This excellent reporting reminded me of a similar piece I did for Village Magazine back in 2024...glad to see things have gotten better since then 🫠

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You don't mess with Rambo 👀

Ireland has also missed the first two deadlines for reporting information on the energy performance of data centres due to delays at the Department of the Environment in transposing the legislation.

It appears likely that Ireland will also miss the third deadline, set for 15 May this year.

How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll A cross-border investigation has revealed how industry lobbying is shaping data centre regulation in the EU.

New: Data centre operators successfully lobbied the European Commission to amend legislation intended to bring transparency to the continent’s booming data centre industry, a new investigation has revealed.

Story w/ @nicoschmidt.io & Ella Joyner from @investigate-europe.eu

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On International #Asexuality Day, spare a thought for the brave aces who don't like garlic bread... It's tough out there

Ireland is facing egg shortages due to rising demand and insufficient farmers' pay, the IFA says Demand has increased and farm gate prices have remained the same, the IFA’s poultry chair said.

Fitting that this story comes on #TDOV of all days 👀

Maybe there's a shortage because all the eggs have cracked?

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A photo of a garden shed.

Anyway, taking applications for this lovely self-contained studio. €1,100 a month, bills included.
No pets. No smoking. No time wasters.

Homeowners set to get €14,000 tax-free to rent modular units in back gardens Homeowners are in line to earn €14,000 tax-free by renting out newly-built modular units in their back gardens under new changes being examined by the Government.

How long before a 'modular home' becomes a 'garden shed'?

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And despite actual evidence that such practices are still happening today...

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Britain Still Has Conversion Therapists. Here’s Why. YouTube video by Philosophy Tube

A heartbreaking account of brutal conversion practices in the UK from the brilliant @theabigailthorn.bsky.social and a very well behaved chicken.

A reminder; the Irish government *still* hasn't banned conversion practices in Ireland too, despite repeatedly promising to do so.

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A screenshot of an article from RTÉ News.

As reported by @investigates.thejournal.ie two weeks ago.

Our investigation found serious vetting concerns, with some staff at a major SEA provider missing an overseas police clearance.

A quarter of staff working in SEAs last year were missing "major documents".

www.thejournal.ie/investigates...

The lack of a grace period in a country not exactly renowned for its public transport really feels like a deliberate attempt to catch out even the people who attempt to comply with this insanity...

A frankly startling and alarming revelation from our investigation today that raises questions over how it's being allowed to happen.

Tusla has referred five emergency child care providers to Gardaí over vetting concerns A quarter of staff working in Special Emergency Arrangements last year did not have the required documentation to work with vulnerable children.

Tusla have referred five providers of Special Emergency Arrangements to the Garda National Vetting Bureau over significant vetting concerns, the agency has confirmed.

The agency also said that they have ceased engagement with eight providers.

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Tusla has referred five emergency child care providers to Gardaí over vetting concerns A quarter of staff working in Special Emergency Arrangements last year did not have the required documentation to work with vulnerable children.

www.thejournal.ie/investigates...

We also uncovered that staff at a major SEA provider were missing a required overseas police clearance.

And a quarter of SEA staff files audited by Tusla last year were missing major vetting documents.

These findings raise serious concerns over their access to vulnerable children in care.

A screenshot of an upcoming article on The Journal. The headline reads 'Tusla has referred five emergency child care providers to Gardaí over vetting concerns'

Tonight, a new investigation reveals that Tusla has referred five providers of Special Emergency Arrangements (SEA) to the Garda National Vetting Bureau over significant vetting concerns.

The Children's Ombudsman said our findings were "a shocking revelation".

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So much for 'protecting the children'

X is a transphobic cesspit these days, but an anonymous account going after a sitting TD's toddler really feels like a new low.

Objectively weird behaviour.

What if we collectively gave up rain for Lent? Surely that would work

Vulnerable children spending years in Tusla’s temporary Special Emergency Arrangements Tusla inspection reports of Special Emergency Arrangements show some children are moved from one place to another.

I examined nearly 800 pages of inspection reports of Tusla's Special Emergency Arrangements.

Some of the findings include blocked fire escapes, locked first aid boxes and children spending years in these unregulated, unsuitable placements, sometimes moving multiple times throughout

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Vulnerable children spending years in Tusla’s temporary Special Emergency Arrangements Tusla inspection reports of Special Emergency Arrangements show some children are moved from one place to another.

New: Vulnerable children in Tusla care are spending years in unregulated emergency accommodation, even though these placements are supposed to be temporary, a new investigation has found.

jrnl.ie/6954757

A screenshot of an upcoming article on The Journal. The headline reads 'Vulnerable children spending years in Tusla’s temporary Special Emergency Arrangements'

Vulnerable children in Tusla care are spending years in unregulated emergency accommodation, even though these placements are supposed to be temporary.

The Ombudsman for Children described our investigation findings as "very concerning".

Read just after midnight on the journal.ie

Critically appraising the cass report: methodological flaws and unsupported claims - BMC Medical Research Methodology Background The Cass Review aimed to provide recommendations for the delivery of services for gender diverse children and young people in England. The final product of this project, the Cass report, re...

"We found insufficient statistical rigor, unreliable datasets, claims presented without evidence, and misrepresentation of quotes from primary research participants."

Yeah, that sounds just great.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The presentation of the Cass report as this gospel text is also disingenuous given the significant academic criticism it has received.

Just last year, a peer-reviewed critique led by Irish researchers from the University of Galway found serious flaws with the report.

A screenshot from yet another anti-trans opinion piece in the Irish media, this time from The Irish Times. It reads, "The department has not issued guidelines on transgender students since 2016. These guidelines are under review by Maynooth University, but the landscape has changed greatly since then. The UK Cass Review is central to that change. Not only does the Know Your Rights guide not reference it, but it also acts as if it never happened."

The eagerness of some people for Ireland to follow the UK in its anti-trans crusade is genuinely worrying.

If the UK jumped off a cliff are we supposed to follow?

Ireland does have a fourth representative, and several substitutes, but because Mullen is substitute themselves, it isn't immediately clear who didn't show up for the vote.

The full voting record is here: pace.coe.int/en/votes/40641

Ireland's representatives voted as such;

Senator Joe O'Reilly (FG) voted in favour.
Senator Rónán Mullen (Ind) voted against.
Senator Patrick Casey (FF) abstained.

So we really covered all bases there, well done team.

Now pass the Dáil version.

Councils taking enforcement action against private developers over social housing Local authorities are increasingly having to take enforcement action against developers who breach planning rules around Part V social housing delivery.

Private developers of housing estates are required to deliver a percentage as social housing.

But new figures I obtained show that councils are increasingly taking enforcement action against developers for breaching these rules.

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A screenshot of an Irish Examiner article. The opening paragraph reads "Enoch Burke has been imprisoned again. Across comment sections on social media and in the kitchens of Ireland, a slow murmur is audible. The recognition that maybe imprisonment is disproportionate in this case."

I'm so tired of this. We can find something else to write about, believe me.

Just ignore him.