Autumn 2026: Shaping the Future of Education in Ireland – A Contribution to the Conversation

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The Autumn 2026 issue of Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review contains 186 pages of articles, poetry and book reviews. Below is the table of contents.

• Editorial

Articles

• Special Issue on the National Convention on Education: Introduction | Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh
• Agenda for the Convention on Education
• The First National Education Convention (1993) |  John Walshe
• Reimagining Education in Ireland: The Genesis and Promise of the Convention on Education | Martin Hawkes
• Reimagining Education for the Age of Accelerations | Andreas Schleicher
• Education for Flourishing: Essential Aims, Unavoidable Tensions | Joseph Dunne
• Going Beyond Human-Capital-Led Education: Creating a World without War, Violence, and Deep Injustices | Kathleen Lynch
• Empathy Education in Formal and Non-Formal Education: Towards a New Horizon | Pat Dolan
• My Thoughts on the Unique Role of Process Drama to Connect, Inspire, and Motivate | Joanna Parkes
• Between Promise and Practice: A Critical Examination of the Irish Education System’s Response to the Climate and Biodiversity Crises | Anne M. Dolan
• Learning to Build an Authentic Life | Finbarr Bradley
• The Convention Should Consider the Creative Role of Languages in Irish Society and Education | Paul Gillespie
• Going Beyond the Language in Language Learning | Jacob Roantree
• An Ghaeilge in 2030: Machnamh Macánta agus Cinntí Cinniúnacha le Déanamh/The Irish Language in 2030 | Pádraig Mac Brádaigh
• Supporting Students for Life outside the Classroom | Sai Gujulla
• The Importance of Presence, Vision, Values, and Imagination Is Non-Negotiable | Bernie O’Connell
• Towards a More Inclusive System of Education in Ireland | David Leahy
• Custodians of a Living Tradition: Leadership Formation in Education | Jonathan Tiernan
• How Education at All Levels Should Best Address the Challenges of Building and Maintaining ‘Strong Links with Communities’ | Genevieve Wyeth

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Book Reviews 

• Joseph Dunne, What’s the Good of  Education? A Philosophy of Persons  in Practices | Philip McDonagh 
• Fergus O’Ferrall, County Longford  Explored | Stephen Collins
• Daisy Fancourt, Art Cure: The Science  of how the Arts Transform our Health | John O’Hagan

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