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Navigating the Blurred Racialised Space of Social Housing: Insights From Muslim Communities and Local Authority Staff in Ireland

Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Racial inequalities, although at times covert and subtle, are among the most persistent discriminatory factors shaping the social domain of housing. Ireland's housing crisis has contributed to the reproduction of such inequalities affecting racialised communities.
James Carr, Tiba Bonyad
wiley   +1 more source

‘A Pivotal, Lynch‐Pin Role’ or ‘One Cog in the Wheel’? Irish Primary School Teachers' Beliefs about their Role in Child Protection

Child Abuse Review, Volume 34, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
ABSTRACT Teachers have unparalleled access to children and so are well placed to play a key role in child protection; however, teachers' underreporting of child abuse and neglect undermines the potential impact of that role. This paper reports on Irish primary school teachers' beliefs about the role they should play in child protection.
Mia Treacy, Ashling Bourke, Margaret Nohilly, Catherine Maunsell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers to Healthy Eating and Influences on the Dietary Patterns and Eating Behaviours of 18–36‐Month‐Old Children in Ireland

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Volume 38, Issue 3, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Young children have high nutritional requirements relative to their size and energy intakes, yet inadequate nutrient intakes are widespread. Factors impacting the ability of caregivers to provide nutritionally adequate diets to young children are understudied.
Ben Leen Smith, Mairead E. Kiely, Elaine K. McCarthy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Careless hospitality: Family reunification in Ireland involving children and young people of international protection background

International Journal of Social Welfare, Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2025.
Abstract This article examines policy and provision in relation to family reunification for persons with international protection status in Ireland through the lens of hospitality. The particular focus is on reunification involving children and young people, including former unaccompanied minors.
Karen Smith, Muireann Ní Raghallaigh, Derina Johnson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT AND THE COST OF CHILDCARE IN IRELAND. ESRI RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 73 SEPTEMBER 2018 [PDF]

, 2018
Childcare has become an increasingly salient issue for Irish society as the proportion of women with young children in the workforce has grown over recent decades. International comparisons of the price of formal care for preschool children indicate that
Fahey, Éamonn, Kenny, Oona, McGinnity, Frances, Russell, Helen   +3 more
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NATIONAL STATUSES GRANTED FOR PROTECTION REASONS IN IRELAND. ESRI RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 96 January 2020 [PDF]

, 2020
This study examines the national statuses that may be granted for protection reasons in Ireland. The report focuses on national statuses with a sole basis in Irish domestic law and policy and does not examine in detail EU-harmonised statuses.
Brazil, Patricia, Groarke, Sarah
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The intersection of child protection and healthcare: Paediatric social admissions

Child Abuse Review, Volume 33, Issue 6, November/December 2024.
Abstract Objectives In the context of a national shortage of specialist placements for children with complex needs in Ireland, this study examines the impact of healthcare professionals' management of paediatric social admissions (PSAs) in paediatric hospital settings, with particular attention to the child protection and welfare challenges encountered.
Leanne Stapleton
wiley   +1 more source

Philanthropy Working With Government : A Case Study of The Atlantic Philanthropies' Partnership with the Irish Government [PDF]

, 2016
This study examines the extent to which The Atlantic Philanthropies' approach of working with government to influence policy and practice, with a particular focus on public service reform, can be considered innovative and successful. The study focuses on
Richard Boyle
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The Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Care of the Irish State—Professionals' Perspectives

Child Abuse Review, Volume 33, Issue 6, November/December 2024.
ABSTRACT Drawing on interviews with key stakeholders who have diverse experience of working with children in Ireland, this article highlights that children in residential care are being targeted for sexual exploitation in an organised manner, by networks or gangs of predatory men. The study found that current staffing challenges in the care environment
Mary Canning, Marie Keenan, Ruth Breslin
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening Families Programme 10 year outcomes in Ireland. [PDF]

, 2018
The Strengthening Families Programme (SFP) is a 14-session, evidence-based family skills programme developed in the US by Dr. Karol L. Kumpfer and associates at the University of Utah in 1982. The programme has been adapted to many age ranges including 3-

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