Early Learning Initiative

ABC 0-2 Programme Senior Specialist

086 466 6466

marion.byrne@ncirl.ie

Research Publications

Book Chapters

• Alcala, Alexandra, White, Fay, Curry, Miranda, Darmody, Kate, Kent, Gráinne, Lambert, Jonathan, Mulligan, Brona and Byrne, Marion (2023) "Assessing the Effectiveness of a Prevention-Focused Programme: A Comparative Study against National Norms". In: Growing Up In Ireland Conference. Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth/Central Statistics Office, Dublin, Ireland.
• Bleach, Josephine and Byrne, Marion (2023) "Early Childhood Home Visiting- a Collaborative Person-Centered Community Approach". In: Prevention and Early Intervention Summit. PEIN, Limerick, Ireland. 
• Cummins, Lána and Byrne, Marion (2022) "My Place Play: Creating a safe play space for infants living in emergency accommodation". In: European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Conference. EECERA, Glasgow, Scotland.

Conference Items

• Darmody, Kate, Kent, Gráinne, Lambert, Jonathan, Mulligan, Brona and Byrne, Marion (2023) "Developmental Outcomes of Infants from an Area of Socio-Economic Disadvantage". In: 18th World Congress for the World Association for Infant Mental Health, 15-19 July, Dublin, Ireland.
• Cummins, Lána and Byrne, Marion (2022) "My Place to Play: Creating a safe play space for infants, the story so far". In: Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN) Conference, 28-30 October 2022, Dublin, Ireland.
• Byrne, Marion (2022) "Home Visiting: a right for families in experiencing homelessness". In: PEIN Importance of House and Home Webinar, 18 October 2022, Online.
• Byrne, Marion (2020) "My Place to Play Programme: Creating a Dedicated Place to Play for Infants and Their Families Living in Emergency Accommodation". In: Early Childhood Ireland Online Research Symposium 2020, 19-21 October 2020, Ireland (online).
• Byrne, Marion and Pidgeon, Alison (2019) "My Place to Play Programme: creating a dedicated place to play for infants and their families living in emergency accommodation". In: OMEP Ireland National Conference 2019, 9 November 2019, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland.
• Byrne, Marion (2018) "Creating an Infant Play Space". In: Early Learning Initiative Early Years Conference 'The Constitutional Role of Parents as the Primary Educators of their Children’, June 2018, National College of Ireland, Dublin.
• Byrne, Marion, Kent, Gráinne and Conroy, Mairéad (2016) "Engaging families through play". In: Early Childhood Ireland Research and Practice Seminar, 15th April 2016, Croke Park, Dublin.