Recent studies of family life in Ireland have focused on changes in “traditional” family
structures, including the increase in one-parent families. This article illustrates the impact …

Three studies were conducted to quantitatively and qualitatively analyse factors related to
work hours, work-life conflict and psychological strain amongst Irish academics. More …

The overarching aim of the research was to evaluate whether the mechanisms used by the
state to implement policy were designed to effectively realise national early childhood …

This research is an inquiry into the experiences of lone mothers who are trying to access
and/or participate in further education in the presence of neoliberal policies. Its aims are to …

This research examined the quality of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) policy
and practice in Ireland. According to the OECD (2001, 125, emphasis in original), there are …

This research study has set out to investigate Work-Life Balance policies, practices and
outcomes for Nurses in public hospital settings in Ireland. In doing this it recognises that …

Drawing on an understanding of the public sphere as a multiplicity of communicative and
discursive spaces this paper examines the constructions of mothers, mothering and …