After the release of the film Superman Returns (2006), it was suggested that " It was inevitable .. . that after 9/11 America's greatest superhero would come back to protect the threatened city of Metropolis" (French ...

This paper presents three artists residencies in a geriatric medicine unit in a teaching hospital. The aim of the residencies was creation of new work of high artistic quality reflecting the lived experience of the person ...

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The main aims of this study are to investigate the attitudes of Libyan students towards Native and Non-native English language teachers in an EFL context, teachers‘ self-perceptions in relation to their teaching abilities, ...

The study focuses primarily on victims who accessed the services of 44 relevant support organisations which are funded by the Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime, and does not attempt to accommodate the views ...

The cultural construction of Irish step dance embodies diverse performative meanings: meanings which are shared by different communities of step dancers. From informal, improvisatory performances to formal, stylised ...

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 ...

This dissertation analyses specific transnational Christian social forces in relation to states, societies, and markets. It is argued here that Pentecostal, charismatic, and fundamentalist Christian institutions and ...

New Foundations: School “Ethos” and LGBT Sexualities took place on the 17th of May 2013 at the University of Limerick.

Transnational kinship networks have become clearly visible across the Irish diaspora over the past 40 years in particular. This chapter demonstrates that such networks pre-date the contemporary period and, moreover, ...