Introduction to the special ıssue: Contemporary ırish education

Abstract

This special issue is devoted to various aspects of education in the Republic of Ireland. We thank the general editors for the invitation to guest edit this special issue and for the opportunity to put this collection of papers together for the readership of IEJEE. All the papers assembled are based on very recently conducted research in Ireland and none have been published already. All the authors have tailored their papers for an international audience and throughout have sought to explain ‘local’ terms and contexts, a feature that was emphasised in the invitation to submit a paper for the special issue and a point that was noted by the peer reviewers in their feedback. As such we hope that the articles included here have relevance for the wider educational research community.