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• 1.   "A Good Beating Never Hurt Anyone": The Punishment and Abuse of Children in Twentieth Century Ireland

  This article examines corporal punishment in Ireland, in policy and practice, from the 1930s to the 1980s

  

  Abstract:

  In recent years allegations have been made against the male and female religious orders that ran Irish industrial schools. These allegations range from sexual abuse to neglect of educational, training, and employment opportunities to malnutrition and starvation. One of the most common allegations relates to physical abuse and excessive corporal punishment. Media and popular accounts of more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Social History, Vol: 38 Page: 635-652 2005 Spring2005
  Moira J. Maguire; Sé Ó Cinnéide

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• 2.   Ireland's National Children's Strategy an inside outsider's view

  This article focused on the launching of Ireland's National Children's Strategy: Our Children--Their Lives

  

  Abstract:

  Focuses on the launching of Ireland's National Children's Strategy: Our Children--Their Lives. The growth in the Irish economy and accompanying changes in society have created opportunities and challenges for children. Social investment is seen by government as vital to continuing success and nowhere is that investment more important than in children. It is realistic to aspire to more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Children & Society, Vol: 15 Page: 118-121 2001
  John Pinkerton

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