Patricia Devlin

Liam Ramos, a preschooler ICE detained the five-year-old Minnesota boy as he returned home from school and transported him to a detention center in Texas.

Hundreds of Ireland's historic landfills have been left in limbo despite a risk of polluting nearby waterways.

Reporter @conorocarroll.bsky.social explains from the site of one of these former landfills how delays are contributing to the problem.

Read more: jrnl.ie/6887357

Thank you David ❤️

#Spéirghorm

Drop off points for Caitlin’s collection

Details for donation

Details and drop off points here ❤️

Little girl smiling

Caitlin’s mummy Stella and her amazing friend Lorraine Mulgrew are collecting new PJs and small night dresses to help families and sick children in the Royal Victoria hospital.
Please if you can spare any, it would not only be an amazing gift, but something in memory of Caitlin

Little girl standing with two gingerbread men

When Caitlin passed away, the brilliant Royal Victoria Hospital offered PJs or a small night dress. Unfortunately they were too small.

Picture of a title girl holding a rabbit

In March this year, my niece Caitlin-Rose passed away after she was knocked down after getting off her school bus. Her mummy wants to help other children who need the help of emergency care in Caitlin-Rose’s memory.

Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid Climate-impacting emissions are being released from data centres using off-grid generators.

More brilliant news for the TJI team: Conor O'Carroll has made the shortlist for the upcoming 2025 Business Journalist Awards! Conor's nomination in the Business Analyst of the Year category is for his work on Ireland's data centres... www.thejournal.ie/investigates...

A male child with a backpack walks alone in a residential area.

A child in Tusla care was reported missing 274 times in a single year, The Journal Investigates can reveal.

Records show the Child and Family Agency made almost 7,000 reports to gardaí on children who had gone missing from residential care in the last 5 years.
www.thejournal.ie/tusla-missin...

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Thank you David

Another big win for The Journal Investigates! Patricia Devlin has scooped an award at the Irish Food Writing Awards in Dublin

Brilliant news - our own Conor O'Carroll has won Young Journalist of the Year at the annual Newsbrands Awards!

Over 330% increase in demand for Female Genital Mutilation treatment in Ireland Health chief calls for a roll-out of regional FGM clinics to cope with soaring waiting lists for health services.

'When they finished cutting, they tied my legs together for a week so the stitches wouldn’t open'.
A young Somalian woman talks to @trishdevlin.bsky.social about becoming a victim of Female Genital Mutilation at 8-years-old, and later seeking protection in Ireland.

Image of Irish-Somali FGM activist Ifrah Ahmed holding a sign stating 'Me Too FGM'

Ireland's sole clinic for treating women and some girls with horrific Female Genital Mutilation injuries has seen a 300% surge in demand for services. Its director tells @trishdevlin.bsky.social the current service is 'neither fair, nor sustainable'.

READ: www.thejournal.ie/female-genit...

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Screenshot of a hilarious Daily Mail meltdown over the election of new Irish President Catherine Connolly.

I see the Daily Mail has taken the news well.
#irishpresident #catherineconnoñly

Cillian Murphy among Irish stars backing Together for Palestine concert Musicians and bands including Paul Weller, Damon Albert, King Krule and Bastille are listed as performers.

Several Irish stars have joined big names in backing and promoting a concert hosted tonight by Together for Palestine at Wembley Stadium
https://www.thejournal.ie/cillian-murphy-together-for-palestine-6819680-Sep2025/

Around one in three hate incidents reported to gardaí are racially motivated Anti-race hate crimes and incidents have risen by almost a quarter in just three years, according to data analysed by The Journal Investigates.

www.thejournal.ie/racist-attac...

Racism in Ireland. Unfortunately, gardai only began recording hate crimes and incidents, with categories such as “anti-race”, three years ago. But from the data we do have, we can see reports of racist attacks and abuse has been growing. Link to article in next 🧵

Around one in three hate incidents reported to gardaí are racially motivated Anti-race hate crimes and incidents have risen by almost a quarter in just three years, according to data analysed by The Journal Investigates.

'Racism has got more aggressive, more obvious and more brazen' in Ireland, with anti-race the single most discriminatory motive in hate crimes here.

Read our latest investigation:
http://www.thejournal.ie/racist-attacks-ireland-6817334-Sep2025/

Around one in three hate incidents reported to gardaí are racially motivated Anti-race hate crimes and incidents have risen by almost a quarter in just three years, according to data analysed by The Journal Investigates.

Around one in three hate incidents reported to gardaí are racially motivated, analysis by @trishdevlin.bsky.social has found.

http://www.thejournal.ie/racist-attacks-ireland-6817334-Sep2025/

Part 2 of our series looking at threats to our native seals. This one beggars belief, especially after the outrage in 2022 when a seal pup was killed after being picked up by a tourist for a selfie 😔 ⬇️

Dead seals washing up on Irish coasts more than double in three years The Journal Investigates can reveal a significant spike in dead seal reports, as severe storms and human disturbance threaten the protected species.

The number of dead seals washing up along Irish coasts more than doubled between 2020 and 2023, an investigation by @trishdevlin.bsky.social has found.

http://www.thejournal.ie/dead-seals-ireland-6786495-Aug2025/

Our latest investigation by @trishdevlin.bsky.social exposes an important security concern across Ireland:

Thousands of controversial Chinese surveillance cameras installed in public places across Ireland The Journal Investigates reveals Hikvision is used by councils, hospitals and universities despite bans in other countries.

@trishdevlin.bsky.social‬ at the @thejournal.ie has a complementary investigative piece out as well. www.thejournal.ie/investigates...

Screenshot of what the Daily Mail describes as journalism about a town which has been made to look nicer by hipsters. Apparently the locals don’t want it and there has been fury

The Daily Mail now coming for the hipsters for making places look nice.

‘I won’t work alone with certain colleagues’: Female paramedics break silence on 'toxic' culture Staff told The Journal Investigates they feel that there is an ‘unsafe culture’ within the National Ambulance Service.

One female paramedic told The Journal Investigates she was "dry humped” by two different male colleagues, incidents brushed off as jokes.

http://www.thejournal.ie/national-ambulance-service-female-paramedics-6748778-Jul2025/

Well done to your niece. Paramedics are heroes 🙌 I hope so too, Brendan. We’ll be keeping an eye on what action will be taken 🔍

Awful behaviour, well done the female paramedics for talking about it and you for reporting.
Sexual harassment is disturbing anywhere but somehow an emergency service is a workplace where to you might think there’s less of it. Wrongly.