01191pab a2200121 454500008004000000100002500040245007600065260000900141300001500150520086000165650001801025773002601043180718b2014   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMaccarthaigh, Muiris  aAgency termination in Ireland: Culls and bonfires, or life after death?  c2014  ap.1017-103  aThe termination of state agencies has been a prominent aspect of administrative ﾑrationalizationﾒ programmes arising from the Global Financial Crisis. In this article, the frequency and type of agency terminations that have occurred in Ireland post-2008 are examined in longitudinal perspective. Following a consideration of agency types, the logic of agency rationalization is explored with a focus on the different ways in which agencies are terminated. Drawing on a unique dataset of Irish state agencies over a 90-year period, the article presents evidence concerning the degree to which terminations over the 2008ﾖ11 period differ, if at all, from those that have occurred previously. In concluding, the article proposes that rather than witnessing agency ﾑcullsﾒ and ﾑbonfiresﾒ, there is ﾑlife after deathﾒ for agencies and their w  aOrganizations  aPublic Administration