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Noteworthy is now The Journal Investigates!
You have landed here as you opened a link from our previous investigative platform, Noteworthy. We have an exciting new name and future, but all of our previous articles are still accessible here.
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The Journal Investigates is dedicated to lifting the lid on how Ireland works. We expose injustice, get forensic on complex stories and demand change on your behalf.

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Impact

Our team goes beyond breaking news to spotlight issues that don’t get the attention they deserve.

We travel the length and breadth of Ireland to unveil its murky inner workings. We dive deep into data and documents, unearthing anomalies and failures. We listen to unheard voices and push the powerful to answer challenging questions.

Recognition

Our investigative unit is dependent on generous support by The Journal readers and Journal Media. Investigative reporting is time-consuming and difficult to resource but our readers make financial contributions because they know we deliver impact-driven journalism. Time and time again.

That’s not just us saying so. The Journal Investigates, and previously as Noteworthy, has brought home over 20 awards, including the prestigious Mary Raftery Prize, Irish Red Cross Humanitarian Awards, Journalist Awards and Justice Media Awards. Our investigations are regularly cited in the Houses of the Oireachtas, spur legislative change and call wrongdoing to account.

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A team that’s dedicated to the truth...
Maria Delaney
Editor, The Journal Investigates
Passionate about exposing injustice, Delaney is the only two-time recipient of the Irish Red Cross Humanitarian Journalism Award and has also won a number of other Irish and international awards, including the prestigious Mary Raftery Prize in 2022 and 2023. Her reporting has sparked policy change and reaction from politicians, including from Ireland's head of government. She regularly speaks about protecting sources, inclusive reporting and sourcing public information at national and international events, including at the renowned International Journalism Festival in 2024.
Patricia Devlin
Investigative Journalist
With 16 years experience in reporting crime in the UK and Ireland, Devlin is an investigative reporter who digs into contentious issues. In 2015, while working at Northern Ireland's Sunday Life newspaper, she won Reporter of the Year, Scoop of the Year and Campaign of the Year at the UK Regional Press Awards. In 2021, the then Sunday World journalist was a finalist in the Reporters without Borders Press Freedom Awards for her work on organised crime in Northern Ireland.
Conor O’Carroll
Junior Investigative Reporter
Skilled in obtaining documents through Freedom of Information requests, O’Carroll uncovers exclusive stories through extensive research. He is also proficient in using open-source investigative techniques and is passionate about environmental issues. He graduated from City, University of London with a Master's in Investigative Journalism. Prior experience includes Village Magazine, the Irish Examiner as well as The Journal’s news desk.
With contributions from...
Eoghan Dalton
Reporter, The Journal
Cormac Fitzgerald
Investigative Reporter, Freelance
Anthea Lacchia
Science & Nature Journalist, Freelance
Stephen McDermott
Assistant News Editor, The Journal
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
News Reporter, The Journal
Órla Ryan
News Correspondent, The Journal