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Jack Chambers was told before general election that housing targets would likely be missed

# Home Completions

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# Home Completions

Jack Chambers was told before general election that housing targets would likely be missed

Mar 13th 2025, 1:48 PM 7,254 Views 16 Comments

ESB tried to charge OPW an extra €57,000 on controversial €490,000 boundary wall project

# Office Of Public Works

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# Office Of Public Works

ESB tried to charge OPW an extra €57,000 on controversial €490,000 boundary wall project

Mar 10th 2025, 2:45 PM 30,654 Views 0 Comments

Maternity hospital raised concerns over 'disruption' caused by Marathon and Mini-Marathon

# Holles Street

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# Holles Street

Maternity hospital raised concerns over 'disruption' caused by Marathon and Mini-Marathon

Jan 12th 2025, 5:15 PM 21,778 Views 65 Comments

# freedom-of-information - Last year 2024

'It's like dealing with a website from the 90s': Viewers vent frustration at RTÉ Player issues

# Hate The Game Not The Player

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# Hate The Game Not The Player

'It's like dealing with a website from the 90s': Viewers vent frustration at RTÉ Player issues

Dec 25th 2024, 3:00 PM 39,559 Views 159 Comments

'Sure why not round it up to an even four hundy?': Complaints to OPW over €336k Oireachtas bike shed

# On Your Bike

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# On Your Bike

'Sure why not round it up to an even four hundy?': Complaints to OPW over €336k Oireachtas bike shed

Dec 7th 2024, 6:30 AM 14,614 Views 0 Comments

# PSNI

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# PSNI

PSNI fined £750,000 for major data breach that saw staff personal details published online

Oct 3rd 2024, 7:35 AM 2,601 Views 0 Comments

UHL staff under 'huge pressure' to deal with FOI requests after death of Aoife Johnston

# The Morning Lead

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# The Morning Lead

UHL staff under 'huge pressure' to deal with FOI requests after death of Aoife Johnston

Sep 12th 2024, 12:05 AM 12,492 Views 0 Comments

They said the team is missing deadlines for FOI and GDPR requests, despite their best efforts
Some people are seeking their records so they can transfer their care to another hospital

Over 5,000 people died or were pronounced dead on arrival in EDs over the last five years

# Emergency Departments

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# Emergency Departments

Over 5,000 people died or were pronounced dead on arrival in EDs over the last five years

Aug 7th 2024, 10:22 AM 11,145 Views 28 Comments

Courts Service receives dozens of representations from politicians about lengthy probate delays

# Probate Process

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# Probate Process

Courts Service receives dozens of representations from politicians about lengthy probate delays

Jul 22nd 2024, 2:04 PM 9,356 Views 13 Comments

Department warned Finance Minister against tax break for landlords in Budget 2024

# Landlord Tax

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# Landlord Tax

Department warned Finance Minister against tax break for landlords in Budget 2024

Jan 8th 2024, 7:27 PM 26,491 Views 41 Comments

# freedom-of-information - All time

'Stop annoying the long suffering Irish people': Viewers complain about RTÉ Player

# Buffering

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# Buffering

'Stop annoying the long suffering Irish people': Viewers complain about RTÉ Player

Dec 25th 2023, 3:00 PM 45,657 Views 0 Comments

Twelve patients reported to have been sexually assaulted in mental health facilities last year

# HSE

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# HSE

Twelve patients reported to have been sexually assaulted in mental health facilities last year

Aug 22nd 2023, 12:05 AM 21,929 Views 32 Comments

Officials warned that lack of social workers would delay giving adopted people their records

# Adoption Authority Of Ireland

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# Adoption Authority Of Ireland

Officials warned that lack of social workers would delay giving adopted people their records

Jan 4th 2023, 12:05 AM 7,434 Views 0 Comments

Leaving Cert students ask Foley to keep 'no cliff edge' vow - and avoid clash with Harry Styles gig

# Exams

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# Exams

Leaving Cert students ask Foley to keep 'no cliff edge' vow - and avoid clash with Harry Styles gig

Jan 3rd 2023, 3:07 PM 36,446 Views 15 Comments

'Why do I pay my TV licence?': Viewers complain about 'awful' RTÉ Player

# Complaints

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# Complaints

'Why do I pay my TV licence?': Viewers complain about 'awful' RTÉ Player

Dec 25th 2022, 6:00 PM 54,310 Views 77 Comments

# No Access

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# No Access

No Access: Bord na Móna companies blanket blocking release of information

Jul 12th 2022, 7:30 PM 17,279 Views 11 Comments

Watchdog expresses concern over the number of FOI requests 'deemed refused'

# Information

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# Information

Watchdog expresses concern over the number of FOI requests 'deemed refused'

Jun 22nd 2022, 6:00 AM 14,108 Views 9 Comments

'Butchered and mutilated': How the government was alerted to out-of-season hedge-cutting last year

# Wildlife Act

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# Wildlife Act

'Butchered and mutilated': How the government was alerted to out-of-season hedge-cutting last year

Mar 23rd 2022, 12:05 AM 48,964 Views 20 Comments

Nursing home complaints: 'Window visits not being permitted' and other Covid concerns

# Nursing Homes

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# Nursing Homes

Nursing home complaints: 'Window visits not being permitted' and other Covid concerns

Jan 4th 2022, 12:05 AM 31,297 Views 11 Comments

HSE warned at start of pandemic that it 'may not receive' quantities of PPE it had paid for

# Audit

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# Audit

HSE warned at start of pandemic that it 'may not receive' quantities of PPE it had paid for

Nov 6th 2021, 12:05 AM 26,603 Views 16 Comments

Average occupancy of Citywest isolation facility was 13.8% during first six months of pandemic

# Covid-19

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# Covid-19

Average occupancy of Citywest isolation facility was 13.8% during first six months of pandemic

Nov 3rd 2021, 12:05 AM 23,799 Views 15 Comments

Two international journalism awards for our investigative platform Noteworthy

# Busy Investigating

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# Busy Investigating

Two international journalism awards for our investigative platform Noteworthy

Oct 20th 2021, 12:30 PM 4,790 Views 0 Comments

# Zapponegate

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# Zapponegate

'A crisis in FOI': How Zapponegate highlighted crucial flaws in Ireland's transparency legislation

Sep 7th 2021, 12:05 AM 17,110 Views 14 Comments

Sinn Féin calls for all documents related to Zappone appointment to be published

# Simon SMS

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# Simon SMS

Sinn Féin calls for all documents related to Zappone appointment to be published

Sep 3rd 2021, 3:56 PM 10,757 Views 84 Comments

Coveney asks to appear before Oireachtas Committee to clarify text controversy

# Merrion

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# Merrion

Coveney asks to appear before Oireachtas Committee to clarify text controversy

Updated Sep 2nd 2021, 5:28 PM 42,596 Views 115 Comments

Noteworthy investigations reveal biggest climate emitters and violent bike theft increase

# Thanks To You

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# Thanks To You

Noteworthy investigations reveal biggest climate emitters and violent bike theft increase

Jul 7th 2021, 8:00 PM 11,792 Views 0 Comments

Freedom of Information Act to be reviewed by government

# Transparency

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# Transparency

Freedom of Information Act to be reviewed by government

Jun 17th 2021, 6:46 PM 11,103 Views 8 Comments

Noteworthy investigations expose environmental issues and analyse far-right activity

# Busy Investigating

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# Busy Investigating

Noteworthy investigations expose environmental issues and analyse far-right activity

Apr 22nd 2021, 12:30 PM 6,250 Views 9 Comments

'Imagine someone clicked their fingers and you had no family or history, that's the reality for thousands of us'

# Adoption

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# Adoption

'Imagine someone clicked their fingers and you had no family or history, that's the reality for thousands of us'

Apr 6th 2021, 4:46 PM 13,606 Views 16 Comments

# Debunked

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# Debunked

Debunked: No, an FOI request did not show that RTÉ 'took orders' from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Feb 14th 2021, 7:30 AM 35,891 Views 0 Comments

# Student Nurses

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# Student Nurses

'I put an 11-week-old fetus into a little coffin': Student nurses to the Taoiseach in their own words

Feb 8th 2021, 12:05 AM 59,975 Views 37 Comments

# Student Nurses

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# Student Nurses

'I had to tell them their baby was dead': Student nurses to Stephen Donnelly in their own words

Feb 1st 2021, 12:05 AM 101,984 Views 52 Comments

Nursing home complaints during Covid: Concerns over isolation and lack of social distancing

# Allegations

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# Allegations

Nursing home complaints during Covid: Concerns over isolation and lack of social distancing

Jan 2nd 2021, 12:05 AM 30,518 Views 25 Comments

# Debunked

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# Debunked

Debunked: No, a Freedom of Information request to the HSE did not prove that Covid-19 does not exist

Dec 29th 2020, 5:52 PM 48,508 Views 0 Comments

More than 500,000 people had points on their licences this year - here's a county-by-county breakdown

# Penalty Points

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# Penalty Points

More than 500,000 people had points on their licences this year - here's a county-by-county breakdown

Dec 26th 2020, 7:30 AM 40,273 Views 31 Comments

TDs and Senators rack up over €2,000 in arrears at Dáil bar and restaurant

# On The House

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# On The House

TDs and Senators rack up over €2,000 in arrears at Dáil bar and restaurant

Dec 25th 2020, 9:00 PM 70,957 Views 95 Comments

RTÉ says it's striving to improve Player amid complaints about 'frustrating' and 'ridiculous' service

# Streaming

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# Streaming

RTÉ says it's striving to improve Player amid complaints about 'frustrating' and 'ridiculous' service

Dec 25th 2020, 5:00 PM 67,595 Views 82 Comments

'Ciara caused a lot of hassle': Irish pronunciation leaves Dutch tongue-tied in naming of 2020-21 storms

# Name Our Storms

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# Name Our Storms

'Ciara caused a lot of hassle': Irish pronunciation leaves Dutch tongue-tied in naming of 2020-21 storms

Oct 8th 2020, 6:15 AM 26,036 Views 33 Comments

# Supreme Court

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# Supreme Court

'A ruling of significant importance': Supreme Court orders re-opening of landmark FOI appeals

Sep 25th 2020, 4:51 PM 23,389 Views 3 Comments

# Black Lives Matter

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# Black Lives Matter

Government urged to drop novels with 'racial slurs' from Junior Cert syllabus in response to Black Lives Matter protests

Sep 14th 2020, 12:05 AM 51,504 Views 168 Comments

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