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The benefits of mindfulness as a weekly activity: experiences from a male homeless service
(St. Kliment Ohridski Press, 2022-06)The social services in Ireland are organized by different organizations which have different views on social activities within residential and homeless services for ser-vice-users. Mindfulness has become a ‘buzzword’ when ... -
The challenges that face the primary school teacher in coping with grief and loss in a multicultural setting
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2017)Death is a fact of life. The primary school teacher is often at the forefront of the child’s life and therefore has to be able to help a child who has suffered a bereavement to cope with this loss. During my teaching ... -
Changes in roles and relationships in a school-university partnership
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Child protection in Irish primary schools: supports and challenges in the role of Designated Liaison Person for child protection (Pre-published version)
(Oxford University Press, 2022-03)This article reviews child protection in the Irish primary school context from the perspective of the Designated Liaison Person (DLP). Research undertaken with DLPs is presented which illuminates the supports and challenges ... -
Childhood interrupted: a story of loss, separation, and reconciliation (Pre-published version)
(Routledge, 2016)This essay presents a story of personal loss and childhood trauma experienced by the author in 1968. Written in autoethnographic form, the author narrates a particular time in his life when he lost his hearing and subsequently ... -
Children negotiating their own beliefs: The religious education of young children in families in the Republic of Ireland (Pre-published version)
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The church and the public sphere
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The church's social mission
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Classroom teaching and formation: developing educational partnership
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Conversation: A key to relationship for action
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A critical (auto) ethnographic study of deaf people's experience of education and culture in Ireland.
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)At the heart of this thesis is the methodological and theoretical framework in which to conduct a study of deaf people’s experience of education and culture in Ireland. Methodologically, the research design is critical ... -
Daring to be creative: Divine creation as a blueprint for human creativity (Pre-published version)
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Dealing with and reporting child protection concerns a snapshot of Irish primary schools
(Educational Research Centre, 2023-08-18)The research reported in this paper aimed to capture the experiences of primaryschool teachers at a pivotal time in 2018, following the introduction of statutory obligations on primary schools in Ireland to comply with ... -
Demoicracy as a viable outcome of a party-less European Union
(International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS), 2017-10)The European Union today is a cosmopolitan entity that functions in conjunction with political parties. This reliance on parties is one example of cosmopolitanism’s need to replicate the nation-state at supranational and ... -
Developing critical citizenship in an evolving Irish culture through interactive workshops
(The SPHE Network, 2017)This chapter explores the development and facilitation of a workshop exploring migration in Ireland. The workshop was piloted at the Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) Conference in 2016 and was facilitated on ... -
Developing reciprocal support among families, communities and schools: the Irish experience
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The disruptive impact of COVID-19 on relationships in Irish primary schools: key issues (Pre-published version)
(Routledge, 2023-09-07)The COVID-19 pandemic is an event that will be written about in history, given its impact on life across the globe, on ways of working, on mortality rates and on day to day living. How schools undertook their work changed ...