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This week
11th January 2026 - 13th January 2026
HSE
Average of almost 300 people a day opted out of new organ donation register
11 Jan
21.3k
138
Last month
December 2025
lab rats
Dogs, horses and goats among 112,000 animals used in Irish lab experiments last year
23 Dec 2025
12.6k
25
Midlands Prison
Prison Service must pay €60,000 in compensation to officer injured in brutal attack
8 Dec 2025
16.8k
Galway
Garda suspended from duty following St Patrick's Day hit-and-run incident
7 Dec 2025
47.7k
recycling
Here's how Re-turn is going to use its big pile of cash from all our plastic bottles
5 Dec 2025
38.7k
74
Last year
2025
Road Safety
Motorists still dodge penalty points by donating to poor box - despite past High Court ruling
11 Nov 2025
29.5k
40
Driving Licence
Nearly 23,000 disqualified drivers failed to give up their licences - but only one was penalised
26 Sep 2025
33.5k
culling
OPW has paid snipers €17,000 to kill 118 deer in Phoenix Park since last year - including fawns
23 Sep 2025
14.0k
65
WRC
Cabin crew member who had a miscarriage after Aer Lingus flight takes unfair dismissal case
3 Sep 2025
59.7k
Workplace Relations Commission
Fittest Family contestant's firm ordered to pay €7,800 to kitchen worker over discrimination
25 Aug 2025
87.4k
battle of the beige
OPW bans green and orange colours from Battle of the Boyne site (and tells staff they can't be nude)
22 Jul 2025
18.2k
40
Limerick
'Laughing gas' leak reported at Limerick hospital months before faulty system was shut down
4 Jul 2025
14.7k
13
All time
RSA
Driving instructor who said 'who's your daddy' 15 times to student among complaints to RSA
6 Jun 2023
50.2k
54
Portrane
Patients at €220m Central Mental Hospital sleeping in clothes due to issues with heating system
17 Apr 2023
13.4k
6
ollie crowe
Senator amends declaration of interests after admitting he 'erred' by omitting pub ownership
5 Mar 2023
31.7k
Castlerea Prison
Prison inmate died after not receiving CPR for 7 minutes due to delays in opening cell
27 Feb 2023
28.3k
branded merch
Defence Forces to spend €140,000 on branded merchandise, including trolley tokens and wristbands
13 Feb 2023
21.7k
20
irish medical journal
Woman perforates palate while eating a Pringle at Christmas
16 Dec 2022
38.6k
14
rail network
Over 760 anti-social behaviour incidents on train services reported in first six months of year
28 Aug 2022
22.4k
31
bovine intervention
Tayto Park visitors sheltered in gift shop after three bison escaped from enclosure in March
4 Aug 2022
31.9k
25
mr price
Mr Price ordered to pay €20,000 for discriminating against worker sacked on maternity
9 Jul 2022
47.8k
prison cells
Cell phones: €1.1m spent installing telephones in every cell at four prisons
19 Jun 2022
48.6k
72
big cellar
Oireachtas to splash out €300,000 on its own brand of wine to sell in Leinster House
16 Jun 2022
30.8k
95
golfgate
Oireachtas Golf Society told not to use state harp emblem as its logo
15 Jun 2022
9.4k
4
WRC
WRC awards ex-Lidl employee €17,500 for dismissal over discounted baked goods
14 Jun 2022
42.3k
WRC
Deaf activist loses discrimination case against RTÉ over All-Ireland final coverage
31 May 2022
19.6k
Discrimination
Hotel ordered to pay €5,000 for discriminating against bride-to-be from Traveller Community
21 May 2022
68.3k
Horse Meat
Nearly 3,000 thoroughbred horses slaughtered for meat in Ireland since 2020
15 May 2022
47.4k
52
leinster mouse
Mice, rats and slugs among pests that plagued Leinster House in past six months
13 May 2022
12.6k
36
Dublin
Fatality could have occurred when Luas collided with bridge, investigation finds
12 May 2022
27.9k
3
Foreign Affairs
DFA secretary general gave staff go-ahead to gather 'in the thick of it' to watch UN vote
27 Jan 2022
14.9k
11
Prison
Alcohol-free hand sanitiser given to prisoners over fears it would be used for 'moonshine'
16 Mar 2020
30.9k
37
Greyhounds
Irish Greyhound Board spent nearly €18k on public relations in three months after RTÉ documentary
17 Feb 2020
16.1k
119
litter blackspots
Dublin City Council is going to spend €1.6 million to remove chewing gum
13 Nov 2018
12.8k
45
irish cinemagoers
Death in The Jungle Book and genitalia in Baywatch: Why people complained about films last year
1 May 2018
31.9k
33
last of the slammer wine
Prison guards are cracking down on moonshine in Irish prisons
2 Apr 2018
17.6k
18
Mice
Cork hospital spends €30k on pest control after rodents were found in sink
13 Mar 2018
29.4k
18
Health of the nation
Over 23,000 formal complaints were made to the HSE in 2016
2 Jan 2018
8.8k
12
Labs
More than 3,300 live animals used for research at NUI Galway
25 Dec 2017
11.1k
28
Miracle
Kit-mas miracle - kitten survives being put in a bag and thrown into the sea
21 Dec 2017
11.9k
32
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