The following are among the projects I worked on in 2024.
I have an ongoing production editor role on the ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South) segment of Irish Studies in International Affairs, published by the Royal Irish Academy. This involves editing and proofreading papers and responses, and dealing with the authors and typesetter throughout the process. This year I also worked on some non-ARINS Irish Studies in International Affairs papers.
Year in Review 2023. National Gallery of Ireland [copyediting].
Corporate Plan. Tusla (The Child and Family Agency), Dublin [copyediting].
Business Plan. Tusla [copyediting].
Independent Productions Annual Report 2023. RTÉ, Dublin [copyediting].
Irish National ICU Audit: Annual Report 2022. National Office of Clinical Audit, Dublin [copyediting].
Accountability in Cyberspace: The Holy Grail of Cyber Stability? European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Brussels [copyediting]. I also copyedited an internal report for the EUISS, and a report on due diligence.
I also proofread a novel and a memoir, and edited material for University of Limerick academics.
The following are among the projects I worked on in 2023.
I have an ongoing production editor role on the ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South) segment of Irish Studies in International Affairs, published by the Royal Irish Academy. This involves editing and proofreading papers and responses, and dealing with the authors and typesetter throughout the process. This year I also worked on some non-ARINS Irish Studies in International Affairs papers.
El Furtivo by Harry Crosbie. Vicar Street Books, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading].
On an Equal footing with All: Ireland at the League of Nations, 1923–1946 by John Gibney, Michael Kennedy and Zoë Reid. Royal Irish Academy in partnership with National Archives, Dublin [proofreading].
The Consent-Ed Project Handbook. Tusla (The Child and Family Agency), Galway Rape Crisis Centre and Pavee Point [copyediting].
Annual Report. Tusla [copyediting].
Managing Exposure to Biological Agents in Laboratories. Health & Safety Authority, Dublin [copyediting].
Technical Paper on the Poverty Indicators for Social Inclusion in Ireland by Stefanie Sprong and Bertrand Maître. Department of Social Protection, Dublin [copyediting].
Thematic Report on Poverty and Social Inclusion Indicators by Stefanie Sprong and Bertrand Maître. Department of Social Protection [copyediting].
Lavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, Rule Breaker (book-length exhibition catalogue). National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin [copyediting].
Lavery on Location by Kenneth McConkey (book-length exhibition catalogue). National Gallery of Ireland [copyediting and proofreading].
Andy Warhol Three Times Out (book-length exhibition catalogue). Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading, also editing of display material for exhibition].
Annual Report 2022. RTÉ, Dublin [copyediting].
Independent Productions Annual Report 2022. RTÉ, Dublin [copyediting].
Year in Review 2022. National Gallery of Ireland [copyediting].
The book of the 'Closing the Gap 2022' conference, and a paper on the LACSNET Symposium. European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Brussels [copyediting]. I also copyedited papers on African confidence-building measures in cyberspace, and cyber intelligence and (inter)national security, and a policy brief on foreign information manipulation and interference in West Africa for EUISS.
SEA and Landscape Good Practice Guidance Note. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
Developing a Circular Textiles System for Ireland. EPA [copyediting].
Joint Position Paper: Nitrate & Nitrite in Drinking Water. EPA [copyediting].
Strategic Environmental Assessment Action Plan 2021–2025: Progress Update – December 2023. EPA [copyediting].
EPA and Health Service Executive (HSE): Joint Position Paper on Nitrate & Nitrite in Drinking Water 2023 [copyediting].
Measurement Code for the Floor Area of Buildings: The European Real Estate Area Label. Council of European Geodetic Surveyors, Paris [copyediting].
I copy-edited a good-practice guide on Strategic Environmental Assessments of tourism plans in Ireland for the EPA
I copy-edited a book on antisemitism for an Irish former politician.
I edited a paper on melanoidins and humic acids for a French researcher.
The following are among the projects I worked on in 2022.
I have an ongoing production editor role on the ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South) segment of Irish Studies in International Affairs, published by the Royal Irish Academy. This involves editing and proofreading papers and responses, and dealing with the authors and typesetter throughout the process.
Book of Uí Mhaine (Codices Hibernenses Eximii III), edited by Elizabeth Boyle and Ruairí Ó hUiginn. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Forever a Rock 'n' Roll Kid by Charlie McGettigan. Battlebridge Press, Co. Roscommon [copyediting].
Noraid and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1970–1994 by Robert Collins. Four Courts Press, Dublin [indexing].
Doing Research in Education: A Beginner’s Guide, edited by Declan Fahie and Shane D. Bergin. UCD Press, Dublin [indexing].
Independent Productions Annual Report 2021. RTÉ, Dublin [copyediting].
Innovation in Housing Services Case Studies: Lessons from Examples of Innovative Practice. Institute of Public Administration (IPA), Dublin [copyediting].
The Irish Department of Finance 1959–1999 by Ciarán Casey. IPA [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Fighting for the Clerical Grades: The Civil, Public and Services Union, 1922–2017 by Martin Maguire. IPA [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Good Practice Guidance Note on Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Water Sector. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
Guidance for Undertakings on the Application of the Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR19). EPA [copyediting].
EPA Strategic Plan 2022–2026. EPA [proofreading].
CONDOMINIUM ... as Seen by Surveyors. IG-PARLS – Interest Group of Publicly Appointed and Regulated Liberal Surveyors, Brussels [copyediting].
Exposure Draft—International Property Measurement Standards: All Buildings. International Property Measurement Standards Coalition [copyediting].
I wrote a document (Notes on Punctuation, Capitalisation, etc.) for use by EPA authors.
I edited a book for EU Cyber Direct and a book on digital sovereignty, and some shorter documents, published by the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Brussels.
China’s Digital Policies in Its New Era (report) by Rogier Creemers. EUISS [copyediting].
A major funding application by an Irish academic [copyediting].
I edited research papers and proofread a PhD thesis by University of Limerick academics.
I edited a paper on political ideology, moral foundations and technology acceptance for UCD academics.
I edited a book on Coney Island, Co. Sligo.
The following are among the projects I worked on in 2021.
I had a production editor role on Irish Studies in International Affairs, Volume 32, No. 1, published by the Royal Irish Academy. This involved editing and proofreading 20 papers (total ~141,500 words) and dealing with the authors and typesetter throughout the process, as well as arranging for the papers to be uploaded to JSTOR.
This Day in Irish History by Padraic Coffey. O'Brien Press, Dublin [copyediting].
Great Moments in Irish Sport. O'Brien Press [proofreading].
The Men and Women of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Delegations 1921, edited by Fiona Murray and Eda Sagarra. Laurelmount Press, Dublin [proofreading].
Scoping Study to Inform a General Population Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours on Sexual Health and Wellbeing and Crisis Pregnancy in Ireland by Kate Tierney and Caroline Kelleher. Health Service Executive, Dublin [copyediting].
A Year in Review: Annual Report & Group Financial Statements 2020. RTÉ, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading].
Independent Productions Annual Report 2020. RTÉ [substantive editing and copyediting].
City and County Management in Ireland, 1929–2020, edited by Richard Boyle and Fergal O’Leary. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading].
Housing in Ireland: Beyond the Markets, edited by Lorcan Sirr. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Water Governance in Ireland – Towards the Third-Cycle River Basin Management Plan, 2022–2027. Proceedings of Workshops with Key Stakeholders, May 2021. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting].
Our Brains at War: The Neuroscience of Conflict and Peacebuilding by Mari Fitzduff. Oxford University Press, New York [indexing].
Our Dear Dark Mountain with the Sky Over It: The James Whiteside Collection by Seán McIlwain [copyediting].
An Fóram Uisce (The Water Forum) as an Example of Stakeholder Engagement in Governance. Report prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency
by the Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting].
Case Studies on Local Catchment Groups in Ireland, 2018–2020. Report prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency
by the Institute of Public Administration [copyediting].
Code of Practice: Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Population Equivalent ≤ 10) (revised version). Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
National Hazardous Waste Management Plan 2021–2027. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Language Scheme 2021–2024 under Section 15 of the Official Languages Act, 2003. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Best Practice Guidelines for the Preparation of Resource & Waste Management Plans for Construction & Demolition Projects. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
National Inspection Plan for Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems 2022–2026. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
National Inspection Plan for Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems 2022–2026: Public Consultation Response Document. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Good Practice Guidance on SEA Screening. Environmental Protection Agency [proofreading].
Measured Surveys of Land. SCSI Guidance Note. Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, Dublin [copyediting].
Measured Surveys of Buildings. SCSI Guidance Note. Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland [copyediting].
Measured Surveys of Underground Utilities. SCSI Guidance Note. Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland [copyediting].
'Use of a preparation based on zinc, carnosine and Macrocystis pyrifera in the treatment of gastric disorders due to Helicobacter pylori: a case series' (Martino) and 'Effect of natural fermentation on the physicochemical, functional and sensory properties of orange-fleshed swееt potato (Ipomea batatas L.) flour and glutеn-frее brеad' (Shumba et al.): papers for Nutrafood journal (Milan) [copyediting].
Annual Report. General Practice & Public Health Research Group, University of Limerick [copyediting].
Public and Patient Involvement Research Unit: Vision and Business Plan. University of Limerick [copyediting].
I edited blog posts and interviews for the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Brussels.
Quiet Conversations: Observations from a Decade of Practice in Cyber-Related Track 1.5 and Track 2 Diplomacy by Camino Kavanagh, Madeline Carr and Nils Berglund. EUISS [copyediting].
Research Prioritisation in Migrant Health: Towards a Participatory, Arts-Based Paradigm. A Joint Report of the University of Limerick PART-IM research cluster and Doras [copyediting].
I edited a journal paper and a policy brief for University of Limerick academics.
I edited a paper bound for Journal of Consumer Behavior for UCD academics.
I edited a memoir by someone who has been very prominent in international agribusiness.
The following are among the projects I completed in 2020.
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: Volume XII, 1961–1965, edited by Michael Kennedy, Eunan O’Halpin and Bernadette Whelan [a 1028-page volume]. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading].
How Linguistics Can Help the Historian (booklet) by Anthony Harvey. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting and proofreading].
'EU–US cybersecurity policy coming together: Recommendations for instruments to accomplish joint strategic goals' by Julia Schuetze [a 47,000-word paper]. European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Brussels [copyediting].
'Japan’s cybersecurity policy: An Introduction' by Julia Schuetze. EUISS [copyediting].
23 factsheets on high-profile cyberattacks. EUISS [copyediting].
I copyedited website copy and various short documents for the EUISS.
Our Brains at War: The Neuroscience of Conflict and Peacebuilding by Mari Fitzduff. Oxford University Press, New York (I worked for the author) [copyediting].
Annual Report 2019. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin [copyediting].
The Year in Review 2019. National Gallery of Ireland [copyediting].
Liability Insurance: MD-01 (textbook). Insurance Institute of Ireland, Dublin [copyediting and plain-language editing].
Commercial Property and Business Interruption Insurance: MD-06 (textbook). Insurance Institute of Ireland [copyediting and plain-language editing].
Review of the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme by Conor O’Toole and Rachel Slaymaker. Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Minimum Wage Policy in Ireland by Paul Redmond (Budget Perspectives 2021 paper). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Who Can Work from Home in Ireland? by Paul Redmond and Seamus McGuinness (Survey and Statistical Report Series 87). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Public Expectations for Lifting Covid-19 Restrictions by Cameron Belton et al. (Survey and Statistical Report Series 88). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Managing Mass Unemployment Flows during the Covid-19 Health Pandemic by Seamus McGuinness and Elish Kelly (Survey and Statistical Report Series 95). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2019: Ireland by Anne Sheridan (book-length report) (Survey and Statistical Report Series 102). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Evaluation of SICAP Pre-employment Supports by Adele Whelan et al. (Research Series 109). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
How Does Irish Healthcare Expenditure Compare Internationally? by Maev-Ann Wren and Aoife Fitzpatrick (Research Series 114). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Annual Report and Accounts. Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, London [proofreading].
Good Practice Guidance on Cumulative Effects Assessment in Strategic Environmental Assessment. Prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, by Levett–Therivel sustainability consultants, Oxford [copyediting].
Mapping of Research and Evidence Entities in UNICEF’s Regions (report). OTT Consulting, Lima, Peru [copyediting].
Code of Practice: Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Population Equivalent ≤ 10). Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Code of Practice: Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Population Equivalent ≤ 10). Public Consultation Response Document. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Preventing Waste, Driving the Circular Economy: Ireland’s National Waste Prevention Programme, Annual Report 2019. Environmental Protection Agency [proofreading].
Review of the Intercalibration Programme – Stakeholder Report. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
SEA Action Plan 2021−2025. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Action Plan 2018–2020: Progress Update (December 2020). Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Best Practice Note on Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Energy Sector. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
National Prevalence Study: Do the Findings from the Greentown Study of Children’s Involvement in a Criminal Network (2015) Extend Beyond Greentown? by C. Naughton and S. Redmond. University of Limerick [copyediting].
Lifting the Lid on Redtown: A Replication Case Study, Which Investigates the Contribution of Engagement in a Local Criminal Network to Young People’s More Serious and Persistent Offending Patterns by C. Naughton, S. Redmond and E. O’Meara Daly. University of Limerick [copyediting].
Lifting the Lid on Bluetown: A Replication Case Study, Which Investigates the Contribution of Engagement in a Local Criminal Network to Young People’s More Serious and Persistent Offending Patterns by E. O’Meara Daly, S. Redmond and C. Naughton. University of Limerick [copyediting].
Annual Report AY18–19, Medical Education Liaison Group. University of Limerick [copyediting].
Public & Patient Involvement Research Unit Review. School of Medicine, University of Limerick [copyediting].
Migrants’ Involvement in Health Decision-Making in the WHO European Region: Phase I Policy Analysis by Mamobo Ogoro and Anne MacFarlane.
University of Limerick [copyediting].
'General practice and the community: Research on health service, quality improvements and training' by Anne MacFarlane (journal paper).
University of Limerick [copyediting].
‘If relevant, yes; if not, no’: General practitioner (GP) users and GP perceptions about asking ethnicity questions in Irish general practice: A qualitative analysis using Normalization Process Theory' by Maria Roura et al. (journal paper). University of Limerick [copyediting].
Management of Materials Arising from Roadworks: Guidance Document for the Local Authority Sector. Southern Waste Region, Limerick [copyediting].
I edited materials for the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO), Clonmel.
I edited a memoir on working in the Antarctic in the 1950s and 1960s for the author.
I copyedited a paper on sugar-sweetened beverage taxes for a UCD academic.
I copyedited a paper on people's preferences for AI versus human decision-making for two UCD academics.
I copyedited a paper on consumer resistance to autonomous vehicles for UCD and international academics.
I copyedited a short self-published book about deer in Ireland.
I proofread an 85,000-word thesis on psychotherapy with asylum seekers.
I edited a paper on migrant health and language barriers for an academic based in Sweden.
I proofread a publisher's website.
The following are among the projects I completed in 2019.
Divesting from Fossil Fuels, Investing in Our Future: A Toolkit for Cities. C40 Cities, London [proofreading].
Modern Management: Theory and Practice for Students in Ireland (5th ed.) by Siobhán Tiernan and Michael J. Morley. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Irish Probation Journal. Institute of Public Administration, for the Probation Service [Republic of Ireland] and the Probation Board for Northern Ireland [for the tenth time, I did all the copyediting and proofreading on this annual book-length journal; I also dealt with authors, typesetter, and representatives of the commissioning organizations].
Place-Based Leadership Development for Intersectoral Urban Violence Prevention: The Cases of Nakuru and Naivasha, Kenya by Laura Knight, Valentina Lugli, Kath Cahalin and Dan Moloney. Dignity (Danish Institute Against Torture), Copenhagen [copyediting and proofreading].
Ireland’s Greening of the World by Seth Linder. O'Brien Press and Tourism Ireland, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading].
Causeway Coast by Seth Linder. O'Brien Press [copyediting and proofreading] (to be published in 2020).
Children's Books Catalogue. O'Brien Press [proofreading].
Insurance and Business Law: MD-01 (textbook). Insurance Institute of Ireland, Dublin [copyediting and plain-language editing].
Insurance Business Environment: MDI-02 (textbook). Insurance Institute of Ireland [copyediting and plain-language editing].
Motor Insurance: MDI-04 (textbook). Insurance Institute of Ireland [copyediting and plain-language editing].
World of Graphics by William Nolan and Patrick Sugrue (Junior Cycle Technical Graphics textbook and workbook). Educate.ie, Dublin [proofreading].
Brokering the Good Friday Agreement: the Untold Story by Mary E. Daly (ed.). Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [copyediting].
I copyedited three papers for Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy ('Anonymity, Irish women’s writing, and a tale of contested authorship: Blue stocking hall (1827); Tales of my time (1829)' by Angela Byrne; ‘Badge of servitude’? The Irish at England’s inns of court' by Colum Kenny; 'Early Bronze Age axe-ingots from Brittany: evidence for connections with South-West Ireland?' by Henri Gandois et al.).
Code of Practice on the Application of the Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR19) in Dentistry 2019. Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
Good Practice Note on Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Waste Sector by Levett-Therivel Sustainability Consultants. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Compliance and Enforcement Policy. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Annual Review 2019. Climate Change Advisory Council, Dublin [substantive editing and copyediting].
The Impact of a Change in the National Minimum Wage on the Distribution of Hourly Wages and Household Income in Ireland by Paul Redmond, Karina Doorley and Seamus McGuinness. Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2018: Ireland by Anne Sheridan (book-length report). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Data for Monitoring Integration: Gaps, Challenges and Opportunities by Éamonn Fahey, Emma Quinn and Frances McGinnity. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Gender, Pensions and Income in Retirement by Anne Nolan, Adele Whelan, Seamus McGuinness and Bertrand Maître. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Safeguarding Amateur Athletes: An Examination of Player Welfare among Senior Inter-County Gaelic Players by Elish Kelly, Conor Keegan and Brendan Walsh. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
ESRI Research Strategy 2019–2023. ESRI [copyediting and proofreading].
ESRI Review of Research 2018. ESRI [copyediting and proofreading].
Carbon Taxes and Compensation Options by Maxime Bercholz and Barra Roantree (Budget Perspectives 2020 paper). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
The Economic and Distributional Impacts of an Increased Carbon Tax with Different Revenue Recycling Schemes by Kelly de Bruin, Eoin Monaghan and Aykut Mert Yakut. ESRI [proofreading].
The Impacts of Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Increasing Carbon Tax in Ireland by Kelly de Bruin, Eoin Monaghan and Aykut Mert Yakut. ESRI [proofreading].
Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Irish Economy: An Analysis of Regional Labour Impacts by Kelly de Bruin, Martina Lawless, Eoin Monaghan and Aykut Mert Yakut. ESRI [proofreading].
Assessing the Distributional Impact of Budgetary Policy: The Role of Benchmarks and Indexation by Tim Callan, Claire Keane and Mark Regan (Budget Perspectives 2020 paper). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Geographic Profile of Healthcare Needs and Non-acute Healthcare Supply in Ireland by Samantha Smith et al. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Technical Documentation of I3E Model (versions 1 and 2) by Kelly de Bruin and Aykut Mert Yakut. ESRI [copyediting].
Evaluation of the Bail Supervision Scheme for Children (Pilot Scheme) by Catherine Naughton, Sean Redmond and Barry Coonan. Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Dublin [copyediting].
Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland [copyediting].
Annual Report 2018. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading].
I copyedited a paper on the compensation of salespeople for a UCD academic.
I copyedited papers for University of Limerick academics on (1) the implementation of community participation in primary healthcare, (2) a participatory implementation research project to improve clinical primary care for migrants in Ireland, (3) the impact of co-learning in a participatory implementation research project, (4) healthcare needs and healthcare access of Syrian Refugees, Roma and People Seeking International Protection in South East Community Healthcare and (5) participatory implementation research in the field of migrant health.
I proofread a thesis on stress among palliative care workers.
The following are among the projects I completed in 2018.
Irish Parliamentarians: Deputies and Senators 1918–2018 by Anthony White. Institute of Public Administration [copyediting and proofreading; dealing with author and typesetter; input into design]. This is a major reference work comprising short biographies of 1,870 Irish parliamentarians, on which I worked over a period of several years.
Envoy Extraordinary: Professor Smiddy of Cork by Eda Sagarra. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Irish Probation Journal. Institute of Public Administration, for the Probation Service [Republic of Ireland] and the Probation Board for Northern Ireland [for the ninth time, I did all the copyediting and proofreading on this annual book-length journal; I also dealt with authors, typesetter, and representatives of the commissioning organizations].
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: Volume XI, 1957–1961, edited by Michael Kennedy, Dermot Keogh, Eunan O’Halpin, Kate O’Malley and Bernadette Whelan [a 920-page volume]. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading].
Codices Hibernenses Eximii 2: The Book of Ballymote (conference volume). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Royal Irish Academy Recommendations Report: Future-Proofing and Improving Research Infrastructures in Ireland. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
The Social Sciences and the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Disciplines in Ireland. Expert Statement: Royal Irish Academy Social Sciences Committee. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
I copyedited a paper for Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy ('Francis Bacon and policy-making in Ireland under Elizabeth and James' by Hiram Morgan).
Belfast Walks by Seth Linder. O'Brien Press, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and overseeing the production of 26 maps].
The Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments by Edgar Morgenroth, Martin Murphy and Kyle Moore. Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Playing Senior Inter-County Gaelic Games: Experiences, Realities and Consequences by Elish Kelly, Joanne Banks, Seamus McGuinness and Dorothy Watson (book-length report). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2017: Ireland by Anne Sheridan (book-length report). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
ESRI Review of Research 2017. ESRI [copyediting and formatting].
Profiling Barriers to Social Inclusion in Ireland: The Relative Roles of Individual Characteristics and Location by Seamus McGuinness, Adele Whelan, Adele Bergin and Judith Delaney. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Intermediate Goods Inputs and the UK Content of Irish Goods Exports by Martina Lawless. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Measuring Contingent Employment in Ireland by Seamus McGuinness,Adele Bergin, Claire Keane and Judith Delaney. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Lone-Parent Incomes and Work Incentives by Mark Regan, Claire Keane and John R. Walsh (Budget Perspectives 2019 paper). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Income Growth and Income Distribution: A Long-Run View of Irish Experience by Tim Callan, Maxime Bercholz and John R. Walsh (Budget Perspectives 2019 paper). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Using Behavioural Experiments to Pre-test Policy by Pete Lunn and Deirdre Robertson (Budget Perspectives 2019 paper). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Valuing Community Development through the Social Inclusion Programme (SICAP) 2015–2017: Towards a Framework for Evaluation by Adele Whelan, Seamus McGuinness and Judith Delaney. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
The Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing the Irish Carbon Tax by Kelly de Bruin and Aykut Mert Yakut. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
An Initial Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Intreo Activation Reforms by Elish Kelly, Seamus McGuinness, Paul Redmond, Michael Savage and John R. Walsh. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Approaches to Unaccompanied Minors Following Status Determination in Ireland by Sarah Groarke and Samantha Arnold. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Our Tangled Speech (collection of essays) by Aodán Mac Póilín. Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast [copyediting].
Water Quality in 2016: An Indicators Report. Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
Towards a Resource Efficient Ireland (Ireland’s National Waste Prevention Programme Annual Report for 2017). Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Water Quality in 2017: An Indicators Report. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems 2017. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Annual Report of the Health Research Institute, University of Limerick [copyediting].
Report of HSE Working Group to Develop a Model for the Implementation of Trained Interpreters in The Irish Healthcare System by Professor Anne MacFarlane on behalf of the Working Group, University of Limerick [proofreading].
Improving the Measurement of Effectiveness in the Irish Youth Justice System: Final Report by John Reddy and Dr Sean Redmond. Research Evidence into Policy, Programmes and Practice (REPPP) Project, University of Limerick [copyediting].
I edited several papers on migrant health and Participatory Learning and Action methodology and an award application for University of Limerick academics.
I edited a book chapter on new product development strategies for a UCD academic.
I edited a detailed report for a charity worker based in Africa.
Accidental Rebel by Pat Falvey (self-published) [copyediting].
The following are among the projects I completed in 2017.
Living the Dream by Daniel O'Donnell with Eddie Rowley. O'Brien Press, Dublin [editing and proofreading].
The Great Cover-Up: The Truth About the Death of Michael Collins by Gerard Murphy. Collins Press, Cork [editing].
Towards the Era of Lifelong Learning: A History of Irish Education, 1800–2016 by John Coolahan. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
No Artificial Limits: Ireland’s Regional Technical Colleges by Richard Thorn. Institute of Public Administration [proofreading].
Irish Probation Journal. Institute of Public Administration, for the Probation Service [Republic of Ireland] and the Probation Board for Northern Ireland [for the eighth time, I did all the copyediting and proofreading on this annual book-length journal; I also dealt with authors, typesetter, and representatives of the commissioning organizations].
Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2016: Ireland by Anne Sheridan (book-length report). Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
An Examination of Early Retirement in Ireland Before and After the Great Recession by Elish Kelly et al. ESRI [copyediting and formatting].
Centenary: Ireland Remembers 1916. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Sunningdale: The Search for Peace in Northern Ireland by Noel Dorr. Royal Irish Academy [indexing].
Debating Austerity in Ireland: Crisis, Experience and Recovery (Emma Heffernan, Niamh Moore-Cherry and John McHale, eds). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Ethics and Commemoration (report). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Doing Transdisciplinary Research: Lessons from the Front Line. A Future Earth Ireland Workshop. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Leaders in Irish Higher Education Address by Tom Boland. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Archaeology 2025: Ireland's Strategy. Royal Irish Academy [proofreading].
Real Maths 1 and Real Maths 2 (Leaving Certificate Foundation Level textbooks). Educate.ie [copyediting and proofreading]. (This was a major project that took up much of my time in the first eight months of the year.)
Final Report of the Climate Change Advisory Council. Climate Change Advisory Council, Dublin [copyediting].
Financial Provision for Environmental Liabilities: Practical Guide by European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL). Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
Water Quality in Ireland 2010–2015 by A. Fanning et al. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Farm Hazardous Waste Collections 2013 to 2016 by Jane Brogan. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Report on the Feasibility of Developing a Tool to Assess the Conditions for Implementation of Trained Interpreters in Healthcare Consultations by Anne McFarlane. University of Limerick [copyediting and formatting].
Report on the HSE Working Group to Develop a Model for the Implementation of Trained Interpreters in the Irish Healthcare System by Anne McFarlane. University of Limerick [copyediting and formatting].
I proofread a PhD thesis on corporate social responsibility.
I edited a paper on Participatory Learning and Action research techniques for academics at the University of Limerick, and a marketing paper for academics at University College Dublin.
I took part in a Creative Clinic, organized by the Irish Writers Centre, in Cavan town, where I advised six writers in one-to-one sessions.
The following are among the projects I completed in 2016.
Tests for English-language courses. Developed by Dataflow International (Dublin) for a major Cambridge University Press project [writing].
Quinntessential Feargal by Feargal Quinn. O'Brien Press, Dublin [editing and proofreading].
The Heart & Soul of Kerry Football by Weeshie Fogarty. O'Brien Press [developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
All in the Food: 75 Years of Cathal Brugha Street – Celebrating Irish Culinary Excellence. O'Brien Press [proofreading].
Feed Your Child Well by Therese Dunne, Phyllis Farrell and Valerie Kelly. O'Brien Press [indexing].
Irish Probation Journal. Institute of Public Administration, for the Probation Service [Republic of Ireland] and the Probation Board for Northern Ireland [for the seventh time, I did all the copyediting and proofreading on this annual book-sized journal; I also dealt with authors, typesetter, and representatives of the commissioning organizations].
Inside the Monkey House: My Time as an Irish Prison Officer by John Cuffe. Collins Press, Cork [developmental editing and copyediting].
Unearthed: Impacts of the Tellus Surveys of the North of Ireland. A major multi-author work on geophysical and geochemical sampling surveys in Northern Ireland and the border counties of the Republic. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [editing, proofreading and indexing].
Human Rights and Interpreting: the Irish Legal System. International Translation Day, 30 September 2015. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Advice Paper on the Sustainability of the Northern Ireland Higher Education System. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Proceedings of the ‘How Should We Commemorate the Post-1916 Period during the Decade of Centenaries on a North/South Basis?’ Roundtable. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
The UK and Ireland: The UK’s Referendum on EU Membership. The Implications for UK–Ireland Relations (notes on a roundtable). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
The UK and Ireland: The UK’s Referendum on EU Membership. The Implications for Northern Ireland’s Higher Education System (notes on a roundtable). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Northern Ireland at the Edge: What’s Next after Brexit? Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Response to the consultation by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment on the Draft Junior Cycle Philosophy course. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Reviewing Constitutions: The Role of Constitutional Conventions (report). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Constitutions, Referendums and the Family (report). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
The Idea of a Republic: Freedom and Politics (report). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Digital Citizenship (report). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Towards a Magna Carta for Data by Barry O'Sullivan. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Documents related to 'Enfranchising Ireland? Identity, citizenship and state' conference (abstracts etc.). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Re-examining Irish Nationalism in Ulster Conference Proceedings. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Energy Storage in Electricity Grids (workshop report). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Seven papers for a special edition of the journal Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
First Report of the Climate Change Advisory Council. Climate Change Advisory Council [copyediting].
Irish Wetland Types: An Identification Guide and Field Survey Manual by Irish Ramsar Wetlands Committee. Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
Annual Report and Accounts 2015. Environmental Protection Agency [proofreading].
Draft Revised Guidelines on the Information to Be Contained in Environmental Impact Assessment Reports. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
I edited a book on Alfred the Great for a French-Canadian academic.
I edited a report on migrants and healthcare, a paper on World Cafés, a report on dementia care in Ireland, and a paper on interdisciplinary team working for academics at the University of Limerick.
I edited a report on the use of polypropylene in implants for the Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials, Galway.
I edited a database of published resources for the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology at NUI Galway.
I edited a paper on sustainability orientation and one on of socially responsible procurement practices for submission to marketing journals.
I edited a paper on reactions to the 'Great Recession' in Ireland that will be published in Journal of Consumer Research.
I edited a paper for submission to Corporate Communications journal.
I edited a paper on artificial intelligence and facial expression recognition for UCD and international academics.
I proofread legal documents for a Dublin law firm.
I proofread a thesis on ageing on rural China.
The following are among the projects I completed in 2015.
Instructional-video scripts. Skillsoft, Dublin [writing].
Tests for English-language courses. Developed by Dataflow International (Dublin) for Cambridge University Press [writing].
16 Lives: Thomas Kent by Meda Ryan. O'Brien Press, Dublin [developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Six Nations, Two Stories by Kate Rowan and Peter O'Reilly. O'Brien Press [copyediting and proofreading].
Final Report. Working Group to Report to Government on Improvements to the Protection Process, including Direct Provision and Supports to Asylum Seekers, Dublin [copyediting].
Irish Higher Education: A Comparative Perspective by Patrick Clancy. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
The Belfast Blitz: The City in the War Years by Brian Barton. Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast [copyediting and indexing].
Codices Hibernenses Eximii 1: Lebor na hUidre (conference volume). Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [copyediting and indexing].
Royal Irish Academy submission to the Culture 2025 consultation [copyediting].
Submission by the Royal Irish Academy to the Cassells Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education [copyediting].
‘A Dialogue on the Future Funding of Higher Education in Ireland’ forum. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
A series of short papers on ethics. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
The 2015 Royal Irish Academy ‘Leaders in Higher Education Address’ by Professor Louise Richardson [copyediting].
The Potential of Irish Grassland Soils to Sequester Atmospheric Carbon (short paper). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
International Delegates' Report. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Report on Farm Hazardous Waste Collections 2014. Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
Ireland’s Pollutant Release & Transfer Register – 2013. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Annual Report and Accounts 2014. Environmental Protection Agency [proofreading].
Waste Management Plan 2015–2021 [three book-sized documents]. Southern Waste Region, Eastern-Midlands Waste Region and Connacht Ulster Waste Region, Ireland [copyediting].
Regional Waste Management Plans: SEA and AA Screening Amendments Report. Southern Waste Region, Eastern-Midlands Waste Region and Connacht Ulster Waste Region [copyediting].
Southern Region: SEA Statement. Southern Waste Region [copyediting].
The Legacy of Strabane District Council 1973–2015: Out of Adversity Came a New Dawn. Derry City and Strabane District Council [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Numerous papers for the journals Annales Geophysicae, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Biogeosciences, Earth System Science and Data, Geoscientific Model Development and Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. Copernicus Publications, Göttingen [copyediting].
A paper on community involvement in primary healthcare, a paper on academia–industry collaboration networks, a paper on a care-ethical approach to management education, and a report and questionnaire on migrants' health, for researchers at the University of Limerick [copyediting].
A paper on involving people with stroke and aphasia in research, for researchers at NUI Galway [copyediting].
Three scientific papers and a research proposal for the Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials, Galway [copyediting].
A PhD thesis on an action research investigation of a childcare project [proofreading].
A PhD thesis on psychoanalytic perspectives on suicide [proofreading].
The following are among the projects I completed in 2014.
Renting in Ireland: The Social, Voluntary and Private Rented Sectors by Lorcan Sirr (ed.). Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Irish Agriculture Nationalised: The Dairy Disposal Company and the Making of the Modern Irish Dairy Industry by Micheál Ó Fathartaigh. Institute of Public Administration [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Irish Probation Journal. Institute of Public Administration, for the Probation Service [Republic of Ireland] and the Probation Board for Northern Ireland [for the sixth year in a row I did all the copyediting and proofreading on this annual book-sized journal; I also dealt with authors, typesetter, and representatives of the commissioning organizations].
Abercorn: The Hamiltons of Barons Court by William Roulston. Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast [copyediting].
Transformation by Fire: The Archaeology of Cremation in Cultural Context by Ian Kuijt, Colin P. Quinn and Gabriel Cooney (eds). University of Arizona Press, Tucson [indexing].
Spatial Justice and the Irish Crisis by Gerry Kearns, David Meredith and John Morrissey (eds). Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Choosing Content Management Technologies [short report] Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Metadata Guidelines [report]. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Response to the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Our News [newsletter]. Royal Irish Academy [proofreading].
The Royal Irish Academy’s submission to th
I have an ongoing production editor role on the ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South) segment of Irish Studies in International Affairs, published by the Royal Irish Academy. This involves editing and proofreading papers and responses, and dealing with the authors and typesetter throughout the process. This year I also worked on some non-ARINS Irish Studies in International Affairs papers.
Year in Review 2023. National Gallery of Ireland [copyediting].
Corporate Plan. Tusla (The Child and Family Agency), Dublin [copyediting].
Business Plan. Tusla [copyediting].
Independent Productions Annual Report 2023. RTÉ, Dublin [copyediting].
Irish National ICU Audit: Annual Report 2022. National Office of Clinical Audit, Dublin [copyediting].
Accountability in Cyberspace: The Holy Grail of Cyber Stability? European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Brussels [copyediting]. I also copyedited an internal report for the EUISS, and a report on due diligence.
I also proofread a novel and a memoir, and edited material for University of Limerick academics.
The following are among the projects I worked on in 2023.
I have an ongoing production editor role on the ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South) segment of Irish Studies in International Affairs, published by the Royal Irish Academy. This involves editing and proofreading papers and responses, and dealing with the authors and typesetter throughout the process. This year I also worked on some non-ARINS Irish Studies in International Affairs papers.
El Furtivo by Harry Crosbie. Vicar Street Books, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading].
On an Equal footing with All: Ireland at the League of Nations, 1923–1946 by John Gibney, Michael Kennedy and Zoë Reid. Royal Irish Academy in partnership with National Archives, Dublin [proofreading].
The Consent-Ed Project Handbook. Tusla (The Child and Family Agency), Galway Rape Crisis Centre and Pavee Point [copyediting].
Annual Report. Tusla [copyediting].
Managing Exposure to Biological Agents in Laboratories. Health & Safety Authority, Dublin [copyediting].
Technical Paper on the Poverty Indicators for Social Inclusion in Ireland by Stefanie Sprong and Bertrand Maître. Department of Social Protection, Dublin [copyediting].
Thematic Report on Poverty and Social Inclusion Indicators by Stefanie Sprong and Bertrand Maître. Department of Social Protection [copyediting].
Lavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, Rule Breaker (book-length exhibition catalogue). National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin [copyediting].
Lavery on Location by Kenneth McConkey (book-length exhibition catalogue). National Gallery of Ireland [copyediting and proofreading].
Andy Warhol Three Times Out (book-length exhibition catalogue). Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading, also editing of display material for exhibition].
Annual Report 2022. RTÉ, Dublin [copyediting].
Independent Productions Annual Report 2022. RTÉ, Dublin [copyediting].
Year in Review 2022. National Gallery of Ireland [copyediting].
The book of the 'Closing the Gap 2022' conference, and a paper on the LACSNET Symposium. European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Brussels [copyediting]. I also copyedited papers on African confidence-building measures in cyberspace, and cyber intelligence and (inter)national security, and a policy brief on foreign information manipulation and interference in West Africa for EUISS.
SEA and Landscape Good Practice Guidance Note. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
Developing a Circular Textiles System for Ireland. EPA [copyediting].
Joint Position Paper: Nitrate & Nitrite in Drinking Water. EPA [copyediting].
Strategic Environmental Assessment Action Plan 2021–2025: Progress Update – December 2023. EPA [copyediting].
EPA and Health Service Executive (HSE): Joint Position Paper on Nitrate & Nitrite in Drinking Water 2023 [copyediting].
Measurement Code for the Floor Area of Buildings: The European Real Estate Area Label. Council of European Geodetic Surveyors, Paris [copyediting].
I copy-edited a good-practice guide on Strategic Environmental Assessments of tourism plans in Ireland for the EPA
I copy-edited a book on antisemitism for an Irish former politician.
I edited a paper on melanoidins and humic acids for a French researcher.
The following are among the projects I worked on in 2022.
I have an ongoing production editor role on the ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South) segment of Irish Studies in International Affairs, published by the Royal Irish Academy. This involves editing and proofreading papers and responses, and dealing with the authors and typesetter throughout the process.
Book of Uí Mhaine (Codices Hibernenses Eximii III), edited by Elizabeth Boyle and Ruairí Ó hUiginn. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Forever a Rock 'n' Roll Kid by Charlie McGettigan. Battlebridge Press, Co. Roscommon [copyediting].
Noraid and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1970–1994 by Robert Collins. Four Courts Press, Dublin [indexing].
Doing Research in Education: A Beginner’s Guide, edited by Declan Fahie and Shane D. Bergin. UCD Press, Dublin [indexing].
Independent Productions Annual Report 2021. RTÉ, Dublin [copyediting].
Innovation in Housing Services Case Studies: Lessons from Examples of Innovative Practice. Institute of Public Administration (IPA), Dublin [copyediting].
The Irish Department of Finance 1959–1999 by Ciarán Casey. IPA [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Fighting for the Clerical Grades: The Civil, Public and Services Union, 1922–2017 by Martin Maguire. IPA [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Good Practice Guidance Note on Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Water Sector. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
Guidance for Undertakings on the Application of the Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR19). EPA [copyediting].
EPA Strategic Plan 2022–2026. EPA [proofreading].
CONDOMINIUM ... as Seen by Surveyors. IG-PARLS – Interest Group of Publicly Appointed and Regulated Liberal Surveyors, Brussels [copyediting].
Exposure Draft—International Property Measurement Standards: All Buildings. International Property Measurement Standards Coalition [copyediting].
I wrote a document (Notes on Punctuation, Capitalisation, etc.) for use by EPA authors.
I edited a book for EU Cyber Direct and a book on digital sovereignty, and some shorter documents, published by the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Brussels.
China’s Digital Policies in Its New Era (report) by Rogier Creemers. EUISS [copyediting].
A major funding application by an Irish academic [copyediting].
I edited research papers and proofread a PhD thesis by University of Limerick academics.
I edited a paper on political ideology, moral foundations and technology acceptance for UCD academics.
I edited a book on Coney Island, Co. Sligo.
The following are among the projects I worked on in 2021.
I had a production editor role on Irish Studies in International Affairs, Volume 32, No. 1, published by the Royal Irish Academy. This involved editing and proofreading 20 papers (total ~141,500 words) and dealing with the authors and typesetter throughout the process, as well as arranging for the papers to be uploaded to JSTOR.
This Day in Irish History by Padraic Coffey. O'Brien Press, Dublin [copyediting].
Great Moments in Irish Sport. O'Brien Press [proofreading].
The Men and Women of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Delegations 1921, edited by Fiona Murray and Eda Sagarra. Laurelmount Press, Dublin [proofreading].
Scoping Study to Inform a General Population Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours on Sexual Health and Wellbeing and Crisis Pregnancy in Ireland by Kate Tierney and Caroline Kelleher. Health Service Executive, Dublin [copyediting].
A Year in Review: Annual Report & Group Financial Statements 2020. RTÉ, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading].
Independent Productions Annual Report 2020. RTÉ [substantive editing and copyediting].
City and County Management in Ireland, 1929–2020, edited by Richard Boyle and Fergal O’Leary. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading].
Housing in Ireland: Beyond the Markets, edited by Lorcan Sirr. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Water Governance in Ireland – Towards the Third-Cycle River Basin Management Plan, 2022–2027. Proceedings of Workshops with Key Stakeholders, May 2021. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting].
Our Brains at War: The Neuroscience of Conflict and Peacebuilding by Mari Fitzduff. Oxford University Press, New York [indexing].
Our Dear Dark Mountain with the Sky Over It: The James Whiteside Collection by Seán McIlwain [copyediting].
An Fóram Uisce (The Water Forum) as an Example of Stakeholder Engagement in Governance. Report prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency
by the Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting].
Case Studies on Local Catchment Groups in Ireland, 2018–2020. Report prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency
by the Institute of Public Administration [copyediting].
Code of Practice: Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Population Equivalent ≤ 10) (revised version). Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
National Hazardous Waste Management Plan 2021–2027. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Language Scheme 2021–2024 under Section 15 of the Official Languages Act, 2003. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Best Practice Guidelines for the Preparation of Resource & Waste Management Plans for Construction & Demolition Projects. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
National Inspection Plan for Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems 2022–2026. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
National Inspection Plan for Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems 2022–2026: Public Consultation Response Document. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Good Practice Guidance on SEA Screening. Environmental Protection Agency [proofreading].
Measured Surveys of Land. SCSI Guidance Note. Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, Dublin [copyediting].
Measured Surveys of Buildings. SCSI Guidance Note. Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland [copyediting].
Measured Surveys of Underground Utilities. SCSI Guidance Note. Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland [copyediting].
'Use of a preparation based on zinc, carnosine and Macrocystis pyrifera in the treatment of gastric disorders due to Helicobacter pylori: a case series' (Martino) and 'Effect of natural fermentation on the physicochemical, functional and sensory properties of orange-fleshed swееt potato (Ipomea batatas L.) flour and glutеn-frее brеad' (Shumba et al.): papers for Nutrafood journal (Milan) [copyediting].
Annual Report. General Practice & Public Health Research Group, University of Limerick [copyediting].
Public and Patient Involvement Research Unit: Vision and Business Plan. University of Limerick [copyediting].
I edited blog posts and interviews for the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Brussels.
Quiet Conversations: Observations from a Decade of Practice in Cyber-Related Track 1.5 and Track 2 Diplomacy by Camino Kavanagh, Madeline Carr and Nils Berglund. EUISS [copyediting].
Research Prioritisation in Migrant Health: Towards a Participatory, Arts-Based Paradigm. A Joint Report of the University of Limerick PART-IM research cluster and Doras [copyediting].
I edited a journal paper and a policy brief for University of Limerick academics.
I edited a paper bound for Journal of Consumer Behavior for UCD academics.
I edited a memoir by someone who has been very prominent in international agribusiness.
The following are among the projects I completed in 2020.
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: Volume XII, 1961–1965, edited by Michael Kennedy, Eunan O’Halpin and Bernadette Whelan [a 1028-page volume]. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading].
How Linguistics Can Help the Historian (booklet) by Anthony Harvey. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting and proofreading].
'EU–US cybersecurity policy coming together: Recommendations for instruments to accomplish joint strategic goals' by Julia Schuetze [a 47,000-word paper]. European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Brussels [copyediting].
'Japan’s cybersecurity policy: An Introduction' by Julia Schuetze. EUISS [copyediting].
23 factsheets on high-profile cyberattacks. EUISS [copyediting].
I copyedited website copy and various short documents for the EUISS.
Our Brains at War: The Neuroscience of Conflict and Peacebuilding by Mari Fitzduff. Oxford University Press, New York (I worked for the author) [copyediting].
Annual Report 2019. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin [copyediting].
The Year in Review 2019. National Gallery of Ireland [copyediting].
Liability Insurance: MD-01 (textbook). Insurance Institute of Ireland, Dublin [copyediting and plain-language editing].
Commercial Property and Business Interruption Insurance: MD-06 (textbook). Insurance Institute of Ireland [copyediting and plain-language editing].
Review of the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme by Conor O’Toole and Rachel Slaymaker. Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Minimum Wage Policy in Ireland by Paul Redmond (Budget Perspectives 2021 paper). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Who Can Work from Home in Ireland? by Paul Redmond and Seamus McGuinness (Survey and Statistical Report Series 87). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Public Expectations for Lifting Covid-19 Restrictions by Cameron Belton et al. (Survey and Statistical Report Series 88). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Managing Mass Unemployment Flows during the Covid-19 Health Pandemic by Seamus McGuinness and Elish Kelly (Survey and Statistical Report Series 95). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2019: Ireland by Anne Sheridan (book-length report) (Survey and Statistical Report Series 102). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Evaluation of SICAP Pre-employment Supports by Adele Whelan et al. (Research Series 109). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
How Does Irish Healthcare Expenditure Compare Internationally? by Maev-Ann Wren and Aoife Fitzpatrick (Research Series 114). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Annual Report and Accounts. Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, London [proofreading].
Good Practice Guidance on Cumulative Effects Assessment in Strategic Environmental Assessment. Prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, by Levett–Therivel sustainability consultants, Oxford [copyediting].
Mapping of Research and Evidence Entities in UNICEF’s Regions (report). OTT Consulting, Lima, Peru [copyediting].
Code of Practice: Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Population Equivalent ≤ 10). Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Code of Practice: Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Population Equivalent ≤ 10). Public Consultation Response Document. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Preventing Waste, Driving the Circular Economy: Ireland’s National Waste Prevention Programme, Annual Report 2019. Environmental Protection Agency [proofreading].
Review of the Intercalibration Programme – Stakeholder Report. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
SEA Action Plan 2021−2025. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Action Plan 2018–2020: Progress Update (December 2020). Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Best Practice Note on Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Energy Sector. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
National Prevalence Study: Do the Findings from the Greentown Study of Children’s Involvement in a Criminal Network (2015) Extend Beyond Greentown? by C. Naughton and S. Redmond. University of Limerick [copyediting].
Lifting the Lid on Redtown: A Replication Case Study, Which Investigates the Contribution of Engagement in a Local Criminal Network to Young People’s More Serious and Persistent Offending Patterns by C. Naughton, S. Redmond and E. O’Meara Daly. University of Limerick [copyediting].
Lifting the Lid on Bluetown: A Replication Case Study, Which Investigates the Contribution of Engagement in a Local Criminal Network to Young People’s More Serious and Persistent Offending Patterns by E. O’Meara Daly, S. Redmond and C. Naughton. University of Limerick [copyediting].
Annual Report AY18–19, Medical Education Liaison Group. University of Limerick [copyediting].
Public & Patient Involvement Research Unit Review. School of Medicine, University of Limerick [copyediting].
Migrants’ Involvement in Health Decision-Making in the WHO European Region: Phase I Policy Analysis by Mamobo Ogoro and Anne MacFarlane.
University of Limerick [copyediting].
'General practice and the community: Research on health service, quality improvements and training' by Anne MacFarlane (journal paper).
University of Limerick [copyediting].
‘If relevant, yes; if not, no’: General practitioner (GP) users and GP perceptions about asking ethnicity questions in Irish general practice: A qualitative analysis using Normalization Process Theory' by Maria Roura et al. (journal paper). University of Limerick [copyediting].
Management of Materials Arising from Roadworks: Guidance Document for the Local Authority Sector. Southern Waste Region, Limerick [copyediting].
I edited materials for the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO), Clonmel.
I edited a memoir on working in the Antarctic in the 1950s and 1960s for the author.
I copyedited a paper on sugar-sweetened beverage taxes for a UCD academic.
I copyedited a paper on people's preferences for AI versus human decision-making for two UCD academics.
I copyedited a paper on consumer resistance to autonomous vehicles for UCD and international academics.
I copyedited a short self-published book about deer in Ireland.
I proofread an 85,000-word thesis on psychotherapy with asylum seekers.
I edited a paper on migrant health and language barriers for an academic based in Sweden.
I proofread a publisher's website.
The following are among the projects I completed in 2019.
Divesting from Fossil Fuels, Investing in Our Future: A Toolkit for Cities. C40 Cities, London [proofreading].
Modern Management: Theory and Practice for Students in Ireland (5th ed.) by Siobhán Tiernan and Michael J. Morley. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Irish Probation Journal. Institute of Public Administration, for the Probation Service [Republic of Ireland] and the Probation Board for Northern Ireland [for the tenth time, I did all the copyediting and proofreading on this annual book-length journal; I also dealt with authors, typesetter, and representatives of the commissioning organizations].
Place-Based Leadership Development for Intersectoral Urban Violence Prevention: The Cases of Nakuru and Naivasha, Kenya by Laura Knight, Valentina Lugli, Kath Cahalin and Dan Moloney. Dignity (Danish Institute Against Torture), Copenhagen [copyediting and proofreading].
Ireland’s Greening of the World by Seth Linder. O'Brien Press and Tourism Ireland, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading].
Causeway Coast by Seth Linder. O'Brien Press [copyediting and proofreading] (to be published in 2020).
Children's Books Catalogue. O'Brien Press [proofreading].
Insurance and Business Law: MD-01 (textbook). Insurance Institute of Ireland, Dublin [copyediting and plain-language editing].
Insurance Business Environment: MDI-02 (textbook). Insurance Institute of Ireland [copyediting and plain-language editing].
Motor Insurance: MDI-04 (textbook). Insurance Institute of Ireland [copyediting and plain-language editing].
World of Graphics by William Nolan and Patrick Sugrue (Junior Cycle Technical Graphics textbook and workbook). Educate.ie, Dublin [proofreading].
Brokering the Good Friday Agreement: the Untold Story by Mary E. Daly (ed.). Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [copyediting].
I copyedited three papers for Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy ('Anonymity, Irish women’s writing, and a tale of contested authorship: Blue stocking hall (1827); Tales of my time (1829)' by Angela Byrne; ‘Badge of servitude’? The Irish at England’s inns of court' by Colum Kenny; 'Early Bronze Age axe-ingots from Brittany: evidence for connections with South-West Ireland?' by Henri Gandois et al.).
Code of Practice on the Application of the Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR19) in Dentistry 2019. Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
Good Practice Note on Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Waste Sector by Levett-Therivel Sustainability Consultants. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Compliance and Enforcement Policy. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Annual Review 2019. Climate Change Advisory Council, Dublin [substantive editing and copyediting].
The Impact of a Change in the National Minimum Wage on the Distribution of Hourly Wages and Household Income in Ireland by Paul Redmond, Karina Doorley and Seamus McGuinness. Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2018: Ireland by Anne Sheridan (book-length report). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Data for Monitoring Integration: Gaps, Challenges and Opportunities by Éamonn Fahey, Emma Quinn and Frances McGinnity. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Gender, Pensions and Income in Retirement by Anne Nolan, Adele Whelan, Seamus McGuinness and Bertrand Maître. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Safeguarding Amateur Athletes: An Examination of Player Welfare among Senior Inter-County Gaelic Players by Elish Kelly, Conor Keegan and Brendan Walsh. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
ESRI Research Strategy 2019–2023. ESRI [copyediting and proofreading].
ESRI Review of Research 2018. ESRI [copyediting and proofreading].
Carbon Taxes and Compensation Options by Maxime Bercholz and Barra Roantree (Budget Perspectives 2020 paper). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
The Economic and Distributional Impacts of an Increased Carbon Tax with Different Revenue Recycling Schemes by Kelly de Bruin, Eoin Monaghan and Aykut Mert Yakut. ESRI [proofreading].
The Impacts of Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Increasing Carbon Tax in Ireland by Kelly de Bruin, Eoin Monaghan and Aykut Mert Yakut. ESRI [proofreading].
Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Irish Economy: An Analysis of Regional Labour Impacts by Kelly de Bruin, Martina Lawless, Eoin Monaghan and Aykut Mert Yakut. ESRI [proofreading].
Assessing the Distributional Impact of Budgetary Policy: The Role of Benchmarks and Indexation by Tim Callan, Claire Keane and Mark Regan (Budget Perspectives 2020 paper). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Geographic Profile of Healthcare Needs and Non-acute Healthcare Supply in Ireland by Samantha Smith et al. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Technical Documentation of I3E Model (versions 1 and 2) by Kelly de Bruin and Aykut Mert Yakut. ESRI [copyediting].
Evaluation of the Bail Supervision Scheme for Children (Pilot Scheme) by Catherine Naughton, Sean Redmond and Barry Coonan. Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Dublin [copyediting].
Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland [copyediting].
Annual Report 2018. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading].
I copyedited a paper on the compensation of salespeople for a UCD academic.
I copyedited papers for University of Limerick academics on (1) the implementation of community participation in primary healthcare, (2) a participatory implementation research project to improve clinical primary care for migrants in Ireland, (3) the impact of co-learning in a participatory implementation research project, (4) healthcare needs and healthcare access of Syrian Refugees, Roma and People Seeking International Protection in South East Community Healthcare and (5) participatory implementation research in the field of migrant health.
I proofread a thesis on stress among palliative care workers.
The following are among the projects I completed in 2018.
Irish Parliamentarians: Deputies and Senators 1918–2018 by Anthony White. Institute of Public Administration [copyediting and proofreading; dealing with author and typesetter; input into design]. This is a major reference work comprising short biographies of 1,870 Irish parliamentarians, on which I worked over a period of several years.
Envoy Extraordinary: Professor Smiddy of Cork by Eda Sagarra. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Irish Probation Journal. Institute of Public Administration, for the Probation Service [Republic of Ireland] and the Probation Board for Northern Ireland [for the ninth time, I did all the copyediting and proofreading on this annual book-length journal; I also dealt with authors, typesetter, and representatives of the commissioning organizations].
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: Volume XI, 1957–1961, edited by Michael Kennedy, Dermot Keogh, Eunan O’Halpin, Kate O’Malley and Bernadette Whelan [a 920-page volume]. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [copyediting and proofreading].
Codices Hibernenses Eximii 2: The Book of Ballymote (conference volume). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Royal Irish Academy Recommendations Report: Future-Proofing and Improving Research Infrastructures in Ireland. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
The Social Sciences and the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Disciplines in Ireland. Expert Statement: Royal Irish Academy Social Sciences Committee. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
I copyedited a paper for Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy ('Francis Bacon and policy-making in Ireland under Elizabeth and James' by Hiram Morgan).
Belfast Walks by Seth Linder. O'Brien Press, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and overseeing the production of 26 maps].
The Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments by Edgar Morgenroth, Martin Murphy and Kyle Moore. Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Playing Senior Inter-County Gaelic Games: Experiences, Realities and Consequences by Elish Kelly, Joanne Banks, Seamus McGuinness and Dorothy Watson (book-length report). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2017: Ireland by Anne Sheridan (book-length report). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
ESRI Review of Research 2017. ESRI [copyediting and formatting].
Profiling Barriers to Social Inclusion in Ireland: The Relative Roles of Individual Characteristics and Location by Seamus McGuinness, Adele Whelan, Adele Bergin and Judith Delaney. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Intermediate Goods Inputs and the UK Content of Irish Goods Exports by Martina Lawless. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Measuring Contingent Employment in Ireland by Seamus McGuinness,Adele Bergin, Claire Keane and Judith Delaney. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Lone-Parent Incomes and Work Incentives by Mark Regan, Claire Keane and John R. Walsh (Budget Perspectives 2019 paper). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Income Growth and Income Distribution: A Long-Run View of Irish Experience by Tim Callan, Maxime Bercholz and John R. Walsh (Budget Perspectives 2019 paper). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Using Behavioural Experiments to Pre-test Policy by Pete Lunn and Deirdre Robertson (Budget Perspectives 2019 paper). ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Valuing Community Development through the Social Inclusion Programme (SICAP) 2015–2017: Towards a Framework for Evaluation by Adele Whelan, Seamus McGuinness and Judith Delaney. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
The Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing the Irish Carbon Tax by Kelly de Bruin and Aykut Mert Yakut. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
An Initial Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Intreo Activation Reforms by Elish Kelly, Seamus McGuinness, Paul Redmond, Michael Savage and John R. Walsh. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Approaches to Unaccompanied Minors Following Status Determination in Ireland by Sarah Groarke and Samantha Arnold. ESRI [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
Our Tangled Speech (collection of essays) by Aodán Mac Póilín. Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast [copyediting].
Water Quality in 2016: An Indicators Report. Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
Towards a Resource Efficient Ireland (Ireland’s National Waste Prevention Programme Annual Report for 2017). Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Water Quality in 2017: An Indicators Report. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems 2017. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Annual Report of the Health Research Institute, University of Limerick [copyediting].
Report of HSE Working Group to Develop a Model for the Implementation of Trained Interpreters in The Irish Healthcare System by Professor Anne MacFarlane on behalf of the Working Group, University of Limerick [proofreading].
Improving the Measurement of Effectiveness in the Irish Youth Justice System: Final Report by John Reddy and Dr Sean Redmond. Research Evidence into Policy, Programmes and Practice (REPPP) Project, University of Limerick [copyediting].
I edited several papers on migrant health and Participatory Learning and Action methodology and an award application for University of Limerick academics.
I edited a book chapter on new product development strategies for a UCD academic.
I edited a detailed report for a charity worker based in Africa.
Accidental Rebel by Pat Falvey (self-published) [copyediting].
The following are among the projects I completed in 2017.
Living the Dream by Daniel O'Donnell with Eddie Rowley. O'Brien Press, Dublin [editing and proofreading].
The Great Cover-Up: The Truth About the Death of Michael Collins by Gerard Murphy. Collins Press, Cork [editing].
Towards the Era of Lifelong Learning: A History of Irish Education, 1800–2016 by John Coolahan. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
No Artificial Limits: Ireland’s Regional Technical Colleges by Richard Thorn. Institute of Public Administration [proofreading].
Irish Probation Journal. Institute of Public Administration, for the Probation Service [Republic of Ireland] and the Probation Board for Northern Ireland [for the eighth time, I did all the copyediting and proofreading on this annual book-length journal; I also dealt with authors, typesetter, and representatives of the commissioning organizations].
Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2016: Ireland by Anne Sheridan (book-length report). Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and formatting].
An Examination of Early Retirement in Ireland Before and After the Great Recession by Elish Kelly et al. ESRI [copyediting and formatting].
Centenary: Ireland Remembers 1916. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Sunningdale: The Search for Peace in Northern Ireland by Noel Dorr. Royal Irish Academy [indexing].
Debating Austerity in Ireland: Crisis, Experience and Recovery (Emma Heffernan, Niamh Moore-Cherry and John McHale, eds). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Ethics and Commemoration (report). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Doing Transdisciplinary Research: Lessons from the Front Line. A Future Earth Ireland Workshop. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Leaders in Irish Higher Education Address by Tom Boland. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Archaeology 2025: Ireland's Strategy. Royal Irish Academy [proofreading].
Real Maths 1 and Real Maths 2 (Leaving Certificate Foundation Level textbooks). Educate.ie [copyediting and proofreading]. (This was a major project that took up much of my time in the first eight months of the year.)
Final Report of the Climate Change Advisory Council. Climate Change Advisory Council, Dublin [copyediting].
Financial Provision for Environmental Liabilities: Practical Guide by European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL). Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
Water Quality in Ireland 2010–2015 by A. Fanning et al. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Farm Hazardous Waste Collections 2013 to 2016 by Jane Brogan. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Report on the Feasibility of Developing a Tool to Assess the Conditions for Implementation of Trained Interpreters in Healthcare Consultations by Anne McFarlane. University of Limerick [copyediting and formatting].
Report on the HSE Working Group to Develop a Model for the Implementation of Trained Interpreters in the Irish Healthcare System by Anne McFarlane. University of Limerick [copyediting and formatting].
I proofread a PhD thesis on corporate social responsibility.
I edited a paper on Participatory Learning and Action research techniques for academics at the University of Limerick, and a marketing paper for academics at University College Dublin.
I took part in a Creative Clinic, organized by the Irish Writers Centre, in Cavan town, where I advised six writers in one-to-one sessions.
The following are among the projects I completed in 2016.
Tests for English-language courses. Developed by Dataflow International (Dublin) for a major Cambridge University Press project [writing].
Quinntessential Feargal by Feargal Quinn. O'Brien Press, Dublin [editing and proofreading].
The Heart & Soul of Kerry Football by Weeshie Fogarty. O'Brien Press [developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
All in the Food: 75 Years of Cathal Brugha Street – Celebrating Irish Culinary Excellence. O'Brien Press [proofreading].
Feed Your Child Well by Therese Dunne, Phyllis Farrell and Valerie Kelly. O'Brien Press [indexing].
Irish Probation Journal. Institute of Public Administration, for the Probation Service [Republic of Ireland] and the Probation Board for Northern Ireland [for the seventh time, I did all the copyediting and proofreading on this annual book-sized journal; I also dealt with authors, typesetter, and representatives of the commissioning organizations].
Inside the Monkey House: My Time as an Irish Prison Officer by John Cuffe. Collins Press, Cork [developmental editing and copyediting].
Unearthed: Impacts of the Tellus Surveys of the North of Ireland. A major multi-author work on geophysical and geochemical sampling surveys in Northern Ireland and the border counties of the Republic. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [editing, proofreading and indexing].
Human Rights and Interpreting: the Irish Legal System. International Translation Day, 30 September 2015. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Advice Paper on the Sustainability of the Northern Ireland Higher Education System. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Proceedings of the ‘How Should We Commemorate the Post-1916 Period during the Decade of Centenaries on a North/South Basis?’ Roundtable. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
The UK and Ireland: The UK’s Referendum on EU Membership. The Implications for UK–Ireland Relations (notes on a roundtable). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
The UK and Ireland: The UK’s Referendum on EU Membership. The Implications for Northern Ireland’s Higher Education System (notes on a roundtable). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Northern Ireland at the Edge: What’s Next after Brexit? Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Response to the consultation by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment on the Draft Junior Cycle Philosophy course. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Reviewing Constitutions: The Role of Constitutional Conventions (report). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Constitutions, Referendums and the Family (report). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
The Idea of a Republic: Freedom and Politics (report). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Digital Citizenship (report). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Towards a Magna Carta for Data by Barry O'Sullivan. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Documents related to 'Enfranchising Ireland? Identity, citizenship and state' conference (abstracts etc.). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Re-examining Irish Nationalism in Ulster Conference Proceedings. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Energy Storage in Electricity Grids (workshop report). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Seven papers for a special edition of the journal Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
First Report of the Climate Change Advisory Council. Climate Change Advisory Council [copyediting].
Irish Wetland Types: An Identification Guide and Field Survey Manual by Irish Ramsar Wetlands Committee. Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
Annual Report and Accounts 2015. Environmental Protection Agency [proofreading].
Draft Revised Guidelines on the Information to Be Contained in Environmental Impact Assessment Reports. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
I edited a book on Alfred the Great for a French-Canadian academic.
I edited a report on migrants and healthcare, a paper on World Cafés, a report on dementia care in Ireland, and a paper on interdisciplinary team working for academics at the University of Limerick.
I edited a report on the use of polypropylene in implants for the Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials, Galway.
I edited a database of published resources for the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology at NUI Galway.
I edited a paper on sustainability orientation and one on of socially responsible procurement practices for submission to marketing journals.
I edited a paper on reactions to the 'Great Recession' in Ireland that will be published in Journal of Consumer Research.
I edited a paper for submission to Corporate Communications journal.
I edited a paper on artificial intelligence and facial expression recognition for UCD and international academics.
I proofread legal documents for a Dublin law firm.
I proofread a thesis on ageing on rural China.
The following are among the projects I completed in 2015.
Instructional-video scripts. Skillsoft, Dublin [writing].
Tests for English-language courses. Developed by Dataflow International (Dublin) for Cambridge University Press [writing].
16 Lives: Thomas Kent by Meda Ryan. O'Brien Press, Dublin [developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Six Nations, Two Stories by Kate Rowan and Peter O'Reilly. O'Brien Press [copyediting and proofreading].
Final Report. Working Group to Report to Government on Improvements to the Protection Process, including Direct Provision and Supports to Asylum Seekers, Dublin [copyediting].
Irish Higher Education: A Comparative Perspective by Patrick Clancy. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
The Belfast Blitz: The City in the War Years by Brian Barton. Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast [copyediting and indexing].
Codices Hibernenses Eximii 1: Lebor na hUidre (conference volume). Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [copyediting and indexing].
Royal Irish Academy submission to the Culture 2025 consultation [copyediting].
Submission by the Royal Irish Academy to the Cassells Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education [copyediting].
‘A Dialogue on the Future Funding of Higher Education in Ireland’ forum. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
A series of short papers on ethics. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
The 2015 Royal Irish Academy ‘Leaders in Higher Education Address’ by Professor Louise Richardson [copyediting].
The Potential of Irish Grassland Soils to Sequester Atmospheric Carbon (short paper). Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
International Delegates' Report. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Report on Farm Hazardous Waste Collections 2014. Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford [copyediting].
Ireland’s Pollutant Release & Transfer Register – 2013. Environmental Protection Agency [copyediting].
Annual Report and Accounts 2014. Environmental Protection Agency [proofreading].
Waste Management Plan 2015–2021 [three book-sized documents]. Southern Waste Region, Eastern-Midlands Waste Region and Connacht Ulster Waste Region, Ireland [copyediting].
Regional Waste Management Plans: SEA and AA Screening Amendments Report. Southern Waste Region, Eastern-Midlands Waste Region and Connacht Ulster Waste Region [copyediting].
Southern Region: SEA Statement. Southern Waste Region [copyediting].
The Legacy of Strabane District Council 1973–2015: Out of Adversity Came a New Dawn. Derry City and Strabane District Council [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Numerous papers for the journals Annales Geophysicae, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Biogeosciences, Earth System Science and Data, Geoscientific Model Development and Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. Copernicus Publications, Göttingen [copyediting].
A paper on community involvement in primary healthcare, a paper on academia–industry collaboration networks, a paper on a care-ethical approach to management education, and a report and questionnaire on migrants' health, for researchers at the University of Limerick [copyediting].
A paper on involving people with stroke and aphasia in research, for researchers at NUI Galway [copyediting].
Three scientific papers and a research proposal for the Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials, Galway [copyediting].
A PhD thesis on an action research investigation of a childcare project [proofreading].
A PhD thesis on psychoanalytic perspectives on suicide [proofreading].
The following are among the projects I completed in 2014.
Renting in Ireland: The Social, Voluntary and Private Rented Sectors by Lorcan Sirr (ed.). Institute of Public Administration, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Irish Agriculture Nationalised: The Dairy Disposal Company and the Making of the Modern Irish Dairy Industry by Micheál Ó Fathartaigh. Institute of Public Administration [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Irish Probation Journal. Institute of Public Administration, for the Probation Service [Republic of Ireland] and the Probation Board for Northern Ireland [for the sixth year in a row I did all the copyediting and proofreading on this annual book-sized journal; I also dealt with authors, typesetter, and representatives of the commissioning organizations].
Abercorn: The Hamiltons of Barons Court by William Roulston. Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast [copyediting].
Transformation by Fire: The Archaeology of Cremation in Cultural Context by Ian Kuijt, Colin P. Quinn and Gabriel Cooney (eds). University of Arizona Press, Tucson [indexing].
Spatial Justice and the Irish Crisis by Gerry Kearns, David Meredith and John Morrissey (eds). Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [copyediting, proofreading and indexing].
Choosing Content Management Technologies [short report] Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Metadata Guidelines [report]. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Response to the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014. Royal Irish Academy [copyediting].
Our News [newsletter]. Royal Irish Academy [proofreading].
The Royal Irish Academy’s submission to th