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Participatory action research with and within community activist groups: Capturing the collective experience of Ireland's Community and Voluntary Pillar in social partnership
(SAGE Journals Online, 2012)
The inclusion of community activists in policy planning is increasingly recognized at thehighest international level. This article shows how the use of Participatory ActionResearch (PAR) can present a deeper and more ...
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 ...
Working later in the USA and Ireland: implications for precariously and securely employed women
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-07-17)
Policies to extend working life (EWL) assume homogeneous workers face similar choices about working longer: this may be difficult for women, workers in physically onerous jobs or in low-paid precarious employment. Work-life ...
Folk belief and landscape in Connacht: accounts from the Ordnance Survey letters
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-04-03)
The Ordnance Survey of Ireland, carried out in the early-nineteenth century, was not just the process of mapping and collecting place names for translation as it is frequently depicted. The director of the Ordnance Survey, ...
10 ways institutional abuse details are still being kept secret
(RTÉ Brainstorm, 2019-09-05)
The Taoiseach has tonight issued an apology on behalf of the State and its citizens to the victims of child abuse. Mr. Ahern made the apology as he announced a package of measures to tackle such abuse. These include the ...
Ireland's Magdalene Laundries and the state's duty to protect
(Law Society of Ireland, 2011)
Irish society has recently begun to come to terms with a legacy of systemic
physical, sexual and emotional maltreatment of children from the 1930s to
the 1970s in State-funded, Catholic Church-run Industrial and ...
Technophobia amongst older adults in Ireland
(Irish Journal of Management, 2006-06)
The article discusses the findings of research on the prevalence of technophobia amongst older adults in Ireland. The study was conducted using questionnaires which consisted of computer anxiety rating scale form C (CARS-C), ...
Help seeking and help providing in Ireland
(Association of Children's Welfare Agencies (ACWA) and the NSW Family Services (FamS), 2019-12)
Recent developments in the Irish child welfare system have involved a targeted move towards the provision of accessible help at a more timely point for children, young people and their families. It is widely accepted that ...
An intervention using quality of life and symptom information as a clinical tool in patients with advanced cancer
(International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science (IJIRMS), 2019-09-07)
The Schedule for Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life-Direct Weighting (SEIQoL-DW) recognizes the individuals’ values with no pre-judgement. The objective of this study was to determine if clinician awareness and ...