BACKGROUND The World Health Organization's Global Code on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel urges Member States to observe fair recruitment practices and ensure equality of treatment of migrant and domestically-trained health personnel. However, international medical graduates (IMGs) have experienced difficulties in accessing postgraduate training and in progressing their career...

This book is a collection of experiences and perceptions by senior British officials about their role in the Northern Ireland peace process. It does not take account of the long history of British association with Ireland and Northern Ireland, which has been extensively researched and analysed already. Nor does it contextualise the peace process within the historical tensions and difficulties t...

The formation of atoll garnet in the Ardara aureole, NW Ireland, is discussed using the textural, chemical and Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) data. Textural evidence suggests the possibility of incipient of garnet replacement from the core. In addition, the presence of staurolite and andalusite in the core of small atoll garnets as well as the occurrence of sillimanite in the core of l...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE this paper examines the impact of demographic change from 2007 to 2021 on the total cost of stroke in Ireland and analyses potential impacts of expanded access to stroke unit care and thrombolytic therapy on stroke outcomes and costs. METHODS total costs of stroke are estimated for the projected number of stroke cases in 2021 in Ireland. Analysis also estimates the pote...

We assessed awareness and control of hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia in a cross-sectional study of 586 men from France and 189 from Northern Ireland, aged 35-55, without known coronary artery disease. Prevalence of hypertension was 28% in France and 31% in Northern Ireland (p < 0.42). In France, 70% of hypertensive subjects were aware of their status, vs. 58% in Northern Ireland (p < 0.1...

Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, P.O. Box 97, Amado, AZ 85645 Experimental Physics Department, National University of Ireland, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland Department of Physics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, Yorkshire, England, UK Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, ...

Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, P.O. Box 97, Amado, AZ 85645 Experimental Physics Department, National University of Ireland, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland Department of Physics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, Yorkshire, England, UK Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, ...

Instead of asking how globalization can help us understand Ireland today, this article starts from the premise that Ireland may be useful for an understanding of globalization. Always at a crossroads culturally and through its huge migration overseas, contemporary Ireland is seen as the epitome of a globalization success story. The article examines the constant (relcreation of Irish identity an...

BACKGROUND The benefits of breastfeeding for babies, mothers and society have been demonstrated in a large scientific literature. Irish rates of breastfeeding are amongst the lowest in Europe (in 2010, Ireland had the lowest breastfeeding initiation rate of 14 European countries). One of the most distinctive features of breastfeeding behaviour in Ireland is the large difference in breastfeeding...