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Recessionary tales: an investigation into how intellectually disabled young people, and their families, experienced the economic downturn
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-26)
This study presents an original contribution to knowledge through investigating the impact and lived experience of economic recession for intellectually disabled young people and their families in Ireland, who use services ...
Building educational partnerships: An illustration of the disparities between policy and practice of the Home, School and Community Liaison Programme through an exploration of the challenges that HSCL Coordinators experience in its implementation
(NUI Galway, 2019-03-20)
Poverty inhibits pupils from reaching their full educational potential. A body of literature exists which suggests that pupils experiencing financial deprivation or who have parents with lower levels of education are more ...
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 ...
Influencing factors in the implementation and management of routine enquiry for intimate partner violence (IPV) in antenatal care setting in Ireland: A case study
(NUI Galway, 2019-09-19)
Referred to any form of violence by either partner within an intimate relationship, intimate partner violence (IPV), is recognised as a serious global public health problem. IPV results in poorer health and quality of life ...
A study of workers’ mobilization within the Irish supermarket sector
(NUI Galway, 2019-10-04)
This thesis examines why workers in the Irish large supermarket sector acquire a sense
of collective identity separate from their employer’s organization in response to
perceived injustice and why they engage in collective ...
The response of the Irish State to subversion, 1969-1981
(2015-01-30)
The violence associated with the modern Northern Irish imbroglio prompted a significant escalation in paramilitary activity within the Irish State. This project assesses the various political, legislative and security ...
Negotiating the landscape: Prehistoric and early medieval movement in a landscape of esker and bog
(2017-10-20)
The aim of this thesis is to understand movement and the evolution of routeways. The role of the individual and their decision-making process is discussed as a fundamental factor in the origins of paths and routeways. This ...
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 Development of Farmed Cod in Ireland
(2012-05-25)
This study is interlinked with the work programme of the EIROCD project. Utilising historical data and empirical experimental approaches, various aspects of development, growth and phenotypic plasticity of North Atlantic ...
Farming and woodland dynamics in north Sligo during the Holocene based on lake-sediment investigations
(2012-10-31)
Detailed pollen-analytical investigations were carried out on lake sediment cores from two lakes, namely Lough Dargan and Cooney Lough, in north County Sligo close to the Cúil Irra peninsula. North Sligo was chosen as a ...