Extract from the comments of the President of UCC Dr. Michael Murphy at a reception to mark the publication of the Irish Journal of Sociology with Manchester University Press.

“ This event is organised to acknowledge the fact that the Irish Journal of Sociology, the house journal of the Sociological Association of Ireland, has now secured a publishing contract with Manchester University Press, a prominent international publisher which will guarantee the journal access to an global audience and access to what is now a key requirement of a serious academic journal if it wishes to have any impact namely on line access. This will be assured by the deal with Manchester and will lead to the journal being abstracted in all of the significant social science data bases.

One of the reasons why this is important and worthy of mention is that  it is the culmination of a long process through which the Sociological Association of Ireland – the professional body that represents sociologists in Ireland – has sought to give its journal the kind of publishing prominence that it deserves. The journal is committed to publishing high quality articles of interest to the global community of sociologists while in recognition of its status as an Irish journal it also strives to be an important forum for academics to publish material on Irish society. Its capacity to fulfil this kind of mission statement is enhanced by securing an international publisher. In this way it is a significant milestone in the history of the organisation.

The editorial team is– Dr. Linda Connolly, Dr. Kathy Glavanis, Dr. Niamh Hourigan, Dr. Tracey Skillington, Paula Meany and Afric O’Grada. The Editorial Board is composed largely of other members of the department with a suitably impressive list of eminent European sociologists”.