During controversy over his “sinister” comments about media, Patrick O’Donovan didn’t admit he had already secretly called a Coimisiún na Meán commissioner to see if he as media minister could trigger a state “examination” of RTÉ fuel protest coverage he didn’t like.
St Patrick’s Day 2010 and I’m pulling a black Lyle and Scott sweater over a yellow Ralph Lauren polo and going to get the train from Dublin to Belfast.
“On a strictly confidential basis” a senior civil servant sent a confidential draft document to a lobbyist at the billionaire Collison brothers-funded Progress Ireland – whose board includes the civil servant’s former boss at his department.
The head of the Irish media regulator was described as a “conspirator” during a Hong Kong parliamentary probe – but claims he blew the whistle on “political interference” in a controversial €20 million contract award.
The Ditch can reveal Fine Gael Galway West byelection and Seanad leader Seán Kyne is the senator alleged to have blackmailed and harassed the former Inland Fisheries Ireland CEO.
With activists – including an Irish citizen – facing a “show trial” in Germany, The Ditch can reveal the weapons factory they’re accused of vandalising is today sending a laser system for marking human targets to Tel Aviv.
Fine Gael's Dublin Central byelection candidate Ray McAdam travelled to an election event last week in the official car provided to him as lord mayor – then used it again to get to his campaign launch.
A Danish-flagged ship is on its way to Israel – and will pass through Spanish waters – carrying tonnes of weapons for Israel Defence Forces supplier Elbit Systems.
The Irish government approved 99.8 percent of applications for civilian planes carrying weapons – and usually US soldiers – to land at Shannon over the past seven years.
An Independent Ireland councillor insists he didn’t have to declare a donation from a disgraced property developer for whom he helped rezone land.
The Ditch is defying a court order imposed by two senior British judges forbidding coverage of a human rights lawyer’s fight against contempt of court allegations over a speech he gave representing a Palestine Action client.
The Ireland-based American theatre director behind the proposed 30-metre statue in Dublin refuses to comment on his inclusion in Jeffrey Epstein’s black book and repeated references to him in the Epstein files.