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”.
Comment: The elite meet in private – but their intentions are clear
It’s said that a frog in a slowly heating pot of water won't notice it's being boiled alive. You hear this as an apologue for a shortcoming of mankind, our tendency to ignore impending catastrophe because we're not in immediate danger.
Coimisiún na Meán grants Jewish Representative Council of Ireland role flagging antisemitic material online
After an ex-Israeli spy visited the Irish media regulator and met with Jennifer Carroll MacNeill – discussing a role for an Irish Jewish organisation at the regulator – Coimisiún na Meán has appointed the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland to flag "illegal antisemitic material" online.