Alastair Christie is Professor of Social Work in the Department of Applied Social Sciences, University College Cork, Ireland.

Brid Featherstone is Professor of Social Work at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Suzanne Quin is Dean of Social Science at University College Dublin, Ireland.

Trish Walsh is Lecturer in Social Work at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

A timely text: Written at a time of great economic and political change, all of which is having a huge impact on the social work profession in Ireland.

Foreword; John Pinkerton
1. Revisiting our History post-Celtic Tiger: So What's New?; Caroline McGregor and Suzanne Quin
2. Social Work In A 'Globalised' Ireland; Alastair Christie and Trish Walsh
3. Putting Ethics at the Heart of Social Work in Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland ; Brid Featherstone and Fred Powell
4. Child Welfare and Protection in Ireland: Déjà Vu All Over Again; Helen Buckley and Kenneth Burns
5. Adoption in Ireland: Exploring the Changing Context; Simone McCaughren and Muireann Ní Raghallaigh
6. Fostering the future: A Change Agenda in the Provision of Alternative Care; Valerie O'Brien and Marie Cregan
7. Responding to Family Violence: New Challenges and Perspectives; Declan Coogan and Stephanie Holt
8. Intellectual Disability: Responding to the Life Course Goals and Challenges for Individuals and their Families; Bairbre Redmond and Anna Jennings
9. Responding to Psychosocial Aspects of Illness and Health: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Work; Erma O'Connor and Elaine Wilson
10. Opportunities for Social Workers' Critical Engagement in Mental Health Care; Liz Brosnan and Lydia Sapouna
11. Reforming, Reframing or Renaming Irish Probation Practice in the 21st Century?; Anthony Cotter and Carmel Halton
12. Substance Misuse and Social Work in Ireland: Must Do Better?; Shane Butler and Hilda Loughran
13. Growing Old with Dignity: Challenges for Practice in an Ageing Society; Sarah Donnelly and Anne O'Loughlin.