• Left to their own devices: an investigation of learner perceptions of smartphones as tools of language learning 

  Mullen, Martin (University of Limerick, 2021)

  Among many student populations smartphone ownership is ubiquitous, and many educators have been quick to incorporate smartphones into their classes and learning programs. There is a wealth of research documenting formal, ...
• The evolving landscape of local governance in Ireland: exploring the potential to create public value 

  Kirby, Carmel (University of Limerick, 2021)

  This research explores the potential to create public value in the various governance mechanisms which have been established in the evolving landscape of local governance in Ireland. Public Value Management (PVM) is a ...
• An examination of evidence admissibility rulings in trials on indictment in Ireland 

  Kennedy, Denis Seán (University of Limerick, 2021)

  Evidence is the lifeblood of a trial in the common law world and the admissibility of evidence in criminal trials is, in particular, an area of immense tension and import. This thesis endeavours to shine a light upon ...
• Looking East and West on advance decision-making in pregnancy: the pregnant advance directive holder in Irish, English and New York state law 

  Finnerty, Aoife Marie (University of Limerick, 2021)

  In Western society, the point in a woman’s life when she routinely ceases having control over her person in a treatment context – if such a point in time arises – is pregnancy. The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) ...
• Yeats's ideal others: the Dantean mask of Yeats's late phase 

  Barry, Caron (University of Limerick, 2021)

  W. B. Yeats was a poet deeply concerned with making and remaking himself through his work. As a part of that mission Yeats tended very often to follow the example of his most beloved precursors. However, Yeats’s ...
• Mo stór é mo leanbh: story, meaning, and relationship in Irish traditional lullabies 

  Thompson McKusker, Ciara (University of Limerick, 2021)

  Lullabies are some of our first musical and social interactions, often rooting deep in memories that stay with people throughout their lives. They are a valuable aspect of bedtime routines, contributing to a strong ...
• Class, masculinities and sideways nostalgia:encounters with Irish traditional music in Germany 

  Morgenstern, Felix (University of Limerick, 2021)

  This dissertation examines manifestations and imaginaries, past and present, of Irish traditional music-making in Germany. From its outset, I posit that a focal shift towards the German performance context contributes ...
• Collaborative knowledge sharing for mind and body: celebrating the role of arts in health 

  Ni Bhriain, Orfhlaith; Mc Caffrey, Tríona; Clifford, Amanda M.; Shanahan, Joanne; Beecher, Olive; Moss, Hilary (Taylor and Francis Group, 2021)

  Introduction Arts and health is a collaboration of arts and health perspectives and exper tise (The Arts Council, 2015). The aim of those involved in arts and health is to create a united platform for maintaining and/or ...
• Inclusion through football: The case of diverse city FC 

  Carr, James; Power, Martin J. (SAHkartelll, 2021)

  In this piece we document how a football club has proved to be an important mechanism of integration for young Muslim women in Ireland. As has been evidenced elsewhere, 1 and discussed in this piece, Islamophobia is a ...
• Developing effective relationships between youth justice workers and young people: a synthesis of the evidence, REPPP review 

  Fullerton, D.; Bamber, J.; Redmond, Sean (University of Limerick, 2021)

  The REPPP (Research Evidence into Policy, Programmes and Practice) project is a collaboration between the School of Law in the University of Limerick and the Department of Justice. The aim of the REPPP project is to ...
• Submission to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on Head of Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 

  Cahillane, Laura; Hickey, Tom; Kenny, David (2021)

  We welcome the new legislation and the efforts at reforming this area which, if successful, will provide crucial public confidence in the administration of justice. There are many positive aspects to this Bill which ...
• Technostress in secondary education settings 

  Murphy, Caroline; Marcus-Quinn, Ann; Hourigan, Tríona (NAACE: The Education Technology Association, 2021)

  Teaching is considered a highly regulated profession in Ireland. Teachers employed in state-funded secondary schools are required to be registered with the Irish Teaching Council, while the Department of Education and ...
• What is a hate crime? 

  Schweppe, Jennifer (Cogent OA, 2021)

  The term hate crime is instinctively understood across policy and practice domains, but is defined differently across contexts. Whilst it is accepted that a standard universal and internationally accepted definition of ...
• Dominican chant and liturgical practices in the English province 

  Giraud, Eleanor J. (Brill, 2021)

  Only a handful of liturgical books survive from the English Dominican Province, and only one contains musical notation. Consequently, it is difficult to make any generalisations about English Dominican liturgical and musical ...
• The English Dominican province from its beginnings to the reformation: an introduction 

  Giraud, Eleanor J.; Linde, Cornelia (Brill, 2021)

  This chapter provides a survey of the history of scholarly engagement with the English Dominican Province in the Middle Ages and gives a brief overview of recent research on the Dominican Order as a whole. It first provides ...
• Melodic lection marks in Latin manuscripts for Mass 

  Giraud, Eleanor J. (Centre d'Etude des Manuscrits, 2017)

   The neume-like signs found between text lines in many lectionaries are often over looked. Together with punctuation, these melodic lection marks helped readers to determine how a nd where to begin the melodic cadences ...
• An investigation into the feasibility of using Irish poetry as a means of increasing EFL learners' awareness of Irish culture and Irish/English in the Irish EFL classroom. 

  Bell, Jason (University of Limerick, 2007)

  The aim of this study was to identify the possibilities of using Irish poetry in the Irish EFL class as a means of increasing the awareness of Irish culture and the Irish/ English variety of English, for learners of ...
• Dance exposure, wellbeing and injury in collegiate Irish and contemporary dancers: a prospective study 

  Cahalan, Róisin Máire; Kearney, Philip Edward; Ni Bhriain, Orfhlaith; Redding, Emma; Quin, Edel; McLaughlin, Lisa C.; O'Sullivan, Kieran (Elsevier, 2018)

  Objectives Dance exposure and determinants of wellness in Irish dance (ID) and contemporary dance (CD) are under-investigated in pre-professional, collegiate cohorts. This study prospectively investigated these variables ...
• Adverse posssession and unadministered estates: an unfair solution to a redundant Irish problem 

  Woods, Una (2016)

  It is frequently asserted that the doctrine of adverse possession performs a valuable social function in Ireland by allowing the ownership of land forming part of an unadministered estate to be updated many years after ...
• Protection for owners under the Irish law on adverse possession: an inconsistent use test or a qualified veto system? 

  Woods, Una (Osgoode Hall Law School: York University, 2020)

  This article will assess the case for reforming the Irish law on adverse possession to confer additional protection on the owner. Assuming such reform is warranted, it is possible that an existing judicial solution, ...

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