'A giant symbol of Celtic Tiger excess that will kill swans'
Residents say a new bridge which is fastly moving towards construction should not go ahead. Reporter @trishdevlin.bsky.social reveals why Sligo's new landmark has skipped strict environmental checks.
A €50m bridge given life-long planning permission 15 years ago is finally set to go ahead, despite no clear evidence of updated environmental checks. That includes collision risks to the area's large number of swans. @trishdevlin.bsky.social reports...
Stop normalising sexual violence as entertainment.
NWC condemns the appalling inclusion of a float depicting the crimes of Epstein in a St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Co. Mayo. The float was offensive and deeply insensitive to victim survivors of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.
#EndVAW
Waiting lists continuing to soar. Most, if not all, of these women and girls have fled their home countries to seek protection in Ireland.
You can read the full investigation here: jrnl.ie/6852410
Honoured to be shortlisted for the 2026 Mary Raftery Prize for my investigation into Female Genital Mutilation services in Ireland.
Since 2021, there has been a 338% rise in demand for FGM treatment in Ireland. Yet, there is only one clinic in the entire country providing care to women and girls
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
Within a two-year period, HSE staff recorded almost 450 suspected suicides of patients who had recent contact with healthcare services, an investigation by @trishdevlin.bsky.social has found.
www.thejournal.ie/suicides-aft...
Liam Ramos, a preschooler ICE detained the five-year-old Minnesota boy as he returned home from school and transported him to a detention center in Texas.
Hundreds of Ireland's historic landfills have been left in limbo despite a risk of polluting nearby waterways.
Reporter @conorocarroll.bsky.social explains from the site of one of these former landfills how delays are contributing to the problem.
Read more: jrnl.ie/6887357
Thank you David ❤️
Drop off points for Caitlin’s collection
Details for donation
Details and drop off points here ❤️
Little girl smiling
Caitlin’s mummy Stella and her amazing friend Lorraine Mulgrew are collecting new PJs and small night dresses to help families and sick children in the Royal Victoria hospital.
Please if you can spare any, it would not only be an amazing gift, but something in memory of Caitlin
Little girl standing with two gingerbread men
When Caitlin passed away, the brilliant Royal Victoria Hospital offered PJs or a small night dress. Unfortunately they were too small.
Picture of a title girl holding a rabbit
In March this year, my niece Caitlin-Rose passed away after she was knocked down after getting off her school bus. Her mummy wants to help other children who need the help of emergency care in Caitlin-Rose’s memory.
More brilliant news for the TJI team: Conor O'Carroll has made the shortlist for the upcoming 2025 Business Journalist Awards! Conor's nomination in the Business Analyst of the Year category is for his work on Ireland's data centres... www.thejournal.ie/investigates...
A male child with a backpack walks alone in a residential area.
A child in Tusla care was reported missing 274 times in a single year, The Journal Investigates can reveal.
Records show the Child and Family Agency made almost 7,000 reports to gardaí on children who had gone missing from residential care in the last 5 years.
www.thejournal.ie/tusla-missin...
Another big win for The Journal Investigates! Patricia Devlin has scooped an award at the Irish Food Writing Awards in Dublin
Brilliant news - our own Conor O'Carroll has won Young Journalist of the Year at the annual Newsbrands Awards!
'When they finished cutting, they tied my legs together for a week so the stitches wouldn’t open'.
A young Somalian woman talks to @trishdevlin.bsky.social about becoming a victim of Female Genital Mutilation at 8-years-old, and later seeking protection in Ireland.
Image of Irish-Somali FGM activist Ifrah Ahmed holding a sign stating 'Me Too FGM'
Ireland's sole clinic for treating women and some girls with horrific Female Genital Mutilation injuries has seen a 300% surge in demand for services. Its director tells @trishdevlin.bsky.social the current service is 'neither fair, nor sustainable'.
READ: www.thejournal.ie/female-genit...
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Screenshot of a hilarious Daily Mail meltdown over the election of new Irish President Catherine Connolly.
I see the Daily Mail has taken the news well.
#irishpresident #catherineconnoñly
Several Irish stars have joined big names in backing and promoting a concert hosted tonight by Together for Palestine at Wembley Stadium
www.thejournal.ie/cillian-murphy-together-...
Racism in Ireland. Unfortunately, gardai only began recording hate crimes and incidents, with categories such as “anti-race”, three years ago. But from the data we do have, we can see reports of racist attacks and abuse has been growing. Link to article in next 🧵
'Racism has got more aggressive, more obvious and more brazen' in Ireland, with anti-race the single most discriminatory motive in hate crimes here.
Read our latest investigation:
www.thejournal.ie/racist-attacks-ireland-6...
Around one in three hate incidents reported to gardaí are racially motivated, analysis by @trishdevlin.bsky.social has found.
www.thejournal.ie/racist-attacks-ireland-6...
