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'NOT FOR DISCLOSURE': NHS consultant report on needless hip surgeries on children – in full

'NOT FOR DISCLOSURE': NHS consultant report on needless hip surgeries on children – in full

4 months ago 15 min read
This draft report was delivered to CHI management in January. Months later affected families have neither seen the report nor been contacted by CHI. Minister for health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has said she hasn’t seen the report. The Ditch is now publishing the report in full.
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Comment: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are attacking democracy

Comment: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are attacking democracy

4 months ago 4 min read
In September 2023 Michael Healy Rae was walking on Kildare Street when he encountered a small group of protesters.
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Paulie Doyle
By: Paulie Doyle
Arms lobbyist also director of operations for airline transporting IDF munitions

Arms lobbyist also director of operations for airline transporting IDF munitions

4 months ago 3 min read
The operations manager for a group that lobbies government for Lockheed Martin is also director of flight operations for an airline shipping weapons to the Israel Defense Forces.
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The Ditch editors
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Nearly 60 sexual misconduct complaints against gardaí since 2022, 18 investigations ongoing

Nearly 60 sexual misconduct complaints against gardaí since 2022, 18 investigations ongoing

4 months ago 1 min read
Gardaí have faced nearly 60 complaints of sexual abuse, harassment and misconduct over the past three years – with three cases forwarded for criminal prosecution.
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The Ditch editors
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NHS consultant report: Dublin hospitals conducted unnecessary operations on child patients

NHS consultant report: Dublin hospitals conducted unnecessary operations on child patients

4 months ago 4 min read
Nearly 80 percent of hip operations at a Children’s Health Ireland hospital were unnecessary according to a leaked expert report obtained by The Ditch.
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Pádraig Ó Meiscill
By: Pádraig Ó Meiscill
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