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The economics of childhood disabilities in Ireland with a particular focus on using mixed methods to examine the economics of child and adolescent autism spectrum disorders
(NUI Galway, 2020-05)
Increased rates in the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) has led to escalating demands for services across a number of sectors including health, social care, education and social welfare etc. In Ireland, the ...
Human rights compliant decision-making in child protection: Lessons for Ireland from a comparative socio-legal case study analysis of Ireland, England and Germany
(NUI Galway, 2021-08-01)
Children have a right to be protected from harm and the State is obliged to take measures to vindicate that right. The State may intervene in family life by restricting parental rights, removing a child into care or placing ...
A critical exploration of intercultural education in a post-primary school in Ireland with particular reference to travellers
(NUI Galway, 2020-09-09)
This dissertation is about intercultural education in a post-primary school setting and Travellers’ experiences of education. Based within one very diverse post-primary DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, ...
The context and circumstances of early sexual initiation among adolescents in Ireland: A mixed methods investigation
(NUI Galway, 2020-08-25)
Adolescents who initiate sexual intercourse at early ages may be at a heightened risk of negative sexual health outcomes at the time of first sex and later in life. In the case of Ireland, there is inadequate knowledge ...
An examination of migrant preferences for health and healthcare
(NUI Galway, 2022-04-20)
Understanding the needs and preferences of migrant groups presents challenges to their host countries, including that of the host country's healthcare system. Migrants are a distinct subpopulation of the host country's ...
When ‘There’s Nowhere Else to Go’: Exploring rights to self-determination and community inclusion within day services for adults with intellectual disabilities in the Republic of Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2022-06-24)
This dissertation is framed by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
and its commitment to transformation of the lives of people with disabilities. Using
Institutional Ethnography as a method ...
Archaeological watermarks: Settlement, landscape and seasonal flooding in historical Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2020-09-21)
Turloughs are karst wetland ecosystems that are virtually unique to Ireland. They are intermittently inundated on an annual basis, mainly from groundwater. This thesis concerns the interaction of past communities with the ...
John McGahern's house of vision: From darkness to the rising sun
(NUI Galway, 2020-11-17)
John McGahern (1934-2006) believed that books could act as mirrors. They can also act as windows on the world. Such windows, however, necessarily frame our fields of vision, alter and shape our perspectives. Far from being ...
Evaluating the ecosystem function of selected dipteran families and their role as indicators of farm habitat quality in Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2021-09-27)
Biodiversity has undergone significant declines worldwide as a result of
human activities. This trend is particularly apparent in agricultural ecosystems where
farming intensification is recognised as one of the primary ...
Care and control: The experience of the Sisters of Mercy run Irish industrial school system, 1868-1936
(NUI Galway, 2022-09-20)
This thesis is a historical investigation into the experience of the Catholic Sisters of Mercy run Irish industrial schools, from the introduction of the system in 1868 to the publication of the Cussen Report in 1936. It ...