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Bernadette Connaughton BA, MA, PhD (Limerick) is a Lecturer in Public Administration and Head of Department at the Department of Politics and Public Administration. Her teaching and research interests include environmental policy, Europeanisation, the Irish public policy process and political-administrative reform in a comparative perspective. Bernadette's publications include Europeanisation and New Patterns of Governance in Ireland (co-authored with Brid Quinn and Nicholas Rees, 2010), Politico-Administrative Relations at the Centre: Actors, Structures and Processes supporting the Core Executive (co-edited with Georg Sootla and B.Guy Peters, 2008),Political Administrative Dilemma: Traditional Problems and New Solutions (co-edited with B.Guy Peters and Georg Sootla, 2006). She has published articles in Public Administration, Irish Political Studies, Federal and Regional Studies, Halduskultuur-Administrative Culture, and Administration. She has contributed the Irish case to several comparative studies such as the Handbook of International Administrative Reform (edited by Killian and Eklund, Routledge, 2008) and Partisan Appointees and Public Servants (edited by Chris Eichbaum and Richard Shaw, Edward Elgar, 2010). Her current projects include a book titled The Implementation of Environmental Policy in Ireland: Lessons from translating EU directives into action (MUP forthcoming).