Smoking is the largest cause of serious illness and premature death in Ireland accounting for approximately 7,000 deaths annually. Irish people spent ?1.9 billion on tobacco in 2000 - more than on petrol, electricity, coal, peat and oil combined. The Office of Tobacco Control commissioned the...

Attendance and Students' School Experiences, commissioned by the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB), examines the characteristics of poor attenders in second-level education; the relationship between school organisation and climate and attendance patterns; and the impact of attendance...

Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Employment, Unemployment and Further Education 2.1 Economic Status of School Leavers 2.2 Economic Status and Level of Educational Attainment 3. Educational Attainment, Training and Labour Market Success 3.1 Educational Attainment and Early School Leaving 3.2 Level of...