scholarly journals Public attention for private concerns: intellectual disability parents’ organisations in the Republic of Ireland, 1955–1970

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-491
Author(s):  
David Kilgannon
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Irish Society ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
The Republic

This article examines the influence of intellectual disability ‘parents and friends’ organisations in the Republic of Ireland between 1955 and 1970, a period that coincided with the emergence of parental disability activism internationally. Drawing on their publications and activities, it argues that Irish groups adopted a significant, if circumscribed, response to ‘learning disabilities’ that was reflective of a broader political and social policy approach during the midcentury, with local organisations supporting parents of ‘deficient’ children and establishing key services across the country. It highlights the way in which these pioneering actions align with existing norms in the state and explores the effect of this voluntary-driven response for the intellectually disabled. Approached in this way, the actions of these learning disability organisations complicate international research on postwar disability activism while furthering an emergent body of research into the complex realities that precluded transformative change in Irish society during the mid-20th century.

Responding to the Racialisation of Irishness: Disavowed Multiculturalism and its Discontents

2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 68-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronit Lentin
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Cultural Imperialism ◽  
Irish Society ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Politics Of Recognition ◽  
Liberal Politics ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Irish People ◽  
The Republic

This article begins by discussing the specificities of racism in the Republic of Ireland. Critiquing multiculturalist and top-down antiracism policies, it argues that Irish multiculturalist initiatives are anchored in a liberal politics of recognition of difference, which do not depart from western cultural imperialism and are therefore inadequate for deconstructing inter-ethnic power relations. Multiculturalist approaches to antiracism result in the top-down ethnicisation of Irish society, and are failing to intervene in the uneasy interface of minority and majority relations in Ireland. Instead of a ‘politics of recognition’ guiding multiculturalist initiatives, I conclude the article by developing Hesse's (1999) idea of a ‘politics of interrogation’ of the Irish ‘we’ and propose disavowed multiculturalism as a way of theorising Irish responses to ethnic diversity. Interrogating the Irish ‘we’ cannot evade interrogating the painful past of emigration, a wound still festering because it was never tended, and which, I would suggest, is returning to haunt Irish people through the presence of the immigrant ‘other’.

scholarly journals Reassessing Ireland's Hottest Temperature Record

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine J. Dooley ◽  
Ciaran V. Kelly ◽  
Natascha Seifert ◽  
Therese A. Myslinski ◽  
Sophie C. O'Kelly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Extreme Values ◽  
Synoptic Situation ◽  
Temperature Record ◽  
Weather Extremes ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Observational Record

Abstract. The highest currently recognised air temperature (33.3 °C) ever recorded in the Republic of Ireland was logged at Kilkenny Castle in 1887. The original observational record however no longer exists. Given that Ireland is now the only country in Europe to have a national heat record set in the 19th century, a reassessment of the verity of this record is both timely and valuable. The present analysis undertakes a fundamental reassessment of the plausibility of the 1887 temperature record using methods similar to those used to assess various weather extremes under WMO auspices over recent years. Specifically, we undertake an inter-station reassessment using sparse available records and make recourse to the new and improved 20CRv3 sparse-input reanalysis product. Neither surrounding available stations nor the reanalysis offer substantive support for the Kilkenny record of 33.3 °C being correct. Moreover, recent data rescue efforts have uncovered several earlier extreme values, one of which exceeds the Kilkenny value (33.5 °C on 16th July 1876 recorded at the Phoenix Park). However, the sparsity of early observational networks, a distinct lack of synoptic support from 20CRv3 for many of the extreme heat values, and the fact that these measurements were obtained using non-standard exposures leads us to conclude that there is grossly insufficient evidence to support any of these 19th Century extremes as robust national heat record candidates. Data from the early 20th Century onwards benefits from a denser network of stations undertaking measurements in a more standardised manner, many under the direct auspices of Met Éireann and its predecessors, adhering to WMO guidance and protocols. This enables more robust cross-checking of records. We argue that the Met Éireann recognised 20th Century heat record from Boora in 1976 verifies as the most plausible robust national temperature record based upon the synoptic situation and comparisons with nearby neighbouring stations. This measurement of 32.5 °C thus likely constitutes the highest reliably recorded temperature measurement in the Republic of Ireland. Ultimately, the formal decision on any reassessment and reassignment of the national record rests with the national meteorological service, Met Éireann.

scholarly journals Opposition to Irish Travellers’ halting sites in the Republic of Ireland: Realistic group conflict or symbolic politics?

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-206
Author(s):  
Joel S. Fetzer
Keyword(s):  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Group Conflict ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Symbolic Politics ◽  
Irish Society ◽  
Election Study ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
National Election Study ◽  
Perceptions Of Crime ◽  
The Republic

Widely reviled by even well-educated citizens of the Republic of Ireland, Travellers rank at the very bottom of today’s multiracial Irish society according to most any attitudinal measure. This research note uses multivariate ordinary least-squares regression of the 2007 Irish National Election Study to test two prominent explanations of such prejudice. Overall, data analysis confirms the theories of realistic group conflict and symbolic politics about equally. In particular, unemployment, occupation, and perceptions of crime support the first interpretation, while results for conservatism and multiculturalism lend credence to the second.

scholarly journals Screening and Assessment of Specific Learning Disabilities in Higher Education Institutes in the Republic of Ireland

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Emma Harkin ◽  
Alison Doyle ◽  
Conor Mc Guckin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Academic Difficulties ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Higher Education Access ◽  
Education Access ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Specific Learning

Students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Republic of Ireland are required to have a formal psycho-educational assessment from an educational psychologist to register with Disability Services in HEIs, to be eligible for support through the Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD). Such assessments are expensive and often beyond the financial means of students and their families. However, there is a sustained demand from students experiencing academic difficulties for diagnostic assessment of SpLD (Association for Higher Education Access and Disability [AHEAD], 2012). This study describes the SpLD screening and assessment practices implemented by HEIs in Ireland (n = 14), finding that (a) there are no defined parameters for assessment of SpLD in higher education (HE), meaning that methods and accuracy of identification of positive indicators may vary across HEIs; and (b) the majority of HEIs screen for dyslexia only, with little or no recognition of the need to assess for comorbidity of learning disabilities. Findings support the requirement for a reliable and valid standardised assessment procedure for Irish HEIs, which would provide equitable access to an initial diagnosis. Finally, a screening model is proposed, which is currently provided by one HEI.

scholarly journals https://studiabas.sejm.gov.pl/Journal.nsf/pubBAS.xsp?view=1&seria=4&lang=PL

Studia BAS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 31-50
Author(s):  
Weronika Kloc-Nowak
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
Polish Population ◽  
Irish Society ◽  
Housing Crisis ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Limited Visibility

The article looks at the origins and scale of migration of Poles to the Republic of Ireland and the characteristics of migrants in light of various statistical data. It outlines the characteristics of the Polish population in Ireland on the basis of 2016 census, taking into account the main directions of changes in relation to previous censuses. Polish immigrants, very few in Ireland before 2004, have since become the largest group of non-Irish nationals, stable in size and spread all over the country. Despite its size and multiple ties to Ireland such as the growing number of Polish-Irish citizens and the increasing share of homeowners, it is argued that the Polish community has limited visibility and impact on the Irish society and politics. The author also points out the housing crisis and Brexit-related risks as important challenges for the Polish community.

scholarly journals Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Authoritative Text ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Uk

The Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing, 2nd edition, has been comprehensively updated throughout and brings together the contributions of leading practitioners and academics from the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and further beyond, in an authoritative text that provides essential facts and information on nurses working with people with intellectual disabilities. A unique aspect to this Oxford Handbook is the continuing attention given to differences in legislation and social policy across the jurisdiction of the constituent countries of the UK, as well as the Republic of Ireland. The landscape for the practice of nursing has never been so complex, and given this complexity of context and practice, the Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing continues to offer students and newly qualified practitioners alike up-to-date and concise, practical applied knowledge, as well as theoretical information, about working in a person-centred way with people with intellectual disabilities and their families/carers in order to promote their physical and mental health, improve their quality of life and their active involvement in decisions about their care, and support their access to general healthcare and community services. This handbook will be of use in the very many areas where nurses for people with learning/intellectual disabilities are located. It will also be of use to a wider range of other health and/or social care professionals, who often seek an authoritative text that provides essential facts and information on working with people with intellectual disabilities.

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