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    • USI/RC Video Presentation Competition - Why Research Matters - 

      Tierney, Joe (Irish Research Council, 2019-03)
      The aim of this piece of work is to understand the motivations of older adventurers, specifically divers and hill walkers, to participate in their chosen activities. Is their participation led by a desire to keep fit or ...

    • Six go cocooning. 

      Tierney, Joe (Accessible Active Ageing, 2020-05-25)
      “Age is just a number” a familiar quote used by many including Joan Collins who suggested that; “age is just a number, unless you’re a good wine.” However, where the Corona virus is concerned the age 70 is when you must ...

    • Brand activation in thanatourism: a comparative study of the Bram Stoker Festival and the Whitby Goth Weekend 

      Golz, Luisa (Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)
      The life and work of Dubliner Bram Stoker influenced a niche tourism product popularly consumed today - gothic festivals. Gothic or “dark tourism” (thanatourism) festivals attract high spending tourists, usually in ...

    • The correlation between sustainable plastic adoption and business sustainability in the food packaging sector 

      Greene, Alina; Keenan Gaylard, Aisling; Brennan-Fournet, Margaret (Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)
      Ireland is producing the most plastic waste per person in Europe (Statista Research Department, 2021). Approximately 40 % of all plastic produced in Ireland goes to the food packaging sector (EESC, 2020). In order to ...

    • Dark Sky Eco Tourism Guide 

      Bollason, Kjartan; Elínardóttir, Magnea Lára; Lourenço, Clara; Bolger, Mark; Casoria, Luigi; Johnston, Tony; Kelly, Kathy (Dark Sky Ecotourism, 2023)
      The dark sky evokes basic human emotions and connects us all to the human story, of how we watch the dark sky, tell and create stories about the stars in the sky and beings in the dark With the deterioration of the ...

    • Older adventurers' motivations in Ireland - age is not a barrier (case study) 

      Tierney, Joe (CABI, 2023-05-09)
      The exponential ageing demographic has prompted governments and organisations such as the World Health Organisation (WHO) to seek innovative ways to promote healthy ageing (WHO, 2015). The recognition that physical ...