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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

Make a one-time donation to The Ditch 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

Irish state increases Palantir shareholding

The Irish state investment fund increased its shareholding in Peter Thiel's Palantir last year as the Israeli military used its technology to commit genocide in Gaza.

Mason Hayes & Curran chairperson, Meta's lawyer was going to attend cancelled Peter Thiel event

Two senior tech lawyers at Dublin law firm Mason Hayes & Curran – including its chairperson and Meta’s external Irish counsel – were going to attend Peter Thiel’s cancelled secret Dialog event in the Powerscourt Hotel. 

Airline illegally transports munitions to Israel through Irish airspace two years after being exposed

Challenge Airlines illegally transported “military aircraft parts” through Irish territory to Israel last night.

Irish energy regulator was going to attend Thiel event in Powerscourt Hotel

A senior Irish regulator influential in state data centre policy was set to attend Peter Thiel’s secretive Dialog event in the Powerscourt Hotel. 

Defence officials wanted Helen McEntee to address arms lobbyist event

Make a one-time donation to The Ditch Because Department of Defence officials understood the risk that arms manufacturers could start setting the terms of Irish defence procurement, they encouraged Helen McEntee to give the keynote at an arms lobbyist’s conference.  McEntee was due to speak at the event

Credit union body moved €3.2 million from protection fund without AGM approval and blocked watchdog report

The Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) moved more than €3 million out of its members’ protection fund without approval at an AGM – with a former president of the league describing the transfer as a “smash and grab”.