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Item A scoping review of research about women in sport: A perspective from the island of Ireland(Elsevier B.V., 2025) Jackman, Patricia C.; Cowley, Emma S.; Chéilleachair, Niamh Ní; Liston, Katie; Meade, Mary Margaret; Haughey, Tandy Jane; Faulkner, Maria; McCabe, Carla; Kitching, Niamh; Egan, Brendan; O'Connor, Siobhán; Hawkins, Rebecca M.; O'Brien, Wesley; Murphy, Niamh; Williamson, Ollie; Bird, Matthew D.; Gorman, Anthony J.; Carlin, Angela; Everard, Ciara; Martin, Denise; Holden, Sinead; Kelly, Eimear; Lane, AoifeWomen remain under-represented in many sport settings, including as research participants. Additionally, there is often a lack of collective thinking and action across universities and the sport sector in research about women in sport, including on the island of Ireland. To support the strategic development of research within this region, we conducted a scoping review to systematically identify, analyse, and synthesise existing literature about women in sport on the island of Ireland. Following searches of electronic databases (APA PsycINFO, MEDLINE, SportDiscus, SocINDEX with Full Text) and manual searches up to December 2024, we included 274 peer-reviewed outputs. Research about women in sport in Ireland has grown significantly over the last five years, with 57.7 % of included studies published in print or online in the five years prior to the search (2020–2024). Following analysis of each study, we organised primary topics investigated into five main areas: injury (k = 86), sport performance (k = 72), sport, health and wellbeing (k = 65), society and culture (k = 38), and coaching and professional practice (k = 13). We identified numerous trends, including the dominance of cross-sectional research designs and quantitative methods, tendency to conduct research through a monodisciplinary lens, and inconsistent reporting of sex/gender in published literature. While this review highlights research priorities specific to the island of Ireland, it offers a template for other regions to replicate and some relevant learning for researchers worldwide in their respective and collective efforts to improve the experiences of women in sport.Item Designing Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate syllabi – the need for a new template(Education Matters, 2023) Hyland, Áine; Kennedy, Declan; Mooney, BrianIn recent years, concerns have been expressed by practising teachers, university academics, professional bodies, Oireachtas committees, and experts in curriculum design about the design and quality of Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate subject syllabi published by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). * The current design template is minimal, comprising little more than a list of topics and learning outcomes. The Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate are nationally assessed by an external body, the State Examinations Commission (SEC), but unlike in similar jurisdictions, which provide comprehensive guidelines linking syllabi with assessment, no such details are provided in Ireland.Item Transitions in the school system(Education Matters, 2019) Hyland, Áine; Mooney, BrianThe Irish school system is not seamless. From the time children enter pre-school at the age of three until they complete their formal education, they experience a number of transitions – some more visible and challenging than others. The official designation of the various “levels and sectors” of education – pre-primary, primary, junior cycle second-level, senior cycle second-level, further education and higher education - is not unique to Ireland. A formal classification of different levels and sectors (ISCED 0, 1, 2 etc) has been used by the OECD and the European Commission in recent decades in their publications of international data and statistics.Item Forum on Patronage and Pluralism – a 10-year review(Education Matters, 2022) Hyland, Áine; Mooney, BrianThis article reviews the progress to date on the recommendations of the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism, chaired by Professor John Coolahan, which submitted its report in April 2012 to the then Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn. The Forum made a number of recommendations on how the Irish education system could provide a sufficiently diverse number and range of primary schools catering for all religions and none, and on how this could be achieved.Item A National Children’s Science Centre(Education Matters, 2024) Hyland, Áine; Mooney, BrianIreland is the only country in the OECD and one of the few countries in the developed world without a National Children’s Science Centre. Even countries with less developed economies such as Brazil (https://museudoamanha.org.br/en;), Kazakhstan (https://smithgill.com/work/kazakhstan_pavilion_science_museum/) and Mongolia (https://www.fddb.org/domes/inner-mongolia-science-museum/) have recognised the role such centres play in encouraging and supporting interest in and enthusiasm for science among young people. Happily, this gap in Ireland’s infrastructure is about to be addressed with the development of a national interactive science centre for children in the North Wing of the National Concert Hall building on Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin.