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Regionalisation and Globalization in Irish Drama since 1990
(Érudit, 2006-09)
The impact of globalisation on Irish theatre since the early 1990s has been considerable. A study of four recent Irish plays, all produced by "regional" theatre companies, suggests that contemporary Irish theatre is dominated ...
Anthony Trollope's Palliser novels and anti-Irish prejudice
(Center for Irish Studies at the University of St. Thomas, 2007)
It is by now taken as axiomatic that representations of Irish characters in Victorian literature were generally negative. However, as Roy Foster shows, they were not universally so; we find one example of a positive treatment ...
Innovative initiatives: targeting the declining science enrollments in Ireland
(The New Zealand Annual Review of Education, 2006)
At the time of economic growth in Ireland, declining numbers of students enrolling in the sciences is emerging as an educational concern. Using a 2002 Government of Ireland commissioned report on science: The Task Force ...
A review of science outreach strategies north and south: with some recommendations for improvement
(Centre for Cross Border Studies, 2008-10)
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Interpreting a cultural landscape: a case for seaweed-harvesting at Aughris, Co. Sligo
(Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI), 2007)
This paper presents archaeological, historical andfolkloric evidence for a local seaweed industry on the Aughris head land, Co. Sligo, in the modem period. It is argued that over 200 earthen enclosures dotting the <ruans> ...
Reframing Online: Ulster Loyalists Imagine an American Audience
(Taylor & Francis, 2009)
This article examines one initiative aimed at taking advantage of new technologies to build new transnational connections between a political movement in the ¿homeland¿ and a diaspora population in the United States. It ...
Local governance and sustainable rural development: Ireland's experience in an EU context
(Univerza v Mariboru, Filozofska Fakulteta, 2009)
This paper discusses the role of local governance partnerships in promoting sustainable rural
development with reference to EU policy over the past two decades. Ireland’s experience is
presented as an example. From the ...
The role of telematics in integrating Ireland into Europe's information society
(Taylor & Francis, 2002)
This article is an evaluation of Ireland’s participation in the Telematics Applications Programme (TAP), which was part of the European Commission’s Fourth Framework Programme for the period 1994–1998. TAP was primarily ...
How well are Europe's rural businesses connected to the digital economy?
(Taylor and Francis, 2004-09)
As economic activity becomes increasingly globalized, partly by means of new information and communication technologies (ICTs), one of the key expectations of European policy-makers was that businesses in rural regions, ...
Wireless Valley, Silicon Wadi and Digital Island - Helsinki, Tel Aviv and Dublin and the new economy GPN
(Elsevier, 2004-06)
Hyper-capitalism in global information and communication technology (ICT) markets during the late 1990s created a new global production network, shaped by multinational corporations, international capital flows, and a ...