Selected Publications
Hayes, N. (in press). Children at the Centre of Practice. In (Eds.) Máire Mhic Mhathúna and Mark Taylor, Early Childhood Education and Care. An Introduction for Students in Ireland. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Johnston Molloy, C, Corish, C., Kearney, J., Hayes, N. and Glennon Slattery, C. (2011) Developing a nutrition assessment tool for Irish preschools. Nutrition and Food Science Vol 41, No 1 pp 44-53.
O'Donoghue Hynes, B & Hayes, N. (2011a). An Evaluation of the Community Childcare Subvention Scheme using Policy Design Theory. An Leanbh Óg:The OMEP [Irl.] Journal of Early Childhood Studies Vol 4&5, April 2011, 31-50.
O'Donoghue Hynes, B & Hayes, N. (2011b). Who benefits from early childhood education and care policy tool design in Ireland? Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 19, (3).
Hayes, N. (2010) Childcare? Early Childhood Education and Care? Towards an integrated early years policy for young children in Ireland Early Years An International Journal of Research and Development Vol 30, 1, 67-78
Kiersey, R. & Hayes, N (2010) Reporting the Rhetoric, Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as Represented in Ireland's Second Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: A Critical Discourse Analysis Child Care in Practice Vol 16, 4, pp 327-346
Hayes, N. (2010) (4th edition) Early Childhood: An Introductory Text. (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan)
Hayes, N. & Bradley, S (2009) Right by Children: Children’s Rights and rights-based approaches to policy making in early childhood education and care (Dublin: CSER/DIT)
Bradley, S. and Hayes, N. (2009), Considering the Child in Ireland’s Early Childhood Education and Care Policy, Administration, Vol. 57, No. 1.
Hayes, N. & Kernan, M. (2008) Engaging Young Children. A Nurturing Pedagogy (Dublin: Gill and Macmillan)
Hayes, N. (2008) Teaching Matters in Early Educational Practice:The Case for a Nurturing Pedagogy Early Education and Development Vol 19, Issue 3 pp 430 - 440
Hayes, N. (2007) The role of early childhood care and education from an anti-poverty perspective. Background Policy Paper commissioned by the Combat Poverty Agency
Hayes, N. (2007) Perspectives on the Relationship between Education and Care in Early Childhood. Background Paper prepared for the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.
Hayes, N (2006) (ed.) Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education and Care Proceedings of OMEP conference, UCC (Cork: OMEP, Ireland)
Hayes, N. & Bradley, S (2006) The Childcare Question in B. Fanning and M. Rush (eds) Care and Social Change in the Irish Welfare Economy (Dublin: University College Dublin Press
Hayes, N (2006) New project sees bright future for children in Ballymun. Action on Poverty Today, No. 15, Winter, 2006.
O’Kane & Hayes (2006) The Transition to School in Ireland: Views of preschool and primary teachers. International
Journal of Transitions in Childhood, Vol 2 pp.4-16
Mahony, K. & Hayes, N. (2006) Researching Quality in Irish Early Education. In N. Hayes (ed) Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education and Care. Proceedings of OMEP Annual Conference (Cork: OMEP, Ireland)
Hayes, N. & Bradley, S. (2005) An Accessible Childcare Model (Report prepared for, and published by the National Women’s Council of Ireland)
Hayes, N. (2005) Welfare and Wellbeing: Impact of Social Policy on Early Educational Practice in Ireland. In M. Horgan & F. Douglas Children in the Global Village. Proceedings of OMEP Annual Conference (Cork: OMEP Ireland)
[All publications are available on Arrow: http://arrow.dit.ie/]