This research undertook a qualitative study of the social value of community-based adult education in Limerick City. In particular, the research sought to explore the social outcomes of learning for individuals, their ...

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This article critically appraises the success of the Back To Education Allowance (BTEA) in removing barriers to participation in 3rd level education for welfare recipients in Ireland. The paper is based on empirical data ...

This interpretive study explores how decision-makers in welfare institutions deploy discretion. This thesis is based on a case study of decision-making on the Habitual Residence Condition (HRC). Citing the need to safeguard ...

This research study sought to begin the process of auditing experiences and concerns related to community safety in and around Southill and Ballinacurra Weston. We have endeavoured to explore, identify and document the ...

This research study examines the manner in which politicians construct non-Irish EU immigrants to Ireland by analysing the content of statements attributed to this group in the print media. The decision to examine politicians’ ...

                           This paper investigates the intertwining of a discourse of parental blame with the legacy of institutionalised neglect and the current roll-back of state support and services in two of ...

In this paper we examine the impact that the ideological / political / class project of neoliberalism has had on education in Ireland. We discuss the effect of neoliberal policies on Ireland and Irish society in order ...

In this research article we explore the manner in which a particular discursive device, the “sinister fringe” was deployed in national news media coverage of protests against the introduction of water charges in Ireland. ...

Irish society continues to reel in the aftershock of the 2008 global financial crisis, particularly since the government socialised the massive liabilities of private banks. Sensitized to antagonistic social relations ...