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Editors’ introduction pp. 1-4: O’Riordan Joanna and Boyle Richard
A tribute to Michael Mulreany pp. 5-10: Manning Maurice
Updating the files: Understanding the public service through storytelling and narrative pp. 11-34: Mulreany Michael and O’Brien Denis
Transforming public services pp. 35-60: Moloney David, Dwyer Rowena, Glavey Sarah and Sellars Dermot
Civil service post-war policy debates, Department of Finance orthodoxy and the contours of the modern Irish economy pp. 61-79: Barry Frank
Culture, budgeting and planning in the Department of Finance pp. 81-96: Casey Ciarán
Making European Union digital platform regulation a reality pp. 97-122: Dooley John
Irish university governance in transition pp. 123-146: Loughnane Caroline
Informal is the new normal in North–South relations pp. 147-166: Feeney Ryan
Reflections on sustainability reporting and stewardship codes pp. 167-188: Horan Aidan and Mulreany Mark
This time is different? Lessons from past reform initiatives in the Irish health system pp. 189-207: Weir Stephen
Are Lough Neagh and the rights of nature the unfinished business of ‘the peace process’? pp. 209-236: Doran Peter

Social care work and social work in Ireland: a comparative analysis of standards of proficiency pp. 1-30: Róiste Áine de, Mulkeen Majella, Flynn Susan and Conroy Sandra
‘Shall I compare thee?’ Evaluating Finance Ministers pp. 31-50: Moore Stephen and Considine John
Unlocking institutional imagination: Introduction to conference proceedings pp. 53-65: Murphy Mary, Kavanagh Donncha, Hughes Ian and O’Doherty Dermot
Unlocking institutional imagination: Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson pp. 69-87: Robinson Kim Stanley and Murphy Mary
Unlocking institutional imagination: Building institutional capacity to address societal challenges – the case of European missions pp. 89-107: Polt Wolfgang and Hughes Ian
Unlocking institutional imagination: Workshops on cities, public goods and services, and universities pp. 109-125: Kavanagh Donncha
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission report on the Constitution and collective bargaining – a critique pp. 129-149: D’Art Daryl
Do public servants in Ireland need an institute? pp. 153-168: Chubb Basil

Regulating more? Comparing Ireland’s original and amended lobbying legislation pp. 1-28: Hogan John
Housing and the West Cork islands: a national crisis in microcosm pp. 29-52: Desmond Elaine and O’Sullivan Siobhan
Social care managers’ perspectives on statutory registration of social care workers in Ireland pp. 53-71: Moore Audrey and Lalor Kevin
The early years sector: a case study in policy development and investment pp. 75-97: Lynch Fergal
125 years of local democracy in Ireland pp. 99-106: O’Leary Fergal
Place-based leadership development: scaling up collective impact pp. 107-129: Worrall Rob and Rogers Paul

Foreword pp. 1-1: McCarthy Seamus
A century of public accountability: Reflections on the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General pp. 3-4: O’Connor Paula
Ireland’s first state agency: A century of change in the range and scope of functions of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General pp. 5-23: Scott Colin and MacCarthaigh Muiris
Making internal audit count pp. 25-44: Barra Kevin De
One hundred years of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General in the newspapers pp. 45-72: Boyle Richard
Parliamentary oversight: Oireachtas committees and the Dáil Committee on Public Accounts in the twenty-first century pp. 73-96: Lynch Catherine
The origins of the Committee on Public Accounts and its engagement with the Comptroller and Auditor General pp. 97-102: Léoutre Marie
Synopsis of research undertaken by Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General officials as part of the Institute of Public Administration’s MEconSc in Policy Analysis pp. 103-114: Kelly Alice

Introduction: Seventy years of commenting on public administration and governance pp. 1-7: O’Riordan Joanna
Governance of reform in the Irish public service pp. 11-33: O’Riordan Joanna and Boyle Richard
‘Best advice available’ – Challenge and change in developing an optimal policy advisory system in Ireland pp. 35-61: Connaughton Bernadette and Devane Cian
Regional economic resistance and divergence in Ireland, 2011–22 pp. 63-86: Chris Van Egeraat, Declan Curran and Breathnach Proinnsias
Strengthening national capacity for policy engagement in Ireland: A review of progress pp. 89-101: Doyle Mary
Promoting rational decision-making and enhancing transparency in the public service pp. 103-117: Bergin Liam
From recovery to growth: Local authority role in economic development pp. 119-134: O’Leary Fergal

Quantitatively comparing elite formation over a century: ministers and judges pp. 1-25: Hogan John, Feeney Sharon and O’Rourke Brendan K.
A road not taken? Economic ideology and the articulation of policy alternatives in Irish state economic policymaking, 1948–58 pp. 27-51: Fitzgerald Frank
Lessons from the Irish forestry licensing crisis – The need for institutional reform of the Forest Service pp. 55-65: Healy Gary
Regional governance and regional development: Implications of the Action Programme for Effective Local Government pp. 69-91: Breathnach Proinnsias
Book Review: Local matters: Parish, local government and community in Ireland pp. 95-98: Kelly Alice