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Introducing commissioning in Ireland: establishing a baseline
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2017-05)
Established on 1 January 2014, through the Child and Family Agency Act, Tusla is responsible for
improving well-being and outcomes for children.1
In 2014, Tusla published the first nationally developed
commissioning ...
Implementing successful e-government in Ireland: the importance of business process redesign
(IGI Global, 2005)
Competitive pressures and improvements in information technology constantly force organisations to re-evaluate their business strategies (Porter, 2001; Venkatraman, 1994). Although public-sector organisations may not operate ...
Domestic violence in Ireland: an overview of national strategic policy and relevant international literature on prevention and intervention initiatives in service provision.
(Child and Family Research Centre, 2008-02)
In order to address the problem of domestic violence from a strategic and evidence-based perspective it is necessary to have a broad understanding of the current national and international policy and practice initiatives ...
Parenting support and parental participation: Mapping parenting support in the Irish context
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2017-03)
This study provides a mapping
of parenting support service provision in Ireland. It outlines the policy context, the existing evidence base and is informed by the best available data. It details the delivery ...
Participatory action research with and within community activist groups: Capturing the collective experience of Ireland's Community and Voluntary Pillar in social partnershiprganisations in Ireland,
(SAGE Journals, 2012-07-18)
This paper advances knowledge of roles played by Civil Society Organisations (CSO s) when negotiating the shift from boom time public expenditure to a programme of
austerity. The study focuses on the Republic of Ireland, ...
Ageing in changing community contexts: cross-border perspectives from rural Ireland and Northern Ireland
(2012)
Ongoing demographic, social, economic and cultural changes point to the dynamic and continually changing contexts of rural areas in Ireland and Northern Ireland. However, the influence of such changes on the lives of older ...
Exploring geographic variation in corporate broadband adoption; evidence from Irish small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs)
(CISC, 2007-12)
We explore the context-speci c determinants of broadband takeup among small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), attempting to shed some light on the sources of the considerable geographic variation in particular. We ...
Exploring Community Perceptions of the relationship between age and social exclusion in rural areas
(Emerald, 2012-02)
This paper aims to explore, for the first time, community perceptions of the relationship between age and social exclusion in rural areas of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Design/methodology/approach The ...
Coastline configuration disrupts the effects of large-scale climatic forcing, leading to divergent temporal trends in wave exposure
(Elsevier, 2006)
Both climate change and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) may influence coastal systems by altering wave exposure. The effects of such climatic forcing are often coherent over relatively large geographic areas. Temporal ...
The Implementation Of Citizen-Centred E-government: a Stakeholder Viewpoint
(2008-09-26)
E-Government provides unprecedented opportunities to improve citize
services and achieve cost efficiencies through process change. As a resul
implementation models have been developed to support the successfu
attainment ...