In 2009, US financier Bernard (Bernie) L. Madoff was jailed for 150 years after pleading guilty to running a massive ponzi scheme. While superficial condemnation was widespread, his US$65 billion fraud cannot be understood ...

Ideological, cultural and historical factors impact on dance, or any culturally structured movement system, at specific points in its hi storicity. Dance in Ireland has hi storically traversed many conceptual crossroads ...

This main focus of the study is on women's experience of violence in intimate relationships with men i.e. husband, partner, ex husband or live-in partner, boyfriend. Domestic violence and violence in intimate relationships ...

This thesis focuses on the life and literary works of Irish author Mary Anne Sadlier (1820-1903), specifically on her representations of the Irish diaspora in her emigrant novels in the nineteenth century. On the eve of ...

A slew of well-deserved Oscars has further enhanced the reputation of the excellent film, The King’s Speech, For those working in healthcare, there are added attractions to this movie which make it a useful addition to ...

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This thesis examines twentieth-century memoirs and autobiographies from Irish migrants to Britain, focusing particularly on the period 1930–1960. This time period roughly corresponds with the peak of a sustained wave of ...

This dissertation explores the creation and transmission of the Mescher two-handed bones playing style which was first developed by the German-American farmer, Albert Mescher, in the 1920s, in Iowa, and subsequently passed ...

Integration and how it is to be achieved have only recently become objects of policy and discussion in Ireland. Approaches to integration in Ireland are influenced by: the integration policies of those countries with ...

Looking at the vast and conflicting literature about Jerusalem, it soon becomes evident that there are gaps in the historiographic output. The city’s transition from Ottoman to British rule is one such omission: very ...