The political and legal environment In the aftermath of the credit crisis‚ governments and regulators are strengthening consumer protections and promoting the concept of responsible lending; new developments are being made with the customer’s interests in mind‚ ensuring that the customer is in control of their own finances‚. The Consumer Credit Act section 75 provides added protection to consumers‚ offered for transactions over £100. It is notable that higher earners‚ are among the financially savvy
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Does the media influence young women’s body image in Ireland? The department of Health estimates that 200‚000 people are affected by eating disorders every year in Ireland of which 80 people die as a result (www.dofc.ie). In a study on Irish girls 27.2% were found to exhibit clinical levels of bulimia‚ with 71.4% of Irish adolescents feel adversely affected by media portrayal of body weight and shape (www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com). Self-image was the number one factor that affects the mental health
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Certain animals had a mythological and totemic importance in early Ireland. Discuss. Animals‚ both domestic and wild‚ have long co-existed side by side with mankind‚ and there are very few people who do not feel affection towards one kind of an animal or another. The old saying that the dog is man’s best friend has much relevance today as in days gone by‚ but for generations animals where more than just friends and companions‚ as many of them played a central role in the rural economy of the
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The conflict in Northern Ireland is likely one of the most closely watched and hotly debated disputes of our time. Spanning now for over a century‚ what remains at the root of the conflict is unclear. Many theories have developed over time‚ yet no one theory seems to adequately describe the complex struggle. The conflict has been divided down many lines; ethnically between the British and the Irish‚ geographically‚ between the North and the South of Ireland‚ and religiously between Protestants and
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Business Project Topic: Apple Computers Introduction Apple Inc.‚ formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ is a multinational corporation that designs‚ manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices‚ personal computers‚ and portable digital music players‚ including a variety of related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ networking solutions‚ and third-party digital content and applications. Its most popular hardware products are the series of Mac computers‚ the iPod‚ the iPhone‚ and the
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The Boarding House A Socio-political Commentary on James Joyce’s Ireland “The Boarding House” is a typically oriented short story in the James Joyce style beginning with a recollection of the characters backgrounds. In this story‚ Mrs. Mooney escapes a troubled marriage from her drunk and abusive husband and opens a boarding house. Her son and daughter‚ Jack and Polly‚ work in the boarding house with her where she rules with a heavy hand and is referred to as ‘The Madam.’ As Joyce leads us
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conflict existed was no surprise‚ for political tensions had been high even before the beginning of the war‚ but the actual event itself may have been startling and generated much debate and change. Although the conflict in Europe and the conflict in Ireland are sometimes treated as very separate events‚ they were closely linked as pre-war tensions‚ wartime decisions‚ and changing attitudes affected the build-up of the Rising. At first‚ it seemed that World War One would bring about unity between conflicting
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“In Greece the banks didn’t sink the country. The country sank the banks”. Discuss this view. Which are the main differences between the Greek crisis and the crisis in Ireland and Portugal? The Greek crisis is basically a result of the inability of the government to balance the tax income with the public spending‚ to control effectively its expenditure and to enforce its tax collecting policies. The country has shown significant fiscal imbalances and at the same time‚ high levels of corruption
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on safety of water for consumption purposes. Thus‚ a situation can be envisaged where drilling and pump installation work‚ including civil works etc may be completed and paid for however‚ due to unsafe water quality‚ determined by a water quality analysis‚ all or part of a provisionally approved grant payment may not be issued. THE PROCEDURE Complete and submit an Application
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political economic development from the 1960s to 1990s saw an incremental growth of the nation’s economy based on foreign direct investments (FDI). Capitalising on a change of their political economy and their cultural ties to the United States‚ Ireland was capable of attracting large amounts of FDI‚ driving gross domestic product (GDP) level to a peak of almost 10% between 1995 and 2000 (Alfaro‚ Dev & McIntyre‚ 2010:1)‚ along with a decline in unemployment to 5% of the labor demography. Ireland’s
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