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Aftertaste

By: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

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In an alternate Ireland, the politicians are young and the Government is seemingly left-leaning. The Health and Wellness Act, hurriedly signed into law just one year ago, has made it illegal to possess or consume unhealthy food or 'junk'. Recent polls suggest support for 'Junk Advocates', a term coined for people who openly acquire and consume illegal foods in protest, is rapidly rising. So when popular 'Junk Advocate' Lila Birch goes missing under suspicious circumstances, the public are outraged and her sister Eadie's world is upended. When Eadie sees an opportunity to get close to high ranking Government officials, she takes it. Can she find out what happened to her sister or will the same fate befall her? Aftertaste is a new play by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth that offers a theatrical exploration into a world full of violence, greed and food.

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1350287784

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Lie Low

By: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

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Lie Low

By: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

I was broken into a year ago and I was struggling for a bit afterwards. I'm fine now though. In the wake of a home invasion, Faye can't sleep. She's fine though. All she's had to eat this week is a box of dry Rice Krispies. She's fine though, really – she is... Desperate to shake her insomnia, Faye enlists the help of her brother, Naoise, to try a form of exposure therapy. But Naoise has a devastating secret that's about to come to light. Lie Low is a dark new play from writer Ciara Elizabeth Smyth about fear, trauma and family, offering a theatrical exploration into the human brain and its response to sexual assault. This edition was published to coincide with the London premiere at the Royal Court, in May 2024.

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1350517283

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Discourses of Home and Homeland in Irish Children’s Fiction 1990-2012

Writing Home

By: Ciara Ní Bhroin

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Discourses of Home and Homeland in Irish Children’s Fiction 1990-2012

Writing Home

By: Ciara Ní Bhroin

In the context of changing constructs of home and of childhood since the mid-twentieth century, this book examines discourses of home and homeland in Irish children’s fiction from 1990 to 2012, a time of dramatic change in Ireland spanning the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger and of unprecedented growth in Irish children’s literature. Close readings of selected texts by five award-winning authors are linked to social, intellectual and political changes in the period covered and draw on postcolonial, feminist, cultural and children’s literature theory, highlighting the political and ideological dimensions of home and the value of children’s literature as a lens through which to view culture and society as well as an imaginative space where young people can engage with complex ideas relevant to their lives and the world in which they live. Examining the works of O. R. Melling, Kate Thompson, Eoin Colfer, Siobhán Parkinson and Siobhan Dowd, Ciara Ní Bhroin argues that Irish children’s literature changed at this time from being a vehicle that largely promoted hegemonic ideologies of home in post-independence Ireland to a site of resistance to complacent notions of home in Celtic Tiger Ireland.

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Springer Nature

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3030733955

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9783030733957

Charleton and McDermott's Criminal Law and Evidence

By: Peter Charleton,Paul A McDermott,Ciara Herlihy,Stephen Byrne

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Charleton and McDermott's Criminal Law and Evidence

By: Peter Charleton,Paul A McDermott,Ciara Herlihy,Stephen Byrne

This second edition of what was in 1999 an acclaimed work, has been completely rewritten. In approaching this, the authors have considerably increased the analysis of the theoretical aspects of criminal law and strengthened citations of academic literature and comparative case law while keeping the narrative concise and focused for easy use by practitioners. Key benefits to readers include a complete overview of criminal law theory; a new series of chapters on the law of evidence as it applies in the fraught circumstances of a criminal trial; a much more analytical approach to the general part and to criminal defences; and the comprehensive coverage of all the major, and many minor, areas of indictable crime. Since the last edition, commentary and case law on sexual offences has proliferated as have legislative interventions; a completely new scheme for dealing with property offences was necessitated by a series of recent statutes; company law and competition offences have assumed a greater significance; and the range of offences covered has had to be increased in order to ensure a comprehensive coverage of this most sensitive and politically charged aspect of law.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526518171

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9781526518170

Ordinary Lives, Death, and Social Class

Dublin City Coroner's Court, 1876-1902

By: Ciara Breathnach

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Ordinary Lives, Death, and Social Class

Dublin City Coroner's Court, 1876-1902

By: Ciara Breathnach

Ordinary Lives, Death, and Social Class focuses on the evolution of the Dublin City Coroner's Court and on Dr Louis A. Bryne's first two years in office. Wrapping itself around the 1901 census, the study uses gender, power, and blame as analytical frameworks to examine what inquests can tell us about the impact of urban living from lifecycle and class perspectives. Coroners' inquests are a combination of eyewitness testimony, expert medico-legal language, detailed minutiae of people, places, and occupational identities pinned to a moment in time. Thus they have a simultaneous capacity to reveal histories from both above and below. Rich in geographical, socio-economic, cultural, class, and medical detail, these records collated in a liminal setting about the hour of death bear incredible witness to what has often been termed 'ordinary lives'. The subjects of Dr Byrne's court were among the poorest in Ireland and, apart from common medical causes problems linked to lower socio-economic groups, this volume covers preventable cases of workplace accidents, neglect, domestic abuse, and homicide.

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Oxford University Press

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019263528X

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9780192635280

Performing Social Change on the Island of Ireland

From Republic to Pandemic

By: Ciara L. Murphy

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Performing Social Change on the Island of Ireland

From Republic to Pandemic

By: Ciara L. Murphy

This book examines the relationship between moments of significant social change on the island of Ireland and performance practice during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It examines how moments of significant change influence not only the content of performance practice but also the form and function of theatre production and reception. This book investigates how the Troubles and subsequent Peace Process, Second-Wave Feminism, the Celtic Tiger and neoliberalism, social revolution, and the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the form and function of performance practice across the island of Ireland. Although these forms of theatre and performance making refer to varied and distinct lineages of practice internationally, there are key parallels that compel a study of their inter-relationality in a specific Irish context. This book explores how the performance of Ireland illuminates histories and stories that are on the margins, illuminating the lived realities of everyday life through the presentation of moments of violence, oppression, and trauma as something that is as important as the larger narratives often ascribed to nationhood. This book asks how performance practice engages with and informs moments of major social change on the island of Ireland through the distinct yet intersecting lenses of place, performance form, and social context over the course of almost a century of Irish theatre and performance practice.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000866017

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9781000866018

The Falling in Love Montage

By: Ciara Smyth

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The Falling in Love Montage

By: Ciara Smyth

Two girls embark on a summer of montage-worthy dates (with a few strings attached) in this hilarious and heartfelt lesbian rom-com that’s perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han. Seventeen-year-old cynic Saoirse Clarke isn’t looking for a relationship. But when she meets mischievous Ruby, that rule goes right out the window. Sort of. Because Ruby has a loophole in mind: a summer of all the best cliché movie montage dates, with a definite ending come fall—no broken hearts, no messy breakup. It would be the perfect plan, if they weren’t forgetting one thing about the Falling in Love Montage: when it’s over, the characters have fallen in love...for real. Ciara Smyth’s debut is a delightful, multilayered YA rom-com that will make you laugh, cry, and absolutely fall in love.

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HarperCollins

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0062957139

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9780062957139

Irish Farmers

By: Ciara Ryan

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Irish Farmers

By: Ciara Ryan

What's sexier than an Irish farmer? Well, lots of things, actually, but they certainly aren't as cool, funny, or bring such infectious joy. For seven years, Ciara Ryan's hilarious Irish Farmers wall calendar has been one of the most popular calendars in Ireland. As of 2015, it is the #1 bestselling calendar beating out that of the previous champions, the world's biggest boy band, One Direction. And that's just in Ireland. So move over Awkward Family Pet Photos, Hot Guys and Baby Animals, Grandma's Dead: Breaking Bad News with Baby Animals, and Porn for Women. It's time for America to meet Irish Farmers, and a bunch of awesome animals, in book form.This funny and sweet full-color collection of 75 photos of young farmers naked from the waist up alongside their favorite livestock is sure to make a splash for St. Patrick's Day"--

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Macmillan

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1250088763

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9781250088765

Corporatocracy

How to Protect Democracy from Dark Money and Corrupt Politicians

By: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

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Corporatocracy

How to Protect Democracy from Dark Money and Corrupt Politicians

By: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Corporatocracy looks at the January 6th, 2021 insurrection through the lens of money in politics. It discusses past and present campaign finance scandals that illustrate the risk of corporate political spending and dark money. It encourages average Americans to use their vote and their pocketbooks to incentivize pro-democracy behavior by politicians and corporations"--

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NYU Press

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1479828327

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9781479828326

Saving the State

Fine Gael from Collins to Varadkar

By: Stephen Collins,Ciara Meehan

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Saving the State

Fine Gael from Collins to Varadkar

By: Stephen Collins,Ciara Meehan

When Fine Gael entered a coalition government with Fianna Fáil in 2020 the party did what would have been unthinkable for its forefathers, who had fought and won a bitter civil war to establish the institutions of an independent Irish state almost a century earlier. Saving the State is the remarkable story of Fine Gael from its origins in the fraught days of civil war to the political convulsions of 2020. Written by political journalist Stephen Collins and historian Ciara Meehan, Saving the State draws on a wealth of original historical research and a range of interviews with key political figures to chart the evolution of the party through the lens of its successive leaders. From the special place occupied by Michael Collins in the party's pantheon of heroes to the dark era of the Blueshirts, and from its role as the founder of the state to its claim to be the defender of the state, the ways that members perceive their own history is also explored. Saving the State is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how Fine Gael came to be the party it is today, the ways in which it interprets and presents its own history, and the role that it played in shaping modern Ireland.

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Gill & Macmillan Ltd

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0717189740

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Therapeutic Nutrition

By: Chef Irek Ciara

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Therapeutic Nutrition

By: Chef Irek Ciara

raw cleanse and detox guide

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Lulu.com

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1329539664

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9781329539662

European Asylum Law and the Rights of the Child

By: Ciara Smyth

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European Asylum Law and the Rights of the Child

By: Ciara Smyth

The child asylum seeker poses unique challenges for reception and refugee status determination systems, not least because the child is entitled to have his or her rights as a child respected as a matter of international and regional human rights law. In the last decade the European Union has increasingly engaged with children’s rights, with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty in December 2009, and a new Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union that commits the Union to promoting the ‘protection of the rights of the child.’ This book addresses the question of whether the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) complies with the rights of the child. It contrasts the normative standards of international child rights law with the treatment of child asylum seekers and refugees in the CEAS. Ciara Smyth identifies the attributes of the rights of the child that are most relevant to the asylum context and systematically examines whether and to what extent those attributes are reflected in the CEAS legislation. The book goes on to assess whether the CEAS instruments direct Member States to comply with the rights of the child, offering a comprehensive examination of the place of the child within European asylum law and policy. The book will be of great use and interest to scholars and students of international law, immigration and children’s rights studies.

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Routledge

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1135120277

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9781135120276

Not My Problem

By: Ciara Smyth

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Not My Problem

By: Ciara Smyth

Perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Nina LaCour, this queer coming-of-age story from the author of The Falling in Love Montage is wry, multilayered, and unflinchingly honest. Aideen has plenty of problems she can’t solve. But when she stumbles upon overachiever Meabh Kowalska having a full-blown meltdown, she sees one that she can actually fix. Meabh is desperate to escape her crushing pile of extracurriculars. Aideen volunteers to help—by pushing her down the stairs. Problem? Solved. Meabh’s sprained ankle is the perfect excuse to ditch her overwhelming schedule. But when one of their classmates learns about their little scheme, more “clients” start asking for Aideen’s “help”—kicking off a semester of traded favors, ill-advised hijinks, and even an unexpected chance at love. Fixing other people’s problems won’t fix her own. But it might be the push Aideen needs to start.

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HarperCollins

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0062957163

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9780062957160

Lie Low

By: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

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Lie Low

By: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

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Aftertaste

By: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

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Aftertaste

By: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

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1350287792

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European Asylum Law and the Rights of the Child

By: Ciara Smyth

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113512020X

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Sauce and All Honey

Two Plays

By: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

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Sauce and All Honey

Two Plays

By: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

Two sweet and saucy comedies from an award-winning Irish playwright. In SAUCE, Mella is a compulsive liar, Maura is a kleptomaniac - and neither has any friends. Recently out of controlling relationships, they are thrust into uneasy freedom. Can they overcome their flaws together to avoid dying alone? Or will their compulsions engulf them in the end? A play about death and rebirth, Ciara Elizabeth Smyth's SAUCE was first staged at Bewley's Café Theatre, Dublin, in 2019 as part of Dublin Fringe Festival, and revived there in 2022. In All honey, Ru and Luke are throwing a house-warming party. But their guests are more interested in whispering in the box room than joining the festivities. Explosive characters and unfolding secrets mean the hosts will have to clean up more than red-wine stains and glitter. Ciara Elizabeth Smyth's debut play, All honey is about sex, secrets and suspicion. It premiered at the New Theatre in 2017 as part of Dublin Fringe Festival, winning the 2017 Fishamble New Writing Award. It was revived at Bewley's in 2018 and Project Arts Centre in 2020.

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184842955X

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Not My Problem - Roman ado - Amour - Précarité

By: Ciara Smyth

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Not My Problem - Roman ado - Amour - Précarité

By: Ciara Smyth

Pour oublier ses problèmes... on peut gérer ceux des autres Aux yeux des autres, tout va bien dans la vie d'Aideen, 16 ans, à l'humour décapant et au talent inné pour se faire remarquer. De toute façon, qui comprendrait, pour sa mère instable, sa situation précaire et ses tentatives désespérées pour éviter le foyer ? Elle préfère de loin fuir ses problèmes... en réglant ceux des autres ! Accompagnée de Meabh, intello arrogante (mais si séduisante), et de Kavi, moulin à parole excentrique, Aideen se retrouve malgré elle à entrer dans son lycée par effraction, kidnapper un garçon de 15 ans, étudier les MST, et entrer dans le livre des records... Aideen est alors projetée au cœur d'un phénomène qui la dépasse tout autant que les sentiments qu'elle éprouve pour Meabh. Est-ce qu'une histoire d'amour pourrait enfin l'aider à se confier ?

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Slalom

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2375544587

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9782375544587

This Is Now

By: Ciara Geraghty

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This Is Now

By: Ciara Geraghty

An ordinary day. An ordinary bank. An ordinary street in an ordinary town. Nothing ever happens, until, one day, a shocking robbery turns life upside down for five people: Cillian, a police detective, Martha, the woman he thought was the life of his life, Tobias, who came to Ireland after WWII and now lies in a coma, shot in the bank robbery, Roman, the young Polish teenager who is suspected of pulling the trigger and his mother Rosa, the cleaner, who dreamed of a better life for herself and her son . . . . . . and things will never be ordinary again. Ciara Geraghty's writing has that rare ability to make you laugh out loud as well as cry. She combines tangled human relationships with humour, romance and warmth to create something truly special.

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1444738011

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Key Elements of Child Safe Organisations

Research Study - Final Report

By: Arie Freiberg,Parenting Research Centre

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Key Elements of Child Safe Organisations

Research Study - Final Report

By: Arie Freiberg,Parenting Research Centre

This report identifies what elements make an institution 'child safe', based on the opinions of a panel of experts. An adapted Delphi Study was used to obtain advice, opinion, and consensus from a panel of independent Australian and international experts - including academics, children's commissioners and guardians, and industry experts and practitioners - regarding the key principles, elements and sub-elements of child safe organisations.

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1925289214

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Now That I've Found You

By: Ciara Geraghty

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Now That I've Found You

By: Ciara Geraghty

Vinnie is an ordinary man. Ellen is an ordinary woman. Ellen is unable to move on after a terrible accident that left her mentally and physically scarred. Taxi driver Vinnie is struggling to cope with bringing up two children on his own. Everyone deserves to find that one person who's meant for them, don't they? Fall in love with the story of Vinnie and Ellen. Because ordinary lives can be extraordinary.

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1444725866

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