of Rob Zombie album titles and the SF share of the vote at Irish general elections since 1997
A close up of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with red eyes
A Venn diagram showing difficulty levels in DOOM and Lana del Rey albums
A picture of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the 1980s wearing a shirt that says "No I Just Look Like Him!" on the back
Mr Burns telling Smithers to hop in to his small plane
A bottle of The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5
The "looks like meat's back on the menu boys" orc from Lord of the Rings
A chart showing the vote share of unionist, nationalists and others at Westminster and Assembly elections since 1921
A chart showing the price of a kilo of beef mince from September 2019 to December 2025
Piper Kerr (right), a member of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904
Big chinned guy with his hand on a shoulder
A screenshot of the Pitchfork review of "Rehearsing My Choir" by Fiery Furnaces; it got a 4.0 review.
A screenshot of Moldovan TV new year's eve show
A chart showing anti-social behaviour and violent and sexual offences in the Titanic DEA of Belfast since 2011
A chart showing violent and sexual offences in Northern Ireland since 2011
A chart of anti-social behaviour in Northern Ireland since 2011
A crime dashboard screenshot
Crime Survey for England and Wales - prevalence of bicycle theft by household
Monthly burglaries in England and Wales
A screenshot of the OpenDataNI website
Monthly burglaries in Northern Ireland from September 2011 to September 2025
A chart showing PISA maths scores for England, Scotland, Wales and NI since 2009
A chart showing PISA scores over time for maths
PISA 2022 scores by parents' highest level of education in the United States
A chart showing PISA 2022 scores for Maths, English and Science for the UK and Ireland by parents' highest level of education
Votes received at Northern Ireland elections by party since 1998
Spotify: Your listening age is 24
A chart showing per capita spending on railways since 2021 for the countries and regions of the UK.
A chart showing the price of 1kg of beef mince in Northern Ireland and North England since 2019.
A chart showing the difference in per capita spending compared with England in 2024-25
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A chart showing the length of Rob Zombie album titles and the Sinn Féin share of the vote at Irish general elections.
A chart showing the % share of the population by religion at Northern Ireland censuses since 1926
No, it's not possible to physically "throw" a paper plane from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland because the border is an actual physical land boundary, not an aerial one you could cross with a paper aircraft. While you can cross the border with ease for people and goods, the concept of throwing a paper plane across this geographical divide is a physical impossibility. Why It's Not Possible Physical Border: The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is a geographical, not an aerial, boundary. There is no open airspace for paper planes to travel across. Distance: The land border is significant, and a paper plane thrown by hand simply lacks the power and range to cover that distance. Gravity and Aerodynamics: A paper plane is subject to gravity and air resistance, which would quickly bring it down after being thrown. In Summary You can move freely between the two jurisdictions, but this doesn't mean you can throw an object across the physical landmass. The question is about a physical action that cannot be performed over the distance between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Google AI Overview No, it's not possible to throw a paper plane from England to Scotland, as the flight distance between them is far greater than the maximum range of a paper airplane. The Guinness World Record for the longest distance flown by a paper airplane is only around 88 meters (290 feet), while the shortest distance across the border from England to Scotland is over 130 miles, requiring much more than a single throw. Here's why it's impossible: Distance: England and Scotland are separated by a significant landmass and body of water, with the narrowest points being over 100 miles wide.
A chart showing secondary school spending per pupil adjusted for inflation in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
A chart showing the population ratio of the over 65 population to the 25-64 population for France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US
A chart showing median and 95th percentile waiting times at Belfast, Northern and South Eastern HSC Trusts
A chart showing the number of patients waiting for an outpatient appointment from June 2008 to June 2025 for "All Trusts" and "Belfast, Northern & South Eastern Trusts"
A photo of Lough Neagh taken on 8 September 2025
A photo of Lough Neagh on 4 September 2023
A chart showing annual average domestic electricity prices in Northern Ireland and the UK from 2021/22 to 2024/25
A chart showing the 30 countries of the world with the highest residential electricity prices in US$/kWh showing Ireland the highest at $0.44/kWh behind only Bermuda
A chart showing a 2050 forecast for the population aged 25-64 divided by the population aged over 65 for a range of countries.
A chart showing the Irish population aged 25-64 divided by the population aged over 65 from 1950 to 2100.
A chart showing the UK population aged 25-64 divided by the population aged over 65 from 1950 to 2100.
A chart showing the migrant population as a percentage of the total population 1990-2024 for a range of countries
A chart showing the migrant population as a percentage of the total population from 1990 to 2024.