Education (Ireland); speech in the House of Commons on Tuesday, May 19, 1835, on moving for leave to bring in a bill for the establishment of a Board of National Education, and the advancement of elementary education in Ireland.

"Extracted from the 'Mirror of Parliament'."

Reports of deputations : who, in pursuance of resolutions of the Court of Assistants of the Drapers' Company, of Jan. 23, 1817; Aug. 3, 1818; Aug. 2, 1819; Aug. 7, 1820; April 7, 1827; July 12, 1832; & May 2, 1839; visited the estates of the company, in the County of Londonderry, in Ireland, in those years, and which were ordered by the Court to be printed for the use of its members..

Includes index.

The life of Saint Patrick, Apostle of Ireland, to which is added Saint Fiech's Irish Hymn; also a copious appendix of the various ecclesiastical institutions, &c. in Ireland,

Includes a hymn on the life, virtues and miracles of St. Patrick, composed by St. Fiech.

To Friends in Ireland, and elsewhere : a mournful word to the merry-hearted in Zion, with a word of comfort to her bowed-down mourners. Written in great exercise of soul and spirit in obedience to the Lord /

Smith II:838.

An inquiry into the influence of the excessive use of spirituous liquors in producing crime, disease, and poverty in Ireland, : and into the causes which have tended to render malt liquor the more general drink of the labouring classes of England. ...

Author's name and correct imprint date from Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.).

General valuation of rateable property in Ireland : valuation of the several tenements.

[1] Union: Clogher/Counties: Monaghan & Tyrone -- [2] Union: Castlerea/Counties: Roscommon & Mayo -- [3] Union: Castletowndelvin/Counties: Meath & Westmeath -- [4] Union: Cootehill/County: Cavan -- [5] Union: Clifton/County: Galway, in which is included the Island of Inishbofin in the County of Mayo -- [6] Union: Claremorris/County: Mayo -- [7] Union: Cootehill/County: Managhan -- [8] Union: Clones/(Part of) County: Monaghan -- [9] Union: Ardee/Counties: Louth & Meath -- [10] Union: Bailieborough/County: Cavan -- [11] Union: Ballina/Counties: Mayo & Sligo -- [12] Union: Ballinasloe/County: Roscommon -- [13] Union: Ballinrobe/County: Mayo -- [14] Union: Ballymahon/Counties: Longford & Westmeath -- [15] Union: Ballymahon/County: Westmeath -- [16] Union: Ballyshannon/County: Donegal -- [17] Union: Ballyshannon/County: Leitrim -- [18] Union: Ballyvaghan/County: Clare -- [19] Union: Baltinglass/County: Wicklow -- [20] Unions: Bandon & Kinsale/County: Cork -- [21] Union: Bawnboy/County: Cavan -- [22] Union: Bawnboy/County: Leitrim -- [23] Union: Belmullet/County: Mayo -- [24] Union: Carrick-on-Shannon/County: Roscommon -- [25] Union: Carrickmacross/County: Monaghan -- [26] Union: Castlebar/County: Mayo -- [27] Union: Castleblayney (part of)/County: Monaghan -- [28] Union: Corrofin/County: Clare -- [29] Barony: Upper Deece/County: Meath -- [30] Barony: Cork/County: Cork -- [31] Barony: Coshmore & Coshbride/County: Waterford -- [32] Barony: Trough/County: Monaghan -- [33] Union: Donegal/County: Donegal -- [34] Union: Drogheda/Counties: Louth & Meath -- [35] Union: Dromore, West/County: Sligo -- [36] Union: Dunfanaghy/County: Donegal -- [37] Unions: Cahersiveen, Kenmare, and Killarney/County: Kerry -- [38] Barony: Dunkerron South/County: Kerry -- [39] Union: Dunshaughlin/County: Meath -- [40] Union: Edenderry/County: Meath -- [41] Union: Edenderry/County: Kildare -- [42] Union: Edenderry/King's County -- [43] Union: Enniskillen/County: Cavan -- [44] Union: Ennistimon/County: Clare -- [45] Barony: Glenahiry/County: Waterford -- [46] Union: Gort/Counties: Galway & Clare -- [47] Union: Granard/County: Longford -- [48] Union: Granard/County: Westmeath -- [49] Barony: Iffa & Offa West/County: Tipperary -- [50] Barony: Imokilly/County: Cork -- [51] Union: Kells/County: Meath -- [52] Barony: Kenry/County: Limerick -- [53] Barony: Kerrycurrihy/County: Cork -- [54] Barony: Kilculliheen/County: Waterford -- [55] Union: Killadysert/County: Clare -- [56] Union: Killala/County: Mayo -- [57] Union: Letterkenny/County: Donegal -- [58] Union: Limerick/County: Limerick -- [59] Union: Longford/County: Longford -- [60] Barony: Magunihy/County: Kerry -- [61] Unions: Mallow & Cork/County: Cork -- [62] Union: Manorhamilton/County: Leitrim -- [63] Union: Millford/County: Donegal -- [64] Union: Mountbellew/County: Galway -- [65] Union: Naas/County: Wicklow -- [66] Union: Navan/County: Meath -- [67] Union: Newport/County: Mayo -- [68] Union: Oldcastle/County: Meath -- [69] Barony: Upper Ormond/County: Tipperary, North Riding -- [70] Barony: Orrery & Kilmore/County: Cork -- [71] Union: Oughterard/ Counties: Galway & Mayo together with that portion of the Union of Ballinrobe in the County of Galway -- [72] Union: Portumna/County: Galway -- [73] Barony: Rathdown/County: Wicklow -- [74] Barony: Salt/County: Kildare -- [75] Barony: South Salt/County: Kildare -- [76] Union: Scarriff/Counties: Clare & Galway -- [77] Union: Shillelagh/County: Wicklow -- [78] Union: Stranorlar/County: Donegal -- [79] Union: Tobercurry/County: Sligo -- [80] Union: Trim/County: Meath -- [81] Barony: Trughanacmy/County: Kerry -- [82] Barony: Upperthird/County: Waterford -- [83] Union: Wexford/County: Wexford -- [84] Barony: Castleknock/County: Dublin -- [85] Barony: Balrothery, East/County: Dublin -- [86] Barony: Newcastle/County: Dublin -- [87] City of Dublin, North Dublin Union, Arran Quay Ward -- [88] City of Dublin, South Dublin Union, Fitzwilliam Ward -- [89] City of Dublin, North Dublin Union, Inns Quay Ward -- [90] City of Dublin, South Dublin Union, Mansion House Ward -- [91] City of Dublin, South Dublin Union, Merchants' Quay Ward -- [92] City of Dublin, North Dublin Union, Mountjoy Ward -- [93] City of Dublin, North Dublin Union, North Dock Ward -- [94] City of Dublin, North Dublin Union, North City Ward -- [95] City of Dublin, North Dublin Union, Rotundo Ward -- [96] City of Dublin, South Dublin Union, Royal Exchange Ward -- [97] City of Dublin, South Dublin Union, South City Ward -- [98] City of Dublin, South Dublin Union, South Dock Ward -- [99] City of Dublin, South Dublin Union, Trinity Ward -- [100] City of Dublin, South Dublin Union, Usher's Quay Ward -- [101] City of Dublin, South Dublin Union, Wood Quay Ward.

High nuclear genetic diversity, high levels of outcrossing and low differentiation among remnant populations of Quercus petraea at the margin of its range in Ireland

Background and Aims Quercus petraea colonized Ireland after the last glaciation from refugia on mainland Europe. Deforestation. however. beginning in Neolithic times, has resulted in small, scattered forest fragments, now covering less than 12 000 ha. Methods Plastid (three fragments) and microsatellite variation (13 loci) were characterized in seven Irish populations sampled along a north-south gradient. Using Bayesian approaches and Wright's F-statistics, the effects of colonization and fragmentation on the genetic structure and mating patterns of extant oak populations were investigated. Key-Results All Populations possessed cytotypes common to the Iberian Peninsula. Despite the distance from the refugial core and the extensive deforestation in Ireland, nuclear genetic variation was high and comparable to mainland Europe. Low population differentiation was observed within Ireland and populations showed no evidence for isolation by distance. As expected of a marker with an effective Population size of one-quarter relative to the nuclear genome, plastid variation indicated higher differentiation. Individual inbreeding coefficients indicated high levels of outcrossing. Conclusions Consistent with a large effective Population size in the historical migrant gene pool and/or with high gene flow among populations, high within-population diversity and low population differentiation was observred within Ireland. It is proposed that native Q. petraea populations in Ireland share a common phylogeographic history and that the present genetic structure does not reflect founder effects. (C) 2004 Annals of Botany Company.

Estimating additionality and leverage:between public and private sector equity finance in Ireland (2000 – 2002)

This paper aims to contribute to the debate about the role of the public sector in stimulating greater use of private sector equity for business start-up and growth in two ways. First, to examine the extent to which the provision of public sector equity finance enables individual firms to raise additional funds in the private sector market place. Second, to consider the methodological implications for an economic impact assessment of industrial policy interventions (especially those which include an equity component) at the level of the individual firm. We assess the extent to which there may be indirect positive effects (externalities) associated with public sector financial assistance to individual firms and if so how they distort standard evaluation methodologies designed to estimate the level of additionality of that support. The paper draws upon the results of a recent study of the impact of Enterprise Ireland (EI) financial assistance to indigenous Irish industry in the period 2000 to 2002. The paper demonstrates that a process of re-calibration is necessary in estimates of economic impact in order to account for these positive externalities and the result in this study was a ‘boost’ to additionality. In operational and conceptual terms, the study underlines the importance of the relationship between private and public sector sources of equity finance as an important dynamic in the attempt by industrial and regional policy to stimulate the number of firms with viable investment proposals accessing external equity finance.

The determinants of export performance:evidence for manufacturing plants in Ireland and Northern Ireland

The dramatic GDP and export growth of Ireland over the last decade forms a marked contrast with that of its nearest neighbour Northern Ireland. In Ireland, export volume growth averaged 15.5% p.a. from 1991 to 1999 compared with 6.3% from Northern Ireland. Using data on individual manufacturing plants this paper considers the determinants of export performance in the two areas. Larger, externally owned plants with higher skill levels are found to have the highest export propensities in both areas. Other influences (plant age, R&D, etc.) prove more strongly conditional on location, plant size, and ownership. Structural factors (e.g. ownership, industry) explain almost all of the difference in export propensity between larger plants in Northern Ireland and Ireland but only around one-third of that between smaller plants. Significant differences are also evident between plants in terms of their sources of new technology. For indigenously owned plants, inhouse R&D is important. For externally owned plants, R&D conducted elsewhere in the group - typically outside Ireland and Northern Ireland - proves more significant. This external dependency and lower than expected export propensity on the part of small plants in Northern Ireland represent significant policy challenges for the future.© 2006 Scottish Economic Society. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

An Investigation into Outsourcing Practice in Ireland:A New Direction in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Companies are increasingly focusing on the development of core competencies as an integral part of their overall strategy development and implementation. The corollary of this is that functions regarded as being non-core are being outsourced. This paper investigates the case for and against outsourcing and in addition what is happening in Ireland regards outsourcing. Furthermore to analysis of current literature in the field, an Irish-wide postal and e-mail survey, as well as three case studies revealed many interesting facts. The key findings of the work are manufacturing outsourcing is now the most popular function to be outsourced for both small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and large enterprises. Large enterprises (LEs) do not prepare or examine hidden costs more than SMEs, nor do they differ much in relation to the use of consultants. Furthermore, the importance of time spent on preparing or producing contract, and the impact the contract can have on the supplier-buyer relation do not differ significantly. It was found that most companies outsourced within Ireland, which led to further investigation in that area. In relation to logistics outsourcing specifically, this has become very important in the supply chain over the last 20 years as an activity that was traditionally handled by firms as a support function. At that time logistics activities such as warehousing, distribution, transportation and inventory management were given low priority compared with other business functions within the organisation. However, since the customer has become more demanding, the logistics function has now become a source of competitive advantage and there has been a growing emphasis on providing good customer service.

Integrated logistics and supply chain management:the state of practice in Ireland

The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland were provided with aid to offset locational disadvantages in the run up to the Single European Market. Since then the Republic has emerged as the fastest growing member of the E.U. Success has not been underpinned by the transport system, suggesting that business has had to overcome locational disadvantages by strong performance elsewhere in the supply chain. The evidence indicates that there are Irish firms operating supply chain management techniques at a truly international standard. The problem is that there are so few in that category Meeting Ireland’s competitiveness challenge means closing the gap between the small group of large and foreign-owned firms, which display excellence in SCM, and the larger group of indigenous small and medium size businesses, which do not.

Outsourcing in Ireland:a literature review, survey and case study perspective

This paper investigates what is happening in Ireland at the moment regards outsourcing. It looks into the literature review and the survey conducted. The research took place over a period of two years, initially as a literature review, and then the survey was conducted through the mediums of e-mail and the postal service. The survey analysis found that Ireland was the most likely place for Irish companies to outsource to, and that nearly 40 percent of the companies that have been surveyed have started on their latest outsourcing initiative since 2004. This indicates that outsourcing is still important on the Island on Ireland, and is important management strategy in terms of SCM (supply chain management). It further shows that Irish companies have confidence in the fact that outsourcing can help their companys’ in some way. The purpose of the literature review and the survey was to come up with an outsourcing roadmap for companies that are considering outsourcing. It builds on what is already in the literature to provide what is felt a comprehensive guide for companies that outsource.