Transitions In and Out of Unemployment Among Young People in the Irish Recession. ESRI WP466. September 2013

Young people have been hit hard by unemployment during the Irish recession. While much research has been undertaken to study the effects of the recession on overall labour market dynamics, little is known about the specific effects on youth unemployment and the associated challenges. This paper attempts to fill this gap by comparing the profile of transitions to work before the recession (2006) and as the economy emerged from the recession (2011). The results indicate that the rate of transition of the youth from unemployment to employment fell dramatically. The fall is not due to changes in the composition or the characteristics of the unemployed group but to changes in the external environment. These changes imply that the impact of certain individual characteristics changed over the course of the recession. In particular, for youth, education and nationality have become more important for finding a job in Ireland

Transnational and local: Multiple functions of religious communities of EU migrants in Dublin

This paper explores how Christian migrants of European background live their faith within their religious communities in Dublin. Immigrant congregations provide a place for the accommodation of religious and cultural packages that migrants take with them from their homelands. At the same time, immigrant congregations create opportunities for migrants to enter into new discourses and interactions with the host society. European migrants in Ireland are confronted with a two-fold reality: 1) the notion of loyalty to ethnic and cultural traditions, which urges on migrants’ conscience so that their ethnic and national identity is further strengthened, and 2) an opportunity to engage in intercultural interactions, which encourages migrants’ sense of belonging to the society in which they live. With the use of an ethnographic approach, this paper explores how the religious congregations of Polish, Slovak and German migrants in Dublin move from an ethnic-enclave experience to one that is engaged with the host society

Ireland

This report is part of the project The Factbook on the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.It focuses on Ireland, where the illicit trade in tobacco products has been an important concern since 2007\u20132008. According to unofficial estimates, 29.7% of total tobacco consumption was illicit in 2012, when Ireland ranked 3rd (after Latvia and Lithuania) among 22 European countries for illicit tobacco penetration (Euromonitor International 2013a). To tackle the ITTP, the Revenue Commissioners have launched the Revenue\u2019s Strategy on Combating the Illicit Tobacco Trade (2011\u20132013), the aim of which is to deter people from buying illicit trade products and to reduce their availability. Given the close geographical (shared land border), social, economic and cultural connections, the report also focuses, where appropriate, on Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom

The Success Story of the Eurozone Crisis? Ireland's Austerity Measures

This paper examines the response of the Irish government to the Eurozone fiscal crisis. This paper discusses the external financial assistance programme sought and implemented, economic recovery to date, and the impacts of austerity in Ireland. As Ireland nears the end of the Programme of Support' from Europe the contention that Ireland is a success story is explored. The paper reveals the primacy of financial cutbacks in the Irish response and the limited efforts at public management reforms

Le français en république d’Irlande

En République d’Irlande, le français est en première position des langues étrangères étudiées, mais il est actuellement en recul, tandis que l’espagnol gagne en popularité dans les lycées irlandais. La langue française occupe pourtant de nos jours une place significative au sein du tissu social irlandais et c’est l’une des langues officielles des partenaires économiques non anglophones les plus importants de l’Irlande. La diminution actuelle de l’intérêt pour le français en Irlande peut s’expliquer par différents facteurs tels que le caractère facultatif de l’apprentissage des langues étrangères à l’école, les résultats relativement médiocres des candidats à l’épreuve de français du Leaving Certificate et le fait que l’Espagne soit une destination privilégiée des Irlandais. La défense du français en Irlande repose donc sur les organisations locales qui doivent notamment assurer son enseignement aux enfants et encourager les adultes à visiter des pays francophones.French is the most studied foreign language in the Republic of Ireland but its importance is currently declining, whereas Spanish is becoming more and more popular in Irish secondary schools. Yet, the French language still holds a significant position within Irish society and it is one of the official languages of the most important non-English-speaking economic partners of Ireland. The current decrease in the interest for French in Ireland can be accounted for by various factors such as the non-compulsory nature of foreign languages in schools, the relatively mediocre results of the candidates to the Leaving Certificate French examination, and the popularity of Spain as a destination for Irish people. The defense of the French language in Ireland rests therefore with the local organizations which must make sure that it is available at primary level and encourage adults to visit countries where French is spoken

Development of a hierarchical model for predicting microbiological contamination of private groundwater supplies in a geologically heterogeneous region

Private groundwater sources in the Republic of Ireland provide drinking water to an estimated 750,000 people or 16% of the national population. Consumers of untreated groundwater are at increased risk of infection from pathogenic microorganisms. However, given the volume of private wells in operation, remediation or even quantification of public risk is both costly and time consuming. In this study, a hierarchical logistic regression model was developed to ‘predict’ contamination with E. coli based on the results of groundwater quality analyses of private wells (n = 132) during the period of September 2011 to November 2012. Assessment of potential microbial contamination risk factors were categorised into three groups: Intrinsic (environmental factors), Specific (local features) and Infrastructural (groundwater source characteristics) which included a total of 15 variables. Overall, 51.4% of wells tested positive for E. coli during the study period with univariate analysis indicating that 11 of the 15 assessed risk factors, including local bedrock type, local subsoil type, septic tank reliance, 5 day antecedent precipitation and temperature, along with well type and depth, were all significantly associated with E. coli presence (p \u3c 0.05). Hierarchical logistic regression was used to develop a private well susceptibility model with the final model containing 8 of the 11 associated variables. The model was shown to be highly efficient; correctly classifying the presence of E. coli in 94.2% of cases, and the absence of E. coli in 84.7% of cases. Model validation was performed using an external data set (n = 32) and it was shown that the model has promising accuracy with 90% of positive E. coli cases correctly predicted. The developed model represents a risk assessment and management tool that may be used to develop effective water-quality management strategies to minimize public health risks both in Ireland and abroad

Disability – an Issue for All Ages: A Study of the Experience of Disability and Ageing

This study explores subjective experiences of disability with ageing and ageing with long-term disability and the separate organisation of public policies on ageing and on disability that in part shapes those experiences. Using a constructivist grounded theory methodology, this study includes rich interview data from interviews with 50 older people. It also includes data from interviews with 16 people working on disability or on ageing. It can be placed within the theoretical frame of critical gerontology and it is informed by a social constructionist approach to the lifecourse. The study makes an original contribution to the field of critical gerontology by providing evidence to challenge assumptions and policies about older people through an exploration of disablement processes, meaning in life, and public policy approaches on ageing and on disability. It engages with concepts from critical disability studies, with a biographically embodied approach to chronic illness, and with literature on meaningful orientations in life. The study calls for more links between the fields of disability and ageing. It finds that older people experience disablement in their bodies and in their contexts, which, often combined with losses of intimates, challenges their sense of meaning in life. How they respond amounts to a challenging process of trying to remake lives that they perceive as meaningful. By showing, through an inductive analysis, how older people experience disability, the study evidences how the subjective experience of disability in older age is consistent with a biopsychosocial model of disability (where disability is the outcome of the interaction between individual and contextual factors), and, thus, to a model, applied within the field of disability but not of ageing. It also shows how separate frameworks for policy on ageing and disability contribute to keeping in place medicalised, reductionist notions about the nature of disability in older age. The study’s findings point to the usefulness of applying a biopsychosocial model of disability to the field of ageing. The study compares two groups that are assumed to be very different (those experiencing disability with ageing and those ageing with disability) and suggests that the outcomes both groups want for their lives are similar, and that many of the difficulties and barriers faced are similar. The study challenges societal responses to disabled elders, specifically narrowly-focused policy and community responses that ignore the full range of their needs and aspirations for meaningful lives. It supports suggestions that a counter-narrative of ageing and the lifecourse is needed, one that can integrate disablement processes as a ‘normal’ part of life, and that can recognise both the challenges of disablement processes in older age and the ongoing efforts of disabled elders to perceive value and meaning in their lives

Disability – an Issue for All Ages: A Study of the Experience of Disability and Ageing

This study explores subjective experiences of disability with ageing and ageing with long-term disability and the separate organisation of public policies on ageing and on disability that in part shapes those experiences. Using a constructivist grounded theory methodology, this study includes rich interview data from interviews with 50 older people. It also includes data from interviews with 16 people working on disability or on ageing. It can be placed within the theoretical frame of critical gerontology and it is informed by a social constructionist approach to the lifecourse. The study makes an original contribution to the field of critical gerontology by providing evidence to challenge assumptions and policies about older people through an exploration of disablement processes, meaning in life, and public policy approaches on ageing and on disability. It engages with concepts from critical disability studies, with a biographically embodied approach to chronic illness, and with literature on meaningful orientations in life. The study calls for more links between the fields of disability and ageing. It finds that older people experience disablement in their bodies and in their contexts, which, often combined with losses of intimates, challenges their sense of meaning in life. How they respond amounts to a challenging process of trying to remake lives that they perceive as meaningful. By showing, through an inductive analysis, how older people experience disability, the study evidences how the subjective experience of disability in older age is consistent with a biopsychosocial model of disability (where disability is the outcome of the interaction between individual and contextual factors), and, thus, to a model, applied within the field of disability but not of ageing. It also shows how separate frameworks for policy on ageing and disability contribute to keeping in place medicalised, reductionist notions about the nature of disability in older age. The study’s findings point to the usefulness of applying a biopsychosocial model of disability to the field of ageing. The study compares two groups that are assumed to be very different (those experiencing disability with ageing and those ageing with disability) and suggests that the outcomes both groups want for their lives are similar, and that many of the difficulties and barriers faced are similar. The study challenges societal responses to disabled elders, specifically narrowly-focused policy and community responses that ignore the full range of their needs and aspirations for meaningful lives. It supports suggestions that a counter-narrative of ageing and the lifecourse is needed, one that can integrate disablement processes as a ‘normal’ part of life, and that can recognise both the challenges of disablement processes in older age and the ongoing efforts of disabled elders to perceive value and meaning in their lives

Impacts of the Economic Crisis on the Irish Economy

Import 11/07/2012Cílem práce je popsat dopady světové krize na irskou ekonomiku. V práci je použita deskriptivní metoda. První část se věnuje světové krizi obecně. Ve druhé části je popsán hospodářský vývoj irské ekonomiky v průběhu 20. století, následný ekonomický boom a jeho slabiny. Další část se zabývá příčinami finanční krize v Irsku. Závěrečná kapitola se věnuje dopadům světové krize v Irsku, zaměřuje se na to, jak krize ovlivnila veřejné finance, zadlužení soukromého sektoru, osobní spotřebu. Popsány jsou také dopady krize na vývoj produkce, ekonomické úrovně a zahraničního obchodu. V kapitole jsou také uvedeny dopady na obyvatelstvo z pohledu vývoje míry nezaměstnanosti a migrace. Druhá část závěrečné kapitoly je věnována nápravným opatřením vlády.This paper describes the impacts of the global crisis on the Irish economy. The descriptive method is used in this paper. The first chapter is focused on the global crisis in general. In the second chapter there is described the economic development of Ireland in the 20th century, the economic boom and its weaknesses. The next chapter describes the causes of the financial crisis in Ireland. The last part of this paper is focused on the impacts of the global crisis on Ireland. The chapter is about how the crisis has influenced the fiscal sector, debt of the private sector and personal consumption. There are described also impacts on development of production, economic level, external trade, unemployment and migration of population. The chapter offers also the corrective action of the Irish government.156 - Katedra národohospodářskávelmi dobř