# Freedom of Information
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This year
2024
landlord tax
Department warned Finance Minister against tax break for landlords in Budget 2024
8 Jan
26.1k
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Last year
2023
buffering
'Stop annoying the long suffering Irish people': Viewers complain about RTÉ Player
25 Dec 2023
44.6k
THE MORNING LEAD
Twelve patients reported to have been sexually assaulted in mental health facilities last year
22 Aug 2023
21.8k
32
Adoption Authority of Ireland
Officials warned that lack of social workers would delay giving adopted people their records
4 Jan 2023
7.4k
Exams
Leaving Cert students ask Foley to keep 'no cliff edge' vow - and avoid clash with Harry Styles gig
3 Jan 2023
36.4k
15
All time
Complaints
'Why do I pay my TV licence?': Viewers complain about 'awful' RTÉ Player
25 Dec 2022
54.1k
77
no access
No Access: Bord na Móna companies blanket blocking release of information
12 Jul 2022
17.2k
11
Information
Watchdog expresses concern over the number of FOI requests 'deemed refused'
22 Jun 2022
14.1k
9
Wildlife Act
'Butchered and mutilated': How the government was alerted to out-of-season hedge-cutting last year
23 Mar 2022
48.9k
20
Nursing Homes
Nursing home complaints: 'Window visits not being permitted' and other Covid concerns
4 Jan 2022
31.3k
11
Audit
HSE warned at start of pandemic that it 'may not receive' quantities of PPE it had paid for
6 Nov 2021
26.6k
16
Covid-19
Average occupancy of Citywest isolation facility was 13.8% during first six months of pandemic
3 Nov 2021
23.8k
16
busy investigating
Two international journalism awards for our investigative platform Noteworthy
20 Oct 2021
4.8k
Zapponegate
'A crisis in FOI': How Zapponegate highlighted crucial flaws in Ireland's transparency legislation
7 Sep 2021
17.1k
14
Simon SMS
Sinn Féin calls for all documents related to Zappone appointment to be published
3 Sep 2021
10.7k
84
Merrion
Coveney asks to appear before Oireachtas Committee to clarify text controversy
Updated
2 Sep 2021
42.6k
115
Thanks To You
Noteworthy investigations reveal biggest climate emitters and violent bike theft increase
7 Jul 2021
11.8k
0
busy investigating
Noteworthy investigations expose environmental issues and analyse far-right activity
22 Apr 2021
6.2k
9
Adoption
'Imagine someone clicked their fingers and you had no family or history, that's the reality for thousands of us'
6 Apr 2021
13.6k
16
FACTCHECK
Debunked: No, an FOI request did not show that RTÉ 'took orders' from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
14 Feb 2021
35.8k
student nurses
'I put an 11-week-old fetus into a little coffin': Student nurses to the Taoiseach in their own words
8 Feb 2021
59.9k
37
student nurses
'I had to tell them their baby was dead': Student nurses to Stephen Donnelly in their own words
1 Feb 2021
102k
52
Allegations
Nursing home complaints during Covid: Concerns over isolation and lack of social distancing
2 Jan 2021
30.5k
25
FACTCHECK
Debunked: No, a Freedom of Information request to the HSE did not prove that Covid-19 does not exist
29 Dec 2020
48.3k
Penalty Points
More than 500,000 people had points on their licences this year - here's a county-by-county breakdown
26 Dec 2020
40.2k
31
on the house
TDs and Senators rack up over €2,000 in arrears at Dáil bar and restaurant
25 Dec 2020
70.9k
95
Streaming
RTÉ says it's striving to improve Player amid complaints about 'frustrating' and 'ridiculous' service
25 Dec 2020
67.5k
81
Name Our Storms
'Ciara caused a lot of hassle': Irish pronunciation leaves Dutch tongue-tied in naming of 2020-21 storms
8 Oct 2020
26.0k
33
Supreme Court
'A ruling of significant importance': Supreme Court orders re-opening of landmark FOI appeals
25 Sep 2020
23.3k
3
black lives matter
Government urged to drop novels with 'racial slurs' from Junior Cert syllabus in response to Black Lives Matter protests
14 Sep 2020
51.3k
168
Coronavirus
'I urge you to use common sense': Praise and criticism in public's emails to Leo during start of lockdown
18 Aug 2020
52.4k
37
Child and Family Agency
Tusla suffers 23 'high risk' data breaches - including stolen files and loss of devices - since last year
17 Aug 2020
14.9k
9
Aviation
CityJet and Stobart Air asked government for six-month bailout to ensure their survival after Covid-19
21 Jun 2020
16.4k
18
Coronavirus
HSE was 'gifted' €544,000 in free advertising by Google and Facebook during Covid-19 pandemic
19 Jun 2020
16.3k
11
peter tyndall
Information Commissioner calls for incoming government to 'improve' Freedom of Information Act
17 Jun 2020
6.6k
6
clusters
Hiqa sent more than 170 complaints relating to Covid-19 in nursing homes during March and April
25 May 2020
18.0k
25
let's talk about sex
Masturbation, sex toys and multiple partners: Emails show how the HSE drafted its Covid-19 sex guidelines
5 May 2020
88.7k
41