Abstract
The Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI), which is the organizational home of the IJS, celebrated its 2018 annual conference at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT). Titled “Legacies Matter,” the annual conference of the SAI is the largest gathering of sociologists in Ireland and a remarkable opportunity to share and build as a community. The plenary session—titled “Dealing with the legacy of historical institutional child abuse: What are the lessons from Ireland?”—benefited from a diverse group of experts bridging the academic and public domains. These included Professor Patricia Lundy (Ulster University), Breeda Murphy (Tuam Home Survivors Network), James Gallen (Dublin City University) and Eoin O’ Sullivan (Trinity College Dublin). Thanks should be given to DIT, Matthew Bowden (Vice President of the SAI and key organizer at DIT) and Lucy Michael (President of the SAI) who made the conference happen. We, the editors, were grateful for the opportunity and platform provided to the IJS to confer its annual prize for the best article published in the previous year, awarded to Christopher Wheelan, Brian Nolan and Bertrand Maître for their article titled “The Great Recession and the changing intergenerational distribution of economic stress across income classes in Ireland: A comparative perspective.” In addition, Sara O’Sullivan and Mathew J. Creighton ran a workshop on publishing in the IJS for aspiring authors. The postgraduate conference, still in the organizational phases at the time this was submitted, looks to be equally inspired.