• Aftercare: We need a comprehensive service, not an after-thought 

  Jenkinson, Hilary (Social Work Action Network (SWAN) Ireland, 2016-12)

  This article examines the challenges faced by young people leaving State care in Ireland when they reach 18 years. It calls for the implementation of the Child Care Amendment Act 2015 which has the potential to significantly ...
• Exploring the housing needs of older people in standard and sheltered social housing 

  Fox, Siobhan; Kenny, Lorna; Day, Mary Rose; O'Connell, Cathal; Finnerty, Joe; Timmons, Suzanne (Sage Publications, 2017-04-10)

  Objective: Our home can have a major impact on our physical and mental health; this is particularly true for older people who may spend more time at home. Older people in social (i.e., public) housing are particularly ...
• Oral history research at University College Cork: Past, present, and future 

  Goek, Sara S.; Kiely, Elizabeth (University College Cork, 2017)

  This is a report on a research project which set out to explore the feasibility of creating a sound archive in University College Cork. It identified the number and types of oral history projects that existed in 2016 in ...
• Problematising Big Food’s appetite for policymaking the case of childhood obesity 

  Loughnane, Cliona (University College Cork, 2016)

  Big Food companies, such as Coca-Cola, claim they ‘are helping to develop workable solutions to address obesity – by partnering with government, academia, health societies and other responsible members of civil society’ ...
• The right of the child to be heard? Professional experiences of child care proceedings in the Irish District Court 

  Parkes, Aisling; Shore, Caroline; O'Mahony, Conor; Burns, Kenneth (Jordan Publishing, 2015-12)

  Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 provides that all children capable of forming views should have those views seriously considered in any decisions that affect them. Once expressed, ...

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