Using a gravity model, we estimate the magnitude of potential trade flows between Ireland and the five CEEC countries currently negotiating accession to the EU. We find that Irish exports were already close to their “normal” level in 1994, but that imports from the CEECs were still only half of their “normal” size. The value of estimated “normal” trade corresponds to 0.8 percent of Irish GNP. T...

INTRODUCTION The present study examined indoor air quality in a global sample of smoke-free and smoking-permitted Irish pubs. We hypothesized that levels of respirable suspended particles, an important marker of secondhand smoke, would be significantly lower in smoke-free Irish pubs than in pubs that allowed smoking. METHODS Indoor air quality was assessed in 128 Irish pubs in 15 countries be...

Ireland's economy has made an outstanding progress in the last 40 years goingfrom a relatively poor country to the present EU average per capita income. The Irish economy was deliberately opened around 1960, after decades of following an import-substitution industrialisation policy. The Irish government established an agency for attracting FDI and decided to apply for membership in the EEe. Bef...

In this paper we describe the appraisal method that was developed by Lero (the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre) and Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) to assess software processes within small to medium-sized Irish software organisations that have little or no experience of software process improvement (SPI) programmes. We developed a method, called Adept, through investigating t...

Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is an established alternative to prenatal testing for couples at risk of transmitting genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis (CF).PGD screens pre-implantation embryos, allowing the safe transfer of those identified as unaffected. Awareness of CF carrier status in Ireland is increasing following the introduction of neonatal screening in 2011. PGD is th...

2211 deletion syndrome, a collective term for Di George syndrome and velocardiofacial syndrome is the most common deletion syndrome in humans. An incidence of 1 per 4,000 live births and the fact that 85% of deletions occur de novo means that Irish general dentists will encounter this condition, although a marked phenotypic variation means that diagnosis is often missed or delayed. This article...

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine / Volume 30 / Issue 01 / March 2013, pp 7 12 DOI: 10.1017/ipm.2012.2, Published online: 19 March 2013 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S079096671200002X How to cite this article: V. I. O. Agyapong, K. Singh, M. Savage, T. B. Thekiso, M. Finn, C. K. Farren and D. M. McLoughlin (2013). Use of codeinecontaining medicines by Irish ...

Ireland’s economy has experienced phenomenal growth over the last ten years, in particular in the ICT sector. With today’s rising global competition, Ireland faces the challenge of sustaining this growth, particularly in the software sector. A core component of this challenge is to produce a steady stream of qualified graduates in the ICT area. Funded by the Irish government, Lero—the Irish Sof...

Infants of very low birth weight (VLBW) are, for the most part, potentially normal at birth but, because of immaturity of structure and function of many organs, are at risk from death or permanent handicap. A recent survey of world literature suggested that the improvement in the outcome for these babies, which has occurred over the past ten years, was due to perinatal intensive care. To date, ...