Murphy, Mary and Kirby, Peadar (2008) A Better Ireland is possible: Towards an alternative vision for Ireland. Community Platform, Challenging Poverty and Inequality .

Murphy, Mary (2003) A Woman’s Model For Social Welfare Reform. The National Women’s Council of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

Murphy, Mary (2007) Chapter 4: The emerging Irish workfare state and its implications for local development. In: Taming the Tiger: Social Exclusion in a Globalised Ireland. TASC: A Think Tank for action on Social Change, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 85-112.

Murphy, Mary and Quinlan, Deirdre (2007) Economics and Poverty - the links. An education and training resource. Combat Poverty Agency, Dublin, Ireland.

Murphy, Mary and Kirby, Peadar (2008) Globalisation and Models of State: Debates and Evidence from Ireland. In: Globalisation and Europeanisation workshop; Nordic Political Science Association, August 2008, Tromos, Norway.

Murphy, Mary (2008) Ideas, interests and institutions; explaining Irish social security policy. Poverty Research Initiative.

Murphy, Mary (2008) Pensions: What Women Want. A model of pensions that guarantees independence. National Women's Council of Ireland; Combat Poverty Agency., Dublin, Ireland.

Murphy, Mary and O'Connor, Orla (2009) Reflections on the Basic Income debate from an Irish feminist perspective; A feminist alternative to basic income. In: Basic Income Earth Network, World Conference, June 2009, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Murphy, Mary (2008) Reframing the Irish activation debate; Accommodating care and safeguarding social rights and choices. Policy Institute at Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Murphy, Mary (2002) Social partnership - is it "the only game in town"? Community Development Journal, 37 (1). pp. 80-90. ISSN 0010-3802

Murphy, Mary (2008) Square pegs and round holes: Dublin City’s experience of the RAPID Programme. In: Metropolitan Governance Work Shop European Consortium for Political Research, April 2008, Rennes, France.

Murphy, Mary and Kirby, Peadar (2009) State and civil society in Ireland: Conclusions and prospects. In: Power Democracy and Dissent. Framer Ltd., Dublin, Ireland.

Murphy, Mary (2007) The NESC Developmental Welfare State: A glass half empty or a glass half full? Administration, 55 (3). pp. 75-100.

Murphy, Mary (2010) The politics of redirecting the social policy - towards a double movement. In: Transforming Ireland: Challenges, Critiques, Resources. Manchester University Press, Manchester University. ISBN 0-7190-7893-8

Murphy, Mary (2009) What impact might globalisation have on Irish civil society. In: Power Democracy and Dissent. Framer, Dublin, Ireland.

Murphy, Mary and O'Connor, Orla (2008) Women and Social Welfare. In: Where are we now? New Feminist Perspectives on Women in Contemporary Ireland. New Island Press, Dublin, Ireland.

Murphy, Mary (2007) Working-aged people and welfare policy. In: Welfare Policy and Poverty. Combat Poverty Agency, Ireland, pp. 101-137. ISBN 1904541631