The literature states the importance of adopting a whole-school approach to inclusion and for meeting needs all students. This study investigated challenges faced by Irish-medium (IM) primary post-primary schools in relation providing inclusion. was achieved through mixed methods where stratified sample teachers from IM (N = 56) undertook an anonymous online survey first stage. In second stage,...

We investigate the impact of international outsourcing on productivity using plant level data for Irish manufacturing. Specifically, we distinguish the effect of outsourcing of materials from services inputs. Moreover, we examine whether the impact on productivity is different for plants being more embedded in international markets through exporting or being part of a multinational. Our results...

We investigate the impact of international outsourcing on productivity using plant level data for Irish manufacturing. Specifically, we distinguish the effect of outsourcing of materials from services inputs. Moreover, we examine whether the impact on productivity is different for plants being more embedded in international markets through exporting or being part of a multinational. Our results...

We examined whether Irish speakers syllabify intervocalic consonants as codas (e.g., póca ‘pocket’ /po:k.E/ CVC.V), as claimed by many authors, but contrary to claims in phonological theory of a universal preference for syllables with onsets. We conducted a perception experiment using a part-repetition task and presented auditory stimuli consisting of VCV items with a single medial consonant (C...

FABRICATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT This paper is concerned with the institutions of Irish economics; it is structured around two arguments each of which links to the thesis presented in Garvin’s Preventing the future (2004). Overall it will be demonstrated that Irish economics was shaped by intellectual trends experienced within economic thought globally as well as the social considerations that ...

The robust “accent culture” of English-language speech in the Irish Republic provides an opportunity to explore the concept of verbal taboo in terms of non-referential indexical function (in this case, phonological variants). The paper documents an ongoing moral panic of language in Irish society, centering on a new and fashionable accent of Irish English. This new accent, termed “D4” (after th...

is article in press as: F infants in an Irish neon Abstract Aim: To investigate Irish neonatal nurses’ knowledge and beliefs of Kangaroo care. Background: Although kangaroo care existed in other countries for 25 years, it is a new occurrence in Irish neonatal care. A review of the literature suggests that, while it demonstrates benefits for both infants and parents, some neonatal nurses do not ...

We investigate the impact of international outsourcing on productivity using plant level data for Irish manufacturing. Specifically, we distinguish the effect of outsourcing of materials from services inputs. Moreover, we examine whether the impact on productivity is different for plants being more embedded in international markets through exporting or being part of a multinational. Our results...