PSNI won’t release details on weapons missing from custody
The PSNI says it is not in the public interest to disclose how many of its weapons have gone missing or been stolen from custody in the past two years.
Competition undertakings on Ireland’s biggest regional newspaper owner have ‘proven ineffective’ – says rival
Competition undertakings to separate the British owner of Ireland’s largest regional newspaper group from the advertising sales house his rivals depend on have “proven ineffective” – according to Celtic Media Group (CMG).
TG4: RTÉ is a monopoly and government is breaching EU media freedom law
Make a one-time donation to The Ditch The Irish government is breaching EU media freedom law and RTÉ “is a monopoly” – according to TG4. The Irish-language public service broadcaster has urged Coimisiún na Meán to intervene to secure the “editorial independence of Nuacht TG4”. The submission was published
Robert Troy trebles his money on investment property
Since being brought back into the ministerial fold, Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy has almost trebled his money on a rental property investment and bought out his business partner on a separate investment property now worth around €1 million.
Comment: Official Ireland wants a diaspora of visitors and investors
In the 17th century Swiss doctor Johannes Hofer wrote his thesis about a disease he had observed. It mostly affected young people sent abroad, but also those who led cloistered lives before travelling, who were stricken with an all-consuming desire to go home.
Weapons manufacturer linked to Gaza genocide lobbied Deptartment of Finance on 'unintended impact' of economic sanctions
An Ireland-based weapons manufacturer implicated in the Gaza genocide lobbied the Department of Finance this summer about economic sanctions during the period the Occupied Territories Bill was passed and signed into law.
Department of Foreign Affairs won't release Helen McEntee's 'closed door' dinner remarks at oligarch event
The Department of Foreign Affairs won’t release records of what Helen McEntee told an off-record closed-door dinner organised by Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk's Board of Yalta.
SIPO won’t say if it complied with ethics law
SIPO won’t say if it – as required by law – investigated a member of the Oireachtas who failed to submit proof of their tax compliance.
Despite huge rise in complaints SIPO finishes year without single ongoing investigation
SIPO finished last year without a single investigation underway – despite a 63 percent rise in complaints against public officials.
The Ditch investigation into Dublin investment firm Elkstone's Epstein deal subject of bogus complaint, deleted from Google
A Ditch investigation into how Dublin investment firm Elkstone and its chief executive Alan Merriman coordinated a $500,000 investment in a deal involving Jeffrey Epstein was removed from Google search worldwide after a bogus copyright complaint.
Norma Foley opens office for company illegally renting out properties for more than €300 a night
Fianna Fáil’s Norma Foley opened the new office of a business illegally renting out properties in her constituency for more than €300 a night
Comment: Free State Nationalists and loyalists: natural allies
Five years ago a friend and I visited Belfast on 12 July. She was researching a potential book about a united Ireland. I was interested in writing about loyalism. We walked around the city, went to Sandy Row, saw the KAT graffiti and heard the sectarian chants.