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Showing 1 to 20 of 117 for “"Republic of Ireland"”.
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Planning and employment in a small economy: the Republic of Ireland
… be considered in three parts. Part I is a review of the evolution and uneven development of the Irish economy for recent decades. A main reason in undertaking this is to bring to the fore some of the neglected features of that development and its distinct characteristics. It is argued that …
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Mainstreaming of Deaf Education in the Republic of Ireland: Language, Power, Resistance
This thesis examines the mainstreaming of primary level deaf education in the Republic of Ireland. Following legislation in 1998 and again in 2004, parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing (D/HH) children are now facilitated in sending their child to the local school. As a result, there has been a …
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A feast of famine : dependency and employment in the Republic of Ireland
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1982.
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Identifying management competencies of hotel owner-managers & general managers in the Republic of Ireland
The objective of this research was to investigate the concept of competencies, explore and identify the management competencies of hotel owner-managers and general managers in the hospitality industry in the Republic of Ireland. In other words, this research explored how hotel owner-managers and …
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The application of theories of professionalism in valuation practice in the Republic of Ireland
Housing is the most important class of consumption good and there is evidence of a strong link between housing and business cycles. In 2008 a global financial crisis caused partially by severe and dramatic reductions in property values, put the spotlight on the lack of guidance provided by lending …
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Making sense of public administrative leadership in the Republic of Ireland: an interpretive research project
This research is a research into the perceptions of senior public administrative leaders in the Republic of Ireland regarding their own leadership at the time when Ireland was facing a significant socio-economic crisis. The research examines the senior Irish administrative leaders’ own perspectives …
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The Grassroots Pro-Asylum Seeker Movement in the Republic of Ireland: A Social Movement Perspective
This thesis is an in-depth analysis of the Grassroots Pro-Asylum Seeker Movement in the Republic of Ireland between 1994 and 2004. It seeks to understand and analyse this development of the Grassroots Pro-Asylum Seeker Movement in Ireland from a social movement perspective. The movement itself …
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The thick blue wall: a socio-historical analysis of police accountability in the Republic of Ireland
… democratic societies to perform their functions of investigating crime and maintaining social order, inherently raise tensions concerning the use of those powers, conflicts with the liberty of citizens, and accountability for these powers. 1n the Republic of Ireland, where An Garda Siochana is …
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Explaining the low rate of migrant self-employment in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
The aim of the thesis is to explain the low rate of self-employment among migrants in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Despite efforts at a variety of scales to encourage self-employment and entrepreneurship among migrants, they are less likely to become self-employed in the RoI and NI …
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Young People as Active Citizens: Placing Youth Participation Structures in The Republic of Ireland under Critical Scrutiny
… a critical investigation into the effectiveness of the youth participation structures created by the Irish State following the passing of the National Children’s Strategy (2000). As a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the State is obliged to extend citizenship …
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Citizenship education in the global era : a comparative case study of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
… is impacting upon the understanding and practice of citizenship, and multiculturalism that the education systems are increasingly accommodating. This thesis uses a variety of political, multicultural and educational concepts to describe how globalisation is translated into curriculum designed to …
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and challenging behaviours (CB): training and content knowledge of teachers in the Republic of Ireland
With rising prevalence rates of autism spectrum disorders worldwide (i.e. current prevalence of 1:88; CDC 2012) it is imperative to implement efficacious interventions to improve functional outcomes for those diagnosed with autism. Applied behaviour analysis has been shown to produce advantageous …
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Experiences of the foster care process in the Republic of Ireland: retrospective accounts from biological children of foster carers
This thesis examines the experiences of the biological children of foster carers. In particular it explores their experiences in relation to inclusion, consultation and decision-making. The study also examines the support and training needs of birth children in foster families. Using a qualitative …
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An exploratory study on the impact of an early years' preschool intervention programme in the Republic of Ireland
… to alleviate educational disadvantage in areas of social exclusion. Early years’ intervention programmes are now a common government social policy for addressing social problems (Reynolds, Mann, Miedel, and Smokowski, 1997). In particular, state provided early years’ programmes such as Head …
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Parents’ experiences with the inclusion of their children with Down Syndrome in mainstream primary schools in the Republic of Ireland
… common for children with Down syndrome in the Republic of Ireland to be educated in their local mainstream school. Legislation in Ireland has strengthened the parents’ role and schools now have a statutory duty to develop viable relationships with parents who, as research indicates, can and …
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Budgeting and ERP Control Systems in Third Level Educational Institutions: Some Evidence from the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
'A budget is not simply one facet of a plan, nor is it merely an expression of organisational policy: it is also a control mechanism' (Meredith and Mantel, 1995). Following an extensive literature review on budgeting within Corporations and Third Level Educational Institutions a mail survey …
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An exploration of clinical teaching and learning within a preceptorship model in an acute care hospital in the Republic of Ireland
… within clinical nurse teaching was introduced in Ireland in 2002. Little is known how this model has impacted upon the pedagogical practices of the preceptor or student learning in clinical practice. An international literature review highlighted the question of what constitutes effective teaching …
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Forensic Archaeology and the use of data paradigms in the search for concealed victims of homicide in the Republic of Ireland
The goal of the research in this thesis is to improve on the search practices for missing people who are believed to have come to harm and to do this through the extension of the forensic archaeological search approach to include statistics on homicides. This research is based on the theory that …
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Is it a Fair RACE? Validity of Exam Accommodations, Eligibility Criteria, and a New Spelling Test for the Republic of Ireland
This collection of five papers explores the validity of exam accommodations in the Ireland, in particular the spelling and grammar waiver, an accommodation unique to Ireland.<br/><br/>A review of the literature relating to each accommodation is followed by two papers investigating the validity of …
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