Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 00:00
A very successful symposium was held on Friday 23rd January in relation to a forthcoming book Rethinking the Irish Welfare State: challenges and change, edited by Dr. Mary P. Murphy from the Department of Sociology, Maynooth University and Dr Mairead Considine and Dr Fiona Dukelow from University College Cork.
The authors of each chapter were present and were joined by leading academics in the relevant areas of welfare state reform to develop ideas and a deeper understanding of the nature and challenge of welfare state reform. The keynote speakers were Dr. Kevin Farnsworth and Dr Zoe Irving from the University of York, authors of the recent Social Policy in Challenging Times. They are pictured above with Dr. Mary Murphy (in the middle.)
