• Changing competition design and spectator turnout: evidence from the League of Ireland 

  Butler, David; Butler, Robert; Mullane, Ewan (Economic and Social Studies, 2021-09-20)

  We contribute to the literature on demand for football by investigating the effect of variations in competition design on spectator turnout. We examine attendance in the League of Ireland Premier Division for two periods ...
• The relative age effect and under-21 Irish association football: A natural experiment and policy recommendations 

  Butler, David; Butler, Robert (Economic and Social Studies, 2015-12)

  A relative age effect refers to the presence of a bias towards relatively older children assembled collectively within a selection year. We consider this in association football (soccer) for Republic of Ireland under ...
• Parental patterns of use of over the counter analgesics in children 

  Garvey, A.; Hawkes, Colin P.; Ryan, C.; Kelly, M. (Irish Medical Organisation, 2013-05)

  Over-The-Counter Analgesics (OTCA) account for over a fifth of Irish pharmacy sales. Little is known about patterns of use, specifically in children. This study investigated parents use of OTCAs in children. A questionnaire ...
• Is hospital based MMR vaccination for children with egg allergy here to stay? 

  Hawkes, Colin P.; Mulcair, S.; Hourihane, Jonathan O. B. (Irish Medical Organisation, 2010-03)

  Egg allergy is incorrectly considered to constitute a contraindication to MMR in the community, despite a long history of its safe administration to egg allergic children. The product insert perpetuates this misinformation ...
• Sarcopenia and preserved bone mineral density in paediatric survivors of high-risk neuroblastoma with growth failure 

  Guo, Michelle; Zemel, Babette S.; Hawkes, Colin P.; Long, Jin; Kelly, Andrea; Leonard, Mary B.; Jaramillo, Diego; Mostoufi-Moab, Sogol (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021-06-29)

  Background: Survival from paediatric high-risk neuroblastoma (HR-NBL) has increased, but cis-retinoic acid (cis-RA), the cornerstone of HR-NBL therapy, can cause osteoporosis and premature physeal closure and is a potential ...

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