At the end of a deserted road in rural Ireland, behind derelict buildings and an abandoned industrial school watched over by a statue of the Sacred Heart, seven Palestinian families are in limbo.
Helen McEntee’s Department of Foreign Affairs won’t release draft versions of its EU propaganda book for schoolchildren because doing so could damage Ireland’s international relations and EU presidency.
United Airlines illegally transported US government-supplied gun components for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) through Irish territory this month.
The Department of Housing’s recently appointed housing tsar met with a lobbyist from the Collison brothers-backed Progress Ireland but didn’t keep any records of the engagement.
Israeli national airline El Al illegally transported a tonne of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) munitions of war through Irish territory on two flights in August – including a component delivered as part of a programme to “strengthen the security of the United States”.
Independent Ireland TD Ken O’Flynn says Big Tobacco can help government fight black market cigarettes and has proposed Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco International appear before an Oireachtas committee – to talk about how Ireland taxes their products.
Collison brothers-backed lobbyists Progress Ireland had an off the books meeting with Fianna Fáil finance minister Jack Chambers that they didn’t declare – as required by law – on the lobbying register.
Make a one-time donation to The Ditch Senator Tom Clonan has named Noel Wynne – of Drimnagh, Dublin – as the man who won’t face criminal proceedings over allegations of child sexual abuse at St John Ambulance. “On last Tuesday, 6 October, the group of survivors was told in the
Jim O'Callaghan's department refused more than half of Palestinian long-term visa applications decided this year – while denying only a quarter from all other nationalities.
Despite claiming to support environmental sustainability the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht is partnering with Google and an Irish NGO to promote AI in the nonprofit sector.
Foreign affairs minister Helen McEntee’shas defended spending more than €150,000 on pro-EU propaganda for schoolchildren that insists the bloc is a “big family” and peddles the importance of security and European values.
Fine Gael health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has defended her 2024 meeting with an ex-Israeli spy, in correspondence seen by The Ditch.