
Reflections on Advent 4-Part Blog Series: Mary, the Mother of Jesus.
In the last of my four-part reflection series for Advent focusing on Mary, the mother of Jesus, I consider the importance of remembering her historical

Reflections on Advent 4-Part Blog Series: Mary, the Mother of Jesus.
In the third of my four-part reflection series for Advent focusing on Mary, the mother of Jesus, I consider what Mary’s experience of birth may

Reflections on Advent 4-Part Blog Series: Mary, the Mother of Jesus
In the second of my four-part reflection series for Advent focusing on Mary, the mother of Jesus, I explore what is known about Mary’s journey

Reflections on Advent 4-Part Blog Series: Mary, the Mother of Jesus.
1: Aspects of Mary’s maternal experience, resilience, and faith  This Advent, I begin a four-part reflection series focusing on Mary, the mother of Jesus,

Shining a Light on Dark Personalities | Part Four: Pinpointing the Psychopath
Miriam King is currently a Lecturer in Psychology in Carlow College, St Patrick’s. Miriam’s research interests include dark personality traits, defence mechanisms, criminal psychology and

Shining a Light on Dark Personalities | Part Three: Meeting the Machiavellian
Miriam King is currently a Lecturer in Psychology in Carlow College, St Patrick’s. Miriam’s research interests include dark personality traits, defence mechanisms, criminal psychology and

Dr James Hoctor (University of Kent): ‘From PhD Researcher to Podcaster’
The idea of creating a podcast series was something I had being flirting with during my doctoral studies; however, this was curtailed by the realities

Nicole Burke (TCD): ‘Feminism, neoliberal discourse and the ‘care crisis’ in Ireland’
I fell in love with feminist theory during my time in Carlow College, St. Patrick’s when I took an elective called ‘Feminist Political Theory’ with

Judy Bolger (TCD): ‘A Hopeless Case’: Constructs of Early Twentieth-century Irish Impoverished Motherhood
In July 1907, Dublin mother Catherine Smith was ‘charged with grossly neglecting her four children, one of them an infant’ and she was subsequently sentenced