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A Study Of Learning In Youth Elite Footballers In Ireland, Andrew Myler
A Study Of Learning In Youth Elite Footballers In Ireland, Andrew Myler
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Elite youth soccer players in Ireland reach a significant point in their development when recruited to the national elite Under 19 (U19) League. At this point players have a two year period in which they aim to become proficient enough to earn a professional contract with their club of choice. They encounter a steep learning curve during this period in their sporting education with increased competition and additional physical and mental demands. This case study examines the type of learning that takes place within an U19 elite team, the learning theory driving the coaching practice and its influences on player …
Finishing Touches As Dit Opens Doors In Heart Of Dublin City, Joe Humphreys
Finishing Touches As Dit Opens Doors In Heart Of Dublin City, Joe Humphreys
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For all the engineering and design behind the €38 million first phase of the Grangegorman campus, which opens to DIT students on Monday, the first thing that meets the eye is a tree. “The architect James Mary O’Connor saw it and said ‘education started with someone teaching under a tree so we’ll keep that’,” explains Louis Gunnigan, team leader for engineering on the project. The solitary sycamore stands out in a landscape of grey, flanked by what used to be “the female house” of St Brendan’s hospital, the notorious asylum that once stood here. The building is now called Rathdown …
Sipr Environmental Monitoring Report 2, Grangegorman Development Agency
Sipr Environmental Monitoring Report 2, Grangegorman Development Agency
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As part of the Site Infrastructure and Public Realm Contract the GDA is required to publish Environmental Monitoring Reports on a regular basis. The second one has just be completed and is available below.
Grangegorman Sustainability Strategy, Grangegorman Development Agency
Grangegorman Sustainability Strategy, Grangegorman Development Agency
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This document defines the overall strategy to ensure that the development and more importantly the continual management of the Urban Quarter are guided by best practice sustainable policy. The strategy develops sustainability aims and outlines the strategy for the individual specific projects to collectively meet these aims. The GDA wishes to encourage innovation in the design solutions and to promote this, the strategy has been kept at a high level. The sustainability aims and relevant targets will be required to be met by design teams, stakeholders, occupants and facility managers of the Grangegorman Urban Quarter.
Sipr Environmental Monitoring Report 1, Grangegorman Development Agency
Sipr Environmental Monitoring Report 1, Grangegorman Development Agency
Publications
As part of the Site Infrastructure and Public Realm Contract the GDA is required to publish Environmental Monitoring Reports on a regular basis. The first one has just be completed and is available below.