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The Windsor Framework – guarantees, gaps and governance
Get PDFThis special issue of the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly aims to uncover and examine the many layers of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, as reformed by the Windsor Framework, focusing specifically on governance, fundamental rights and movement of people. It is the product of a workshop held in June 2023 at Maynooth University to mark the launch of the Maynooth Centre for European Law.1 While significant literature existed on some core aspects of the original Protocol, gaps remained and the ongoing political and legal developments necessitated a renewed analysis. This was exemplified by the Windsor Framework, which was adopted only three months before the workshop was held, and the restoration of Northern Ireland’s Executive in February 2024 while the articles herein were being finalised
‘What are the factors of over representation of Indigenous ethnic minorities in persons in their respected countries; focusing on the comparison of ethnic minorities in Ireland, New Zealand and Australia?’
Get PDFOver representation of ethnic minorities within criminal justice systems prisons; statistics have been researched by many academics, however ‘Indigenous Ethnic Minority’ research regarding imprisonment rates and states reactions to these rates has been less researched and invested in. This thesis aims to draw upon existing research and imperial evidence to comment on New Zealand and Ireland’s state's reaction to the over representation of their indigenous ethnic minorities within their respected countries prison.
Objectives of this research was to draw; 1. a background of each Indigenous ethnic minority whilst explaining the terms used throughout such as Ethnicity. 2. Comment on the theories and pillars believed to be leading causes of these divisions in society and lastly 3. Shine a light on Ireland’s lack of advancements regarding its protections of Irish Travellers compared to other states with similar indigenous minority community population such as New Zealand and comment on what needs to be improved upon to change this.
Using a comparative approach of existing research both peer reviewed and blank this thesis discovered that Ireland is vastly behind in its attempt to protect and advocate for the Irish Travelling community when it comes to their continual miss- treatment within the criminal justice system, although New Zealand is not a shining example of what other states should do it is however an example of the investment that needs to occur by states into their indigenous minority communities to begin this change. This thesis draws both comparisons and differences of the two communities and delves into the possible reasoning behind said community’s mistreatment within the criminal justice system using theories and economic factors
“Can Ireland keep us safe?” – a view from the Latin American community.
Get PDFThis study, distinguished by its unique approach of considering the central cultural values, migration reasons, and prior experiences of a particular community in Ireland, aims to fill an existing gap in the perception of risk and the security attitude. By examining these factors, the study promises to shed new light on the complex relationship between cultural values, migration, and perceptions of policing, making it a compelling and intriguing research for the academic community.
Groups of immigrants, including the Latin American community, bring with them a rich tapestry of cultural values and prior experiences that significantly shape their perceptions of policing. As Arisukwu (2012) argues, the experience in the country of residence is as significant as that of those from their hometown, which remains deeply ingrained. Immigrants often view and interpret their present insights using their home countries as a point of reference (Menjívar & Bejarano, 2004), a perspective crucial to understanding their unique and significant perceptions of policing.
In this sense, over the past two decades, most Latin American countries have been struggling to create or reform their police forces while simultaneously confronting intense increases in violent crime. Reformers have gravitated toward community-oriented policing practices, which aim to rely on preventive tactics rather than repressive ones and build close ties between police members and the public. Still, unfortunately, these reforms occurred against a backdrop of rising problems and insecurity (Malone & Dammert, 2021).
As a result, citizens across the region have identified insecurity as a top priority and rank insecurity as the most pressing nationwide issue in some countries. This high level of violence and antisocial behaviour have made it extremely difficult for many nations to abandon repressive policing practices, and the political system came around by reacting against what it was called ‘soft on crime’, which aftermath could eventually benefit the interests of criminals over the rights of people. What matters most to people in Latin America is the effectiveness of police in achieving goals such as arrest, detention, and forfeiture. Similarly, some argued that the policing paradigm should prioritise increasing control as the principal mechanism to consolidate police legitimacy (Hough, 2013).
Ultimately, this research not only aims to understand the Latin American community's perception of policing in Ireland but also intends to explore the origins and justifications of this position deeply. In doing so, it raises important questions about these people's feelings about Garda´s role, their stance concerning firearms, police discretion of search and arrest, deprotection perception, and emotional background
Topological fingerprints in Liouvillian gaps
Get PDFTopology in many-body physics usually emerges as a feature of equilibrium quantum states. We show that topological fingerprints can also appear in the relaxation rates of open quantum systems. To demonstrate this we consider one of the simplest models that has two topologically distinct phases in its ground state: the Kitaev chain model for th
Exploring the Motivations for and Modes of Academic Engagement among Irish Academic Researchers: A Qualitative Investigation
Get PDFGovernment and research funding bodies have increasingly emphasized the societal impact of research prompting the need for increased engagement between academic researchers and non-academic external partners. There are numerous benefits that this academic engagement brings to the collaborating partners. Such benefits include facilitating advancement in research, providing researchers access to resources, and the provision of opportunities for post-graduate student mentoring by industry partitioners. Increased levels of academic engagement also offer researchers opportunities to generate new scientific research ideas and questions, exploit new research opportunities, or even test research theories and findings that are aimed towards solving practical problems outside the academic domain. Academic engagement with external non-academic partners, while beneficial, also incurs costs and typically remains at the discretion of the individual researcher. The increasing demand for additional engagement with non-academic partners may increase pressure on academics as such interactions add to their research and teaching responsibilities. This thesis investigates why and how academics engage with non-academic collaborators, applying self-determination theory to explore their motivations and modes of interaction. Using snowball sampling technique, the study conducted nineteen qualitative interviews with academic researchers from diverse fields—social sciences, physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, medicine, and humanities—across several public universities in Ireland. The selection of interviewees was based on careful representation of both male and female researchers who are at different stages of their career, in different disciplines, and either currently are, or have been, actively engaged with non-academic external partners. The findings indicate that motivations and modes of engagement between academic researchers and non-academic partners are shaped by a mix of intrinsic and extrinsic factors, intertwined with personal, organizational, and policy-related institutional elements. The thesis argues for tailored strategies that consider these diverse motivations and contextual dynamics to enhance interactions within Ireland’s innovation ecosystem. Although this study has limitations, it outlines areas for further research and offers significant theoretical, managerial, and policy implications by enhancing understanding of academic researchers’ engagement behaviours
Rethinking and Advancing a ‘Bottom-up’ Approach to Cultural Participation of Persons with Disabilities as Key to Realising Inclusive Equality
Get PDFDebates about cultural participation of persons with disabilities within legal and socio-legal scholarship and within disability studies tend to remain disconnected. This article brings legal analysis and other academic disciplines into a critical dialogue. It sheds light on how the right to cultural participation is understood from the bottom up, building on a study carried out across Europe. Participants in this study perceived opportunities to participate in, and to contribute to, arts and culture in ways that are consistent with the human rights approach to disability as expressed in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and as central to the concept of inclusive equality. Cultural participation was also understood as intrinsic to the humanity of all people, as vital to inclusion in mainstream life, as capable of communicating experiences or identities not otherwise represented, and as potentially transformative of art-forms and ultimately, of society
Sharing our Stories. From Meru to Maynooth: Isaiah Gitonga tells his story…
Get PDFIsaiah Gitonga from Kenya is currently studying in
Ireland. His background is in nursing and mental health;
his thesis focuses on “the role of connected health in
supporting the psychological well-being and overall
quality of life for people living with and beyond cancer”
Adapting (to) Non-Motherhood: Ulrike Kofer’s Film What We Wanted (2020)
Get PDFAustria’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 2020 Academy Awards was a drama by director Ulrike Kofler called Was Wir Wollten (What We Wanted, 2020). Kofler’s film tells the story of a childless couple, Alice and Niklas, who decided to take a holiday to recover from yet another failed attempt to conceive via IVF. However, their plans for a restful break are disrupted by the family next door, whose beautiful children serve as a constant reminder of what is lacking in their life. The film is based on a short story by Swiss writer Peter Stamm, and this chapter focuses on how that written text was adapted for the big screen. In particular, it considers how Alice’s ambivalent stance towards motherhood, which is already present in Stamm’s narrative, is expressed in visual and cinematic form in Kofler’s film. This chapter argues that both the film and its narrative source text offer a more nuanced view of the story of childlessness and non-motherhood than that which is often presented in the media and society
The role of organisational- and country-level factors in the volume and public visibility of business and management research
Get PDFUsing a multilevel modelling approach to analyse a novel dataset of academic publications
at all business schools in 11 European countries, this paper finds that the influence of organisational- and country-level contextual factors on researchers varies considerably based
on the type of institution and the development level of the country they are located in. At the
organisational-level, we find that greater spatial connectivity–operationalised through proximity to nearby business schools, rail stations, and airports–is positively related to scientific
research volume and public dissemination (news mentions). While this result is significant
only for high-income countries (above EU-average 2018 GDP per capita), this is likely
because the low-income countries (below EU-average 2018 GDP per capita) examined
here lack a ‘critical mass’ of well-connected universities to generate observable agglomeration effects. At the country-level, the results indicate that in high-income countries, less prestigious schools benefit from higher rates of recent international immigration from any foreign
country, providing a direct policy pathway for increasing research output for universities that
aren’t already well-known enough to attract the most talented researchers. In low-income
countries, recent immigration rates are even stronger predictors of research performance
across all levels of institutional prestige; more open immigration policies would likely benefit
research performance in these countries to an even greater extent. Finally, the paper’s
results show that, in low-income countries, a composite measure of a country’s quality of life
(including self-rated life satisfaction, health, working hours, and housing overcrowding) is
positively related to research outcomes through its interaction with school prestige. This
suggests that the lower a country’s quality of life, the more researchers are incentivised to
produce higher levels of research output. While this may in part reflect the greater disparities
inherent in these countries’ economic systems, it is noteworthy–and perhaps concerning–
that we have observed a negative correlation between country-level quality of life and
research performance in low-income countries, which is particularly felt by researchers at
less prestigious institutions
UNITES Project: Stakeholder Views and Experiences of Home Visiting in Ireland. Report Number Two
Get PDFNational policies such as Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures (2015), First 5 – A Whole of Government Strategy for Parents and Babies (2019) and Supporting Parents: A National Model of Parenting Support (2022), recognise the importance of, and reflect a strong and enduring commitment to, supporting early childhood development and wellbeing through the provision of accessible, high quality and evidence-led supports. For instance, a key goal of ‘First 5’ is to develop strong and supportive families and communities, including a commitment to the development of universal parenting supports (also reiterated in the National Model of Parenting Support Services) and, importantly, in the context of the current study, an evidence-led approach to home visiting services across a continuum of need (DCEDIY, 2022). Indeed, a wealth of both national and international evidence indicates that the home environment, and therefore services provided in the home, provide a crucially important context, and support, for healthy child development and wellbeing (e.g. Bradley & Corwyn, 2008).
The UNITES project: Aims and Objectives
The UNITES project was commissioned (in 2022) by the Department of Children Equality Disability Integration and Youth (DCEDIY). The project involved two separate, but related stages, the aims of which were: (1) to profile and critically review home visiting provision in Ireland; and (2) to elicit the insights, views and experiences of a wide range of stakeholders involved in managing, implementing, delivering or receiving home visiting programmes and services across the country. The ultimate goal of this work was to identify some proposed actions or ‘options’ that provide key stepping stones toward a more standardised
and sustainable ‘model’ of home visiting service delivery in Ireland