The purpose of this report is to enhance our knowledge of the social dimensions of sport in Ireland and highlight their significance for public policy.

Although relative income poverty rates vary from year to year, the rankings of different industrialised countries according to these poverty measures tend to be rather stable. Ireland is consistently among a group of countries with relative income poverty rates considerably above the European...

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...

The adoption of a "rights-based approach" in legislation has come to constitute a core element being sought by groups representing people with disabilities and those working with them. This study seeks to contribute to this on-going debate by clarifying some key issues and informing the Irish...

With Appendix "Forecast of Agricultural Output 1963" by E. A. Attwood and M. Ross