The current Irish biota has controversial origins. Ireland was largely covered by ice at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and may not have had land connections to continental Europe and Britain thereafter. Given the potential difficulty for terrestrial species to colonize Ireland except by human introduction, we investigated the stoat (Mustela erminea) as a possible cold-tolerant model species fo...

Although zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) have invaded waters across Europe for over 200 years, they colonized Ireland only within the past decade. To test the hypothesis that Ireland was colonized by adultD. polymorpha, we examined mussels from different sites along the Lower Shannon River system in Ireland for the presence of host specific and generalist endosymbionts.Within the mantle ca...

Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway. Acknowledgements: This material is based upon works supported by the Science Foundation Ireland under Grant No. 02/CE1/I131. Copyright c © 2005 by the authors DERI TR 2005-04-10 I

The ‘local turn’ and ‘visual are increasingly crucial in peacebuilding processes post-conflict societies. This research combines these concepts, offering a deeper understanding of communities experiencing ongoing peace the environments where take place. It uses ‘local-visual with photo-elicitation methodology to understand relationship between material world, social realities, local processes. ...

In a retrospective study of cystic fibrosis in Northern Ireland for 1961 to 1971, the incidence was 1 in 1857 livebirths, which is comparable to figures from Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.

The management of agricultural education faces on-going challenges to deliver current and effective materials in an approach that takes advantage of developments in education technology. In this article the use of blended learning was compared with the traditional approach for the instruction of theoretical materials in agricultural education. This study used a pre-test, post-test experimental ...

This article considers the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in UK–EU Withdrawal Agreement as a ‘flexible and imaginative’ response to problems that Brexit has created for island of Ireland. It looks at purpose its origins, noting reasons why flexibility was required from both sides. then ways which precariousness conception been demonstrated first year operation. focuses upon four main area...

OBJECTIVES Forty percent of breast cancers occur among older patients. Unfortunately, there is a lack of evidence for treatment guidelines for older breast cancer patients. The aim of this study is to compare treatment strategy and relative survival for operable breast cancer in the elderly between The Netherlands and Ireland. MATERIAL AND METHODS From the Dutch and Irish national cancer regi...

The participants in this study of young children’s social identity in the border region of Ireland, reside in several areas along both sides of the border separating Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The settings ranged between pre-school (3/4 years) and 6/7 years. The key criterion for selection of the participants was that they crossed the border to avail of, mainly, educational/c...

While the term specialist in nursing can be traced to the turn of the 20th Century, it is only since 2001 that a framework was developed for a clinical career pathway in Ireland. This framework has promoted the development and expansion of the clinical nurse/midwife specialist (CNS/CMS) throughout Ireland over the past 10 years guided by the National Council for the Professional Development of ...