now well established. Research across a large number of developed and wealthy countries, including Ireland, has shown that …) than more advantaged individuals. Research for Ireland for the period 1989-1991 indicated that men in the unskilled manual …

decision of school leavers to proceed to higher education in Ireland, while also controlling for a range of individual level … for higher education policy in Ireland, especially in relation to equity of access and the design of the maintenance grant …