Industrial Relations Research Trust - News/Update

 

IRRT makes plans to extend Research Themes ‘bank’

IRRT appoints two academics to undertake Irish Productivity Centre project

Labour Court consults IRRT on Section 26(1) research project

IRRT due to announce its first annual lecture

 

IRRT makes plans to extend Research Themes ‘bank’

Having established an initial ‘bank’ of research themes and topics, the IRRT plans to invite a dialogue with researchers, potential supervisors and practitioners to extend the range and scope of its funding and research activities.

Labour Court consults IRRT on Section 26(1) research project

The Labour Court has asked the IRRT to initiate a piece of research on the nature, scope and outcomes of the annual volumes of Section 26(1) Recommendations which are issued by the Labour Court each year. The project will commence later in 2008.
 

IRRT appoints two academics to undertake Irish Productivity Centre research project
   

The Irish Productivity Centre commissioned the IRRT to undertake a research project on the origins and contribution of the IPC to the Irish Industrial Relations system (1963 - 2004).

Following the advertising of the project and discussions with interested academics, the IRRT appointed Dr. Gerard McHugh and Dr. Simon Boucher in a collaboration to undertake the research and prepare the history for publication.

The IRRT has asked Trustees, Liam Doherty and Martin King, and ICTU representative, Liam Berney, to oversee and facilitate the project.

 

 IPC Research Group
  Pictured from left to right at the inauguration of the IPC Research Project are: Mr. Liam Doherty (AskHR Limited), Dr. Gerard McHugh (Head of the Business School, TCD), Mr. Liam Berney (Industrial Officer ICTU), Ms. Mary Keating (IRRT Chair), and Dr. Simon Boucher (Irish Management Institute)

 

IRRT due to announce its first annual lecture

When the IRRT was established the Trustees decided that once the Research Scholarship Programme was up and running, the Trust would commence an annual lecture series. Arrangements for the first IRRT Annual Lecture are at an advanced stage for this to take place during 2008. Final arrangements will be advertised here/on this page, and in Industrial Relations News.