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An examination of portrayals of smoking in graphic novels/comic books: A picture is worth a thousand words
(European Publishing, 2020)
INTRODUCTION Smoking continues to extract an unacceptably high toll in Ireland
in terms of both mortality and morbidity. Therefore, attention needs to focus
on examining pro-smoking influences on teenagers and young ...
Cybersecurity, Ransomware Attacks and Health: Exploring the Public Health Implications of the Recent Cyberattack on Ireland’s Health Service
(Universala Medicina Esperanto Asocio, 2021-06)
In May 2021, Ireland's state healthcare system, the Health Services Executive, was the subject of a devastating ransomware attack called Conti. The malware uses a number of sophisticated tools and has effectively caused ...
Ireland, the 2020 Tokyo olympics, guinness, and the imagine one world kimono project
(Universala Medicina Esperanto Asocio, 2021-02-12)
A spin-off event building on the global focus on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was the production of 213 kimonos as part of Imagine One World’s Kimono Project. Problematically, the kimono produced for Ireland features both ...
Tobacco at Irish Funerals: the final nail in the coffin
(Universala Medicina Esperanto Asocio, 2021-08-03)
Tobacco control in Ireland remains an issue of high priority for the Irish Government. The Irish State is committed to the denormalisation of tobacco in Irish Society. Tobacco and alcohol have both featured strongly at ...
Conflict and chaos: a case study of Ireland's Covid-19 outbound travel market
(WSB University in Poznań, 2021)
During the COVID-19 pandemic the international outbound travel market from Ireland collapsed, declining at one point by 94%. This case study paper explores the environment which framed the collapse in travel, positioning ...
The Athena SWAN Process to Promote Gender Equity in Third-Level Education in Ireland
(The Netherlands Press, 2021-10-12)
Introduction: Sexism and misogyny remains an ongoing threat to optimal health and medical
services. An important factor in health and medical services is the education and training
pipeline into these careers. A substantial ...
Easter Eggs & ‘Easter Eggs’: Alcohol Branded Chocolate Eggs & Intoxigenic Environments in Ireland
(The Netherlands Press, 2021)
Alcohol branded Easter Eggs were observed in a mainstream Irish supermarket. The Public Health (Alcohol) Act, 2018 fails to deal with such child-friendly marketing. An amendment to the current legislation to counter this ...
Technological Universities in Ireland: the new imperative!
(Technological University Dublin, 2020)
Higher education in Ireland has been characterized for some time as having a distinct two-tier structure. The top tier is comprised of the university sector, which features a number of older and newer entrants. Firmly in ...
An investigation into the attitudes of key tourism providers regarding ‘carbon neutral’ tourism in County Clare, Ireland
(Universidad de Huelva, 2021-06-10)
The global tourism industry is inextricably linked with climate change, and, faced with a ‘climate emergency’, there is an increasing emphasis on finding environmentally sustainable tourism models. One such model is ...
Using active learning strategies on travel and tourism higher education programmes in Ireland
(Elsevier, 2021-06-01)
The purpose of this reflective paper is to investigate the active learning strategies used in travel and tourism higher education programmes in Ireland. These programmes have undergone substantial adaptation in their ...