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Industrial finance in independent Ireland: The Trade Loans (Guarantee) Acts, 1924-1939
(2018-02-22)
This thesis examines and analyses the first industrial policy initiative undertaken in independent Ireland. The Trade Loans (Guarantee) Act, 1924, allowed the state to guarantee loans borrowed by firms for their business ...
Chironomid response to prehistoric farming in northwest Ireland
(2017-12-20)
This article-based PhD thesis explored the utility and performance of chironomid (Diptera: Chironomidae) autecology in the investigation of prehistoric farming impacts on freshwater lake systems. Chironomid subfossils, ...
Promoting 'English Civility' in Tudor Ireland: ideology and the rhetoric of difference
(2016-09-27)
This study deals with the concept of ‘English civility’ as the ideology behind Tudor endeavours in sixteenth-century Ireland. While this phenomenon found frequent mention by scholars on Tudor Ireland in the form of an ...
Novel methods of benthic habitat assessment in designated waterbodies around Ireland
(2017-01-06)
The European Union has implemented some of the most progressive conservation Directives in the world. These Directives are implemented in different ways, have different reporting cycles and use unique terminologies. The ...
The introduction of a legal framework for Advance Directives in Irish mental health care
(2014-06-03)
Advance directives (ADs) are legal statements or documents, which allow a person to outline treatment preferences and other life choices prior to a mental health crisis. This thesis examines the issues arising in relation ...
Identification of bioactive natural products after screening Irish marine bio-resources
(2016-10-21)
According to the “Real Map of Ireland” published by Marine Institute, Ireland, the Nation marine territory has ten times more area than its land mass. Despite the well-studied and reported biodiversity present in Irish ...
Older women's expereinces of ageing and health related issues in Ireland
(2017-01-26)
Background: A challenge of an increasing ageing population is the ‘feminisation of ageing’. Worldwide women live longer than men and this pattern is replicated in Ireland. It is important that health care professionals and ...
Scale and the plankton dynamics of the Irish Shelf and adjacent offshore waters
(2012-01-26)
The patchy distribution of planktonic organisms has been known for over 100 years and ever since then attempts have been made to model this variability over a hierarchy of scales. Forcing mechanisms that act on plankton ...
Last of the hunters or the next scientists? Arguments for and against the inclusion of fishers and their knowledge in mainstream fisheries management
(2012-02-27)
The concept of fishers' knowledge is one that has largely been marginalised in mainstream fisheries management, often characterised by soft ecological narratives and social insights when the bias of fisheries managers is ...
Family Support as an Approach to Working with Children and Families in Ireland: An Explorative Study of Past and Present Perspectives among Pioneers and Practitioners
(2011-08-09)
In Ireland, the value and merit of Family Support as an approach to working with children is debated and contested. From a policy and practice perspective, Family Support is at times recognised and applauded as a worthwhile ...