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Exploring the construction of the irish mammy in ‘mrs brown’s boys’
(John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018-01-01)
This paper explores how the cultural concept of the Irish Mammy is portrayed in the popular television comedy series 'Mrs Brown's Boys'. Considering the historicity and cultural aspects surrounding essential views of ...
The potential for joint farming ventures in irish agriculture: a sociological review
(Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2016-01-01)
Joint farming ventures (JFVs) are promoted within Irish and EU policy discourses as strategies that can enhance the economic and social sustainability of family farming. Research has shown that JFVs, including arrangements ...
An exploration of strategies used by older people to obtain information about health- and social care services in the community
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015-09-08)
Purpose To explore the strategies used by older people living in Ireland to obtain information about community health and social services.
Methods A qualitative exploratory design was used. Focus groups (n = 3) were conducted ...
Strategic planning in ireland's institutes of technology
(Springer Nature, 2012-02-16)
This article focuses upon Ireland's institute of technology sector, which has been transformed from a 1970s technical orientation to its broader current role of research and higher education provision. The transformational ...
A longitudinal study of amoebic gill disease on a marine atlantic salmon farm utilising a real-time pcr assay for the detection of neoparamoeba perurans
(Inter-Research Science Center, 2015-11-18)
Amoebic gill disease (AGD) is a proliferative gill disease of marine cultured Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, with the free-living protozoan Neoparamoeba perurans being the primary aetiological agent. The increased incidence ...
Bedforms on the northwest irish shelf: indication of modern active sediment transport and over printing of paleo-glacial sedimentary deposits
(Informa UK Limited, 2014-09-15)
Recent mapping programmes in Irish territorial waters, such as the Irish National Seabed Survey and the Integrated Mapping for the Sustainable Development of Ireland's Marine Resource programme, have generated high resolution ...
The life sentence and parole
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2012-01-28)
Taking the life sentence as the new 'ultimate penalty' for many countries, this paper explores the factors associated with the release of life-sentence prisoners on parole. The Republic of Ireland is selected as a case ...
Diversity and occurrence of siphonophores in irish coastal waters
(Royal Irish Academy, 2016-01-01)
Siphonophores are at times amongst the most abundant invertebrate zooplankton predators in the oceans. Historically, siphonophores have been under-sampled and of the studies conducted there has been a bias towards oceanic ...