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Towards a Just Society
As part of the History Hub.ie podcast series Dr Ciara Meehan (UCD) discusses Fine Gael's Declan Costello and the reasons why he formulated his Just Society document in the mid 1960s.
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What actually happened at the founding meeting of the GAA?
In a podcast for the History Hub.ie podcast series Dr Paul Rouse (UCD) examines a key moment in the development of modern Ireland which took place in the billiards room of Lizzy Hayes' Commercial Hotel in Thurles, Co Tipperary on November 1st 1884 - the founding of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
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The Curse of the Irish Hospitals’ Sweepstake
Why did the Irish health service develop in the way that it did? How did small, local hospitals become so important? And was the policy focus misplaced on hospitals rather than on people’s health? In this paper Mary E. Daly argues that the Irish health service has been shaped by historical forces, some of which are now largely forgotten, even though their legacy is evident in today’s health service and in current policy debates.
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Illegal Abortion Cases in Twentieth-Century Ireland
A podcast of Professor Cara Delay's (Fulbright Fellow 2012-2013, UCD Humanities Institute) lecture - ‘'Noxious Things': Illegal Abortion Cases in Twentieth-Century Ireland’ at the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland seminar series.
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