The ‘most twisted and unaccountable force in the state’? Newspaper accounts of social work in the Republic of Ireland in troubled times

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine Gaughan ◽  
Paul Michael Garrett
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
The State ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
The Republic

Accounting for the Diversity of Policing in Ireland

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
The Republic

In the last five years, legitimate concerns have been aired over incidents of alleged misconduct by the Irish public police, An Garda Síochána. The case for external oversight of their actions and greater operational accountability has been pressed. However, this debate may be neglecting other crucial developments in the field of policing. These include the diversification of police strategies beyond that employed in ‘policing the streets' and the possible emergence of policing organisations which are not under the auspices of the state. This article examines whether a reconfiguration of policing in the Republic of Ireland may be underway, and what the implications might be for An Garda Síochána and the security of all citizens of the Republic of Ireland

Narratives of Irishness and the Problem of Abortion: The X Case 1992

1998 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Smyth
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
The State ◽  
Rape Victim ◽  
Citizenship Status ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Abortion Politics ◽  
The Republic

This paper considers the ways in which discourses of abortion and discourses of national identity were constructed and reproduced through the events of the X case in the Republic of Ireland in 1992. This case involved a state injunction against a 14-year-old rape victim and her parents, to prevent them from obtaining an abortion in Britain. By examining the controversy the case gave rise to in the national press, I will argue that the terms of abortion politics in Ireland shifted from arguments based on rights to arguments centred on national identity, through the questions the X case raised about women's citizenship status, and women's position in relation to the nation and the state. Discourses of national identity and discourses of abortion shifted away from entrenched traditional positions, towards more liberal articulations.

Social Work in the Republic of Ireland

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Skehill
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
The Republic

scholarly journals Globalisation and social work education in the Republic of Ireland: Towards informed transnational social work for transnational problems such as COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 524-537
Author(s):  
Susan Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Global Awareness ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Work Education

Critically informed commentary is employed to examine globalisation and social work education in the Republic of Ireland. This is extended in analysis by a tripartite conceptual framework. The emphasis is on preparing practitioners for transnational practice, in response to global social interdependencies and transnational social problems such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The concern is that social work education risks being outpaced by changes imposed through intensifying globalisation. The article is timely and opportune as advances towards universalism and global interconnectedness in social work are underway. To date, the need to promote better global awareness, within Irish social work curricula, remains.

National festivals, the state and ‘protestant ascendancy’ in Ireland, 1790–1829

1984 ◽  
Vol 24 (93) ◽  
pp. 30-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline R. Hill
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
National Symbols ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Single Set

One indication of Ireland's divided political culture is that there is no general agreement between most catholics and most protestants on a single set of national symbols. To take the case of a national festival, in the Republic of Ireland, where ninety-four per cent of the population is catholic, St Patrick's day (17 March) is celebrated at the popular level, the state level, and is a bank holiday. In Northern Ireland too St Patrick's day is celebrated, but chiefly by catholics (thirty-one per cent of the population), while the festival associated with the majority protestant population is Orangemen's day (12 July) when William III's victory at the battle of the Boyne(l July 1690 O.S.) is commemorated. Both these festivals are kept as bank holidays in Northern Ireland (though not in the rest of the United Kingdom); the Republic of Ireland, however, extends no recognition to 12 July.

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