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Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday
Construction on the new maternity hospital will begin in 2027 - but won't finish until 2033
Couple who died in house fire in rural west Cork named locally
'It is the right decision': Plans pulled for €1.5m RSA breathalyser project in pubs and hotels
Suspected cocaine worth over €1.7m seized by gardaí and Revenue
Rare beluga whale spotted off the coast of Donegal
Batches of Centra and Supervalu fish products recalled due to presence of listeria
Patrick O'Donovan remains stable and is expected to stay in hospital for 'another period'
Hundreds heard a sanctioned Australian ‘health guru’ lecture in Meath: Here's what she said
Barbara O’Neill is banned by Australian medical authorities from spreading her claims, such as that cancer is a fungus.
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The podcast that helped bring George Gibney to justice, with Mark Horgan
Sinéad and Niall welcome Mark Horgan of the Second Captains/BBC podcast ‘Where is George Gibney?’ to reflect on the paedophile’s criminal conviction and sentencing 33 years after he was first charged in a Dublin court.
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Social Democrats lose third councillor in Kildare since 2024 local election
Revolut services restored as Google Cloud outage blamed for disruption
Taoiseach flings accusation of past 'Nazi' support at Sinn Féin in Dáil row
Mary Lou McDonald accused the government of “moving away from peacekeeping and towards military adventurism”.
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Recent investigations from our team shining a light on how Ireland works

Animal Testing
Irish universities paid hundreds of thousands for invasive animal experiments abroad
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Mother and Baby Unit
Location of mother and baby psychiatric unit still not decided after almost ten years of delays
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Foster Care
Tusla can't say how many foster carers were removed due to complaints or allegations
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Licence Applications
Who's behind the seaweed harvesting applications covering over 14,000 hectares of Ireland's coastline?
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Minister claims striking solicitors hired PR firms to try and present him as 'intransigent'
Two Galway women to contest public order charges over Doonbeg incident
Channel 4 worker tells court she was forced to massage Russell Brand while his entourage watched
Plans for 540 homes on Dublin lands owned by JP McManus and John Magnier knocked back
Three more people arrested in connection with fatal arson attack on Waterford home
Ireland and France are linked on sales site Vinted, which is cracking down on any looted goods
Gardaí injured in pursuit of stolen car that had been driven wrong way on the M50
'Family friend' charged with car ramming attack on Australian MP
Man and woman charged over fatal arson attack remanded into custody
Seven men to stand trial over violent incident in city centre
JustEat apologises for AI-generated slop after bizarre takeaway pictures found on Irish menus
The platform is removing inaccurate pictures and has paused the rollout, but still plans to keep developing the tool.
Man arrested over gun murder of Paul ‘Bosco’ O’Connor in Co Cork
'A proud day for the parish': Joanne McNally makes US TV debut on Tonight Show
‘Beneath the dignity of his office’: Solicitor rejects O’Callaghan’s suggestion rape cases were targeted
Solicitor Eoghan O’Sullivan denied rape cases were deliberately targeted by striking solicitors, as the Taoiseach backed the minister.
Storm Austen: Rain warning for Ireland on Thursday for first named storm of the season
What do you think of the RSA's plan to install breathalyser terminals in pubs and hotels?
Turnkey homes 'not a practice I wanted to see happen' says housing minister
The FOI Files: A meeting on motorway safety was held after the M9 crash. Why were no minutes taken?
Members of the public also sent numerous emails on potential solutions to wrong-way motorway driving.
More curfews to be introduced in France after night without major unrest
'C Case' rapist has sentence re-activated after repeatedly breaching conditions of his release
Derry City distance themselves from McClean’s therapy comments as wife Erin says he is 'struggling'