Cormac Kehoe

Labour thinktank close to Morgan McSweeney ‘paid firm to investigate journalists’ Labour Together allegedly hired company to look at Sunday Times and Guardian reporters after article about donations

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

An absolutely disgraceful attack on the free press. Solidarity with @direthoughts.com & @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social and others affected

Lead Heads It would be libellous to print anything else.

'We tried to cock a snook at faceless ones in power, but we knew well that if the cock was just that bit too snooky, we would suffer the consequences.'

John Banville remembers his time on the subs desk at the Irish Press.

www.the-fence.com/banville-pub...

The Londoner is being sued by a holiday let grifter. We’re going to fight him in court Mysterious emails, incessant demands and a fake lawyer — an editor’s note about a serious threat we’re facing

We're being sued for libel by a London businessman who thinks he can bully us into taking down a @londonermag.bsky.social story about him. He's wrong!

Please read and share.

www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...

The Londoner is being sued by a holiday let grifter. We’re going to fight him in court Mysterious emails, incessant demands and a fake lawyer — an editor’s note about a serious threat we’re facing

I'm being sued for libel by a man who ran a rental arbitrage scheme involving some of London's priciest properties. The Londoner have been brilliant in standing behind me & refusing to give into this naked attempt at silencing the truth. Read below -
www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...

solidarity with top hack @coramazov.bsky.social

The Londoner is being sued by a holiday let grifter. We’re going to fight him in court Mysterious emails, incessant demands and a fake lawyer — an editor’s note about a serious threat we’re facing

We're being sued....

www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...

Thanks to @charlottetobitt.bsky.social for covering the case in @pressgazette.co.uk.

"The nagging spectre of financial ruin haunted the back of my mind for a few months" @coramazov.bsky.social tells her.

pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...

Massive story here, do have a dig in

Big first story here

I’ve been reading The Fence since around covid time. It just keeps getting better and better.

🚨My first @thefence.bsky.social investigation reveals how an enigmatic Greco-Russian billionaire is transporting billions of dollars’ worth of sanctioned Russian oil and gas to Europe and beyond.🚨

Read "Barrels of Black Gold" below!

thefence.substack.com/p/off-the-fe...

PSNI resorted to pen and paper after issues with ControlWorks command and control software | Computer Weekly Northern Ireland’s Policing Board has asked the Police Service of Northern Ireland for clarification after it emerged the PSNI has not reported IT issues that affected its ability to record reports fr...

Click here for the details -> www.computerweekly.com/news/3666370...

Computer Weekly understands that a “major issue” with ControlWorks may have delayed potentially critical information being passed to police officers in a high-profile investigation

The force has not reported the incidents to the Northern Ireland Policing Board, which oversees the PSNI, and has not mentioned any incidents with ControlWorks in its annual reports

Issues with the ControlWorks software, used by the PSNI to log calls and tips from the public, meant the PSNI were forced to resort to pen and paper

PSNI resorted to pen and paper after issues with ControlWorks command and control software | Computer Weekly Northern Ireland’s Policing Board has asked the Police Service of Northern Ireland for clarification after it emerged the PSNI has not reported IT issues that affected its ability to record reports fr...

🚨 A @computerweekly.bsky.social Investigation by @billgoodwin.bsky.social and I found that the Policing Board has asked the PSNI for clarification after it emerged they hadn't reported IT issues affecting their ability to record reports from the public🚨

www.computerweekly.com/news/3666370...

Thanks Ash ❤️

Thanks Mark !

Who knew that in 2024 I would subscribe to a *print* edition of, well, anything?

Thanks a mill @seamas.bsky.social 🫶 Coming from a former drinks dispenser to Mary McAleese, this means a lot

An excellent hire of an excellent man!

Lovely. Well done, The Fence. Print media, hiring. Couldn't love this more.

Thanks a mill @catneilan.bsky.social 🫶 Looking forward to next season of TNW

Fantastic news

Thanks a mill Peter 🫶 Excited for more D4S scoops in 2026 !

Great hire! (And great to see Irish investigative hacks leading the charge ;))

@direthoughts.com 🫶

@aloner.bsky.social Thanks Alona!! Looking forward to it

HIRING NEWS

We are delighted to welcome Cormac Kehoe (@coramazov.bsky.social) as our new investigations correspondent. Prepare for marmalade-droppers in both the newsletter and the print magazine.