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A source of new diagnostic techniques for asthma in Ireland
(2017-11-13)
The objective of this thesis is to set up new diagnostic methods for the study of asthma and related respiratory conditions in an Irish clinical laboratory, and to deepen our knowledge of the pathophysiology of this illness. ...
Borrowers and lenders in the residential mortgage context: legacy of the financial crisis on regulatory frameworks in Ireland and Spain
(2016-09-27)
The Global Financial Crisis is clearly identifiable as a catalyst for reform of financial regulation and supervision in the period from 2008 onwards. It was also the starting point for the emergence of an indebtedness ...
Balance, binary debate and missing women: a discourse analysis and creative response to 30 years of the abortion debate on RTÉ current affairs television, 1983-2013
(2017-02-23)
Since the introduction of a foetal right to life into the Irish Constitution in 1983, abortion has persisted as a contentious issue in public debate in Ireland. This practice-based study investigates Irish public discourse ...
Reform, instruction, and practice: the impact of the Catholic Revival on the laity in the Dublin diocese, 1793-1853
(2016-09-14)
In the aftermath of the 1793 Catholic Relief Act the Catholic Church in Dublin experienced a period of revival. The building of new churches, the flourishing of religious orders, and the development Sunday Schools all point ...
The importance of a continuum of care before, during and after pregnancy in women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes along the Irish Atlantic seaboard
(2017-04-06)
Pregestational diabetes is the most common chronic medical condition to complicate pregnancy and is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality for the mother-offspring pair. Optimising outcomes for this ...
An exploration of the European landscape convention as a guiding framework for multi-scalar landscape governance in the territories of Catalonia (Spain) and the Republic of Ireland
(2016-05-13)
The spatial dimensions of many social, economic and environmental challenges
facing 21st century societies can be addressed through the idea of landscape. Scholars
working in the area of environmental and landscape change ...
The health economics of obesity in Ireland
(2016-05-13)
An abundant literature exists linking obesity to a range of health conditions as well as premature mortality (Calle et al., 1999, Larsson et al., 1984, Jagielski et al., 2014, Kearns et al., 2014, Pi-Sunyer, 1999, Reilly ...
Everyday racism in the west of Ireland
(2016-09-30)
Everyday life might be described as a rhythmic flow of routines and practices that frame social life’s multitudinous interactional episodes. Everyday social life is also punctuated by various types of racism that can be ...
"We here in Ireland are not outside this struggle": the Irish Catholic Church, anti-communism and the Cold War, 1945-1965
(NUI Galway, 2018-04-03)
This project explores an understudied aspect of modern Irish Catholicism by examining the anticommunism
of the Irish Catholic Church in the period from 1945 to 1965, which marked the
early years of the Cold War. It looks ...
Irish farm succession and inheritance; an examination of farmers’ economic decision-making strategies as socially-constructed risk assessment
(NUI Galway, 2019-03-28)
Intergenerational farm transfer is increasingly viewed as fundamental to the sustainability and development of global agriculture, with an expectation that younger farmers, with more effective and efficient production ...