In most democracies, a national children’s hospital is the kind of public project governments rarely have to defend. It is morally unassailable, politically safe, and broadly supported. Few voters object to spending money on critically ill children. Fewer still object to replacing outdated facilities with modern, purpose-built care. Ireland’s National Children’s Hospital should have been […]
“Stem Cell” Call for Stories from Patients Told There Were No Options Why this investigation started This investigation began following information provided to me by a clinician working at a Dublin based private clinic that forms part of a wider national network with regional clinics operating nationwide. What I found most shocking was not the […]
From 2023 – 2025 Objective: This investigation compares government spending on homelessness with spending on accommodation for refugees and asylum seekers in Ireland from 2023 to 2025. It aggregates all budget lines clearly linked to providing or funding accommodation, normalising definitions so that like is compared with like. It does not include downstream costs such […]
I have noticed a large number of these claims circulating on social media in recent months asserts that “one in every four people living in Ireland is a foreigner”. It is often presented as a statement of fact, accompanied by references to official statistics and recent migration into the State. As the claim has gained […]
Ireland’s Central Mental Hospital (CMH), opened in north Dublin just three years ago and promoted as a flagship, state-of-the-art forensic facility, is continuing to struggle with serious safety and governance failures more than a year after formal intervention by the Mental Health Commission. Records released under Freedom of Information show that a 2024 inspection found […]
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) sought a substantial increase in State funding as it came under growing European scrutiny over its regulation of large technology companies, according to internal records released under Freedom of Information. In pre-budget submissions, the watchdog requested an increase of approximately €10 million, arguing that enforcement of data-protection rights must be […]