692 research outputs found
Addressing Serious Male Youth Violence: Missed opportunities within the UK Serious Youth Violence Strategy
No full textIn this article, Colm Walsh responds to the Serious Youth Violence Strategy published earlier this year. Colm presents an interesting and evocative view that serious violence in the community is a male issue, arguing that a gender conscious and trauma informed approach should be integrated into policy if practice is to be truly informed
Addressing Serious Male Youth Violence: Missed opportunities within the UK Serious Youth Violence Strategy
No full textIn this article, Colm Walsh responds to the Serious Youth Violence Strategy published earlier this year. Colm presents an interesting and evocative view that serious violence in the community is a male issue, arguing that a gender conscious and trauma informed approach should be integrated into policy if practice is to be truly informed
Irish Men of Learning. Studies by Father Paul Walsh. Edited by Colm O. Lochlainn
No full textBieler Ludwig. Irish Men of Learning. Studies by Father Paul Walsh. Edited by Colm O. Lochlainn. In: Scriptorium, Tome 3 n°1, 1949. p. 170
Ireland’s Second Fiscal Consolidation – Lessons from the Last Time
No full textFor the second time in a generation, Ireland is in a deep fiscal crisis, with double-digit borrowing, escalating debt and concerns about the country’s solvency in international debt markets, reflected in the largest adverse bond spreads of any Eurozone member. What’s different this time is that the fiscal system’s second crisis since the foundation of the state has coincided with the banking system’s first. The banks have lost a large portion (on worst estimates, all) of their capital and survive on liquidity furnished, on a prodigious scale, by the European Central Bank. Parallels with the first Irish fiscal crisis in the 1980s are of limited value given the quite different circumstances. The next section argues that fiscal consolidation post-1987 was less daunting than is likely to be the case over the next few years, and that the role of expenditure cuts under the first Bord Snip has been exaggerated in journalistic renderings of the history of the period. The deterioration in the public finances has been extraordinarily rapid – even with substantial tax rate increases, revenue has fallen far more rapidly than the tax base, while spending has continued to advance, despite the widespread perception of cutbacks. The conduct of fiscal policy since 2000 is reviewed in section three, and the prospects for a medium-term fiscal consolidation in section four. The paper concludes with some lessons from Irish experience for politicians - and for economists.Crisis, Consolidation, Lessons
A Century of Mathematical Excellence at Spelman College
No full textThis file consists of the presentation slides of a presentation by Colm Mulcahy at the AMS-NAM Joint Special Session on The Mathematics of the Atlanta University Center. The event was held Thursday January 5, 2017, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Georgia. KEYWORDS: Mathematics, Spelman College, Histor
Mechanical characterisation of green Sitka spruce logs
No full textABSTRACT: Timber is by its nature a very heterogeneous material. Many different factors impact its mechanical properties, from tree species to environment (climate, competition, soil…). While a number of studies in the past dealt with sawn timber and its mechanical properties, only a small number of them studied round logs. An even smaller number dealt with logs where moisture content is above fibre saturation point, e.g. green logs. The objective of this study is to investigate and describe the load-deflection response of green Sitka Spruce logs using a four point bending test. The trees for this study were felled at the age of 20 years and consequently the percentage of juvenile wood is relatively high. Green logs behave differently when stressed in comparison to dry timber. The flexural stiffness is significantly lower and the load-deflection response is highly non-linear. The test results are useful for designing further green round log testing, especially when studying wind throw in standing trees, as they can give a clearer picture of the stresses that can be expected. There are significant differences in static and dynamic modulus of elasticity between bottom and top logs from the same tree. More logs will have to be tested to further characterize the nature of those differences.The authors would like to thank Colm Walsh and Gonzalo González
Fernández for their help with the testing. The first author would like
to gratefully acknowledge the support from a Teagasc Walsh
Fellowship in the conduct of this work.peer-reviewe
“A Whole New Experience”: An Evaluation of Fresh Start Through Sport 2022-23
No full textIn September 2022, Ulster University (UU) was commissioned by the Irish Football Association (IFA) on behalf of the Department for Communities to continue its evaluation of the Fresh Start Through Sport (FSTS) programme for the 2022-23 delivery period. This report builds upon the evaluation of the 2020-21 and 2021-22 iteration of Fresh Start Through Sport. The evaluation was supported by public agencies, community organisations, the Irish Football Association (IFA), and their sporting partners, namely the Belfast Giants, Ulster Rugby, and the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Facilitators and organisers from these groups provided guidance on the evaluation’s direction and took part in in-depth semi-structured interviews. Young people who participated in the Fresh Start Through Sport programme also contributed to the evaluation by sharing their experiences in focus groups. The core research team consisted of Dr Brendan Coyle, Dr Conor Murray and Dr Colm Walsh. This report delves into each of these objectives, highlighting examples of good practice, identifying potential areas for improvement, and proposing a series of recommendations to inform future iterations of the programme
“A Whole New Experience”: An Evaluation of Fresh Start Through Sport 2022-23
No full textIn September 2022, Ulster University (UU) was commissioned by the Irish Football Association (IFA) on behalf of the Department for Communities to continue its evaluation of the Fresh Start Through Sport (FSTS) programme for the 2022-23 delivery period. This report builds upon the evaluation of the 2020-21 and 2021-22 iteration of Fresh Start Through Sport. The evaluation was supported by public agencies, community organisations, the Irish Football Association (IFA), and their sporting partners, namely the Belfast Giants, Ulster Rugby, and the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Facilitators and organisers from these groups provided guidance on the evaluation’s direction and took part in in-depth semi-structured interviews. Young people who participated in the Fresh Start Through Sport programme also contributed to the evaluation by sharing their experiences in focus groups. The core research team consisted of Dr Brendan Coyle, Dr Conor Murray and Dr Colm Walsh. This report delves into each of these objectives, highlighting examples of good practice, identifying potential areas for improvement, and proposing a series of recommendations to inform future iterations of the programme
Short Stories, Novels and Spain. An Interview With Colm Tóibín
No full textColm Tóibín (Enniscorthy, 1955) is the author of five novels, The South (1990), The Heather Blazing (1992), The Story of the Night (1996), The Blackwater Lightship(1999) and The Master (2004). This last novel won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Los Angeles Times Novel of the Year, the Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger for the best foreign novel published in 2005 in France, and it was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Colm Tóibín has a long career in journalism and was the editor of the magazine Magill from 1982 to 1985. He is also the author of several non-fiction books, including Homage to Barcelona (1990) and The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe (1994). He edited The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction (1999) and has recently published his first book of short stories,Mothers and Sons (2006). Colm Tóibín attended the 10th International Conference on the Short Story in English, held at University College Cork on 19-21 June 2008, where this interview took place
A Guest at the Feast
No full textColm Tóibín\u27s touching memoir, A Guest at the Feast, beautifully read by the author himself. A Guest at the Feast moves from the small town of Enniscorthy to Dublin, from memories of a mother who always had a book on the go to the author\u27s early adulthood, from a love of literature to the influences of place and family. Tóibín\u27s captivating memoir is the story of a writer coming of age and his connections between home, work and love. It is a perfect gem of a book.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dlpp_all/1452/thumbnail.jp
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