• School markets and educational inequality in the Republic of Ireland 

  Cahill, Kevin (Oxford University Press, 2020-06-30)

  Summary: Educational inequality is a persistent feature on the landscape of Irish educational history, and it remains a significant issue in the early part of the 21st century. There have been significant efforts at school ...
• How a moral panic influenced the world’s first blanket ban on new psychoactive substances 

  Windle, James; Murphy, Paul (Taylor & Francis, 2021-04-05)

  Ireland passed the world’s first blanket ban on new psychoactive substance in 2010. This article traces the historical processes culminating in the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act (2010) through a systematic ...
• The rights of the child in voluntary care in Ireland: a call for reform in law, policy and practice 

  Brennan, Rebekah; O'Mahony, Conor; Burns, Kenneth (Elsevier, 2021-03-15)

  Voluntary care agreements form a significant part of child protection systems in many jurisdictions. From a children’s rights perspective, they enjoy numerous advantages over court-ordered removals of children. However, ...
• ‘Private Family Arrangements’ for children in Ireland: The informal grey space in-between state care and the family home 

  Burns, Kenneth; O'Mahony, Conor; Brennan, Rebekah (Oxford University Press, 2021-02-22)

  The literature on alternative care focuses overwhelmingly on formal, court-ordered placements; voluntary care placements are discussed less frequently. Least attention of all has been given to informal kinship care placements, ...
• The Bearnán Chúláin bell-shrine from Glenkeen, Co.Tipperary: an archaeological and historical analysis 

  Murray, Griffin (Cork Historical & Archaeological Society, 2016)

  This paper presents the first modern detailed account of the Bearnán Chúláin bell-shrine, one of the most important pieces of medieval Church metalwork to survive from Ireland. Originally from Glenkeen, Co. Tipperary, the ...

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