The lack of a grace period in a country not exactly renowned for its public transport really feels like a deliberate attempt to catch out even the people who attempt to comply with this insanity...
26.02.2026 19:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The lack of a grace period in a country not exactly renowned for its public transport really feels like a deliberate attempt to catch out even the people who attempt to comply with this insanity...
26.02.2026 19:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A frankly startling and alarming revelation from our investigation today that raises questions over how it's being allowed to happen.
24.02.2026 19:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tusla have referred five providers of Special Emergency Arrangements to the Garda National Vetting Bureau over significant vetting concerns, the agency has confirmed.
The agency also said that they have ceased engagement with eight providers.
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We also uncovered that staff at a major SEA provider were missing a required overseas police clearance.
And a quarter of SEA staff files audited by Tusla last year were missing major vetting documents.
These findings raise serious concerns over their access to vulnerable children in care.
A screenshot of an upcoming article on The Journal. The headline reads 'Tusla has referred five emergency child care providers to Gardaí over vetting concerns'
Tonight, a new investigation reveals that Tusla has referred five providers of Special Emergency Arrangements (SEA) to the Garda National Vetting Bureau over significant vetting concerns.
The Children's Ombudsman said our findings were "a shocking revelation".
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So much for 'protecting the children'
21.02.2026 18:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
X is a transphobic cesspit these days, but an anonymous account going after a sitting TD's toddler really feels like a new low.
Objectively weird behaviour.
What if we collectively gave up rain for Lent? Surely that would work
17.02.2026 20:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I examined nearly 800 pages of inspection reports of Tusla's Special Emergency Arrangements.
Some of the findings include blocked fire escapes, locked first aid boxes and children spending years in these unregulated, unsuitable placements, sometimes moving multiple times throughout
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New: Vulnerable children in Tusla care are spending years in unregulated emergency accommodation, even though these placements are supposed to be temporary, a new investigation has found.
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A screenshot of an upcoming article on The Journal. The headline reads 'Vulnerable children spending years in Tusla’s temporary Special Emergency Arrangements'
Vulnerable children in Tusla care are spending years in unregulated emergency accommodation, even though these placements are supposed to be temporary.
The Ombudsman for Children described our investigation findings as "very concerning".
Read just after midnight on the journal.ie
"We found insufficient statistical rigor, unreliable datasets, claims presented without evidence, and misrepresentation of quotes from primary research participants."
Yeah, that sounds just great.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The presentation of the Cass report as this gospel text is also disingenuous given the significant academic criticism it has received.
Just last year, a peer-reviewed critique led by Irish researchers from the University of Galway found serious flaws with the report.
A screenshot from yet another anti-trans opinion piece in the Irish media, this time from The Irish Times. It reads, "The department has not issued guidelines on transgender students since 2016. These guidelines are under review by Maynooth University, but the landscape has changed greatly since then. The UK Cass Review is central to that change. Not only does the Know Your Rights guide not reference it, but it also acts as if it never happened."
The eagerness of some people for Ireland to follow the UK in its anti-trans crusade is genuinely worrying.
If the UK jumped off a cliff are we supposed to follow?
Ireland does have a fourth representative, and several substitutes, but because Mullen is substitute themselves, it isn't immediately clear who didn't show up for the vote.
The full voting record is here: pace.coe.int/en/votes/40641
Ireland's representatives voted as such;
Senator Joe O'Reilly (FG) voted in favour.
Senator Rónán Mullen (Ind) voted against.
Senator Patrick Casey (FF) abstained.
So we really covered all bases there, well done team.
Now pass the Dáil version.
Private developers of housing estates are required to deliver a percentage as social housing.
But new figures I obtained show that councils are increasingly taking enforcement action against developers for breaching these rules.
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A screenshot of an Irish Examiner article. The opening paragraph reads "Enoch Burke has been imprisoned again. Across comment sections on social media and in the kitchens of Ireland, a slow murmur is audible. The recognition that maybe imprisonment is disproportionate in this case."
I'm so tired of this. We can find something else to write about, believe me.
Just ignore him.
Over 100 XL Bully dogs have been euthanised by local authorities in the year since the ban on the breed came into effect.
But animal welfare organisations have raised concerns over the effectiveness of a breed ban.
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Pharmacists have rejected this attempt to pass responsibility to them and said nobody entering a pharmacy should expect to be questioned or examined as to whether they are transgender or not.
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A screenshot of notes from the HRT Advisory Group dated 13th November 2024. The notes state "PCRS acknowledged that it would be practically very difficult to identify the reasons people are using specific products, unless the dosage is significantly higher than the typical menopause amount. Pharmacists will be able to query."
🚨 New records released under FOI show the Department expect pharmacists to question trans people to access the free HRT scheme.
"Pharmacists will be able to query" despite the PCRS acknowledging "it would be practically very difficult to identify the reason people are using specific products".
Pharmacists have said nobody entering a pharmacy should expect to be questioned on whether they are transgender.
One pharmacist said the Minister for Health has “a gross misinterpretation of the role of a pharmacist" amid confusion over eligibility.
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Pharmacists are rejecting an attempt to pass the responsibility of determining eligibility for the Free HRT Scheme onto them, amid continuing confusion surrounding the eligibility of trans people.
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A screenshot of an upcoming article on The Journal. The headline reads 'I'm not looking up someone's skirt': Pharmacists reject deciding who's eligible for free HRT
“We don’t sit anyone else down and ask them to prove they’re male or female when they come in for items.”
Pharmacists I spoke to have rejected attempts to have them determine who is can receive free HRT amid confusion around the eligibility of trans people
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HSE says National Gender Service does not have authority to close waiting list to new patients jrnl.ie/6902636
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We're delighted to announced @conorocarroll.bsky.social as the winner of the Business Analyst of the Year category. An impressive win in a category with an exceptionally high calibre of entries this year. Well done Conor! #SmurfitAwards @thejournal.ie @investigates.thejournal.ie
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Just 10% of Ireland’s historic landfills have been certified over 15 years since the regulations were introduced.
It means that hundreds of these old landfills have been left in limbo despite a risk of leaking toxic waste into waterways.
Officials at the Department of Public Expenditure spotted the typo in the new sign displayed on Merrion Street over a month before it was installed in front of the department headquarters.
The sign included an incorrect spelling of ‘infrastructure’.
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