The Journal Investigates

The FOI Files: A meeting on motorway safety was held after the M9 crash. Why were no minutes taken?
The FOI Files: A meeting on motorway safety was held after the M9 crash. Why were no minutes taken?
Members of the public also sent numerous emails on potential solutions to wrong-way motorway driving.
Tuesday
13 Oct
The FOI Files: How one ‘wrong’ word led to the same request being refused twice
The FOI Files: How one ‘wrong’ word led to the same request being refused twice
Thursday
8 Oct
Irish universities paid hundreds of thousands for invasive animal experiments abroad
Irish universities paid hundreds of thousands for invasive animal experiments abroad
Tuesday
6 Oct
The FOI Files: How laws on family reunification were tweaked to make them more difficult to waive
The FOI Files: How laws on family reunification were tweaked to make them more difficult to waive
Tuesday
29 Sep
Tusla and how some of its data on foster carers didn't add up
Tusla and how some of its data on foster carers didn't add up
Sunday
27 Sep
‘I felt completely alone’: Readers share their stories accessing pregnancy mental health supports
‘I felt completely alone’: Readers share their stories accessing pregnancy mental health supports
Wednesday
23 Sep
Location of mother and baby psychiatric unit still not decided after almost ten years of delays
Location of mother and baby psychiatric unit still not decided after almost ten years of delays
Tuesday
22 Sep
What did the FAI say to the Dept of Sport about Ireland’s Nations League fixture with Israel?
What did the FAI say to the Dept of Sport about Ireland’s Nations League fixture with Israel?
Pregnant women and new mothers in Ireland find restricted access to crisis mental health support
Pregnant women and new mothers in Ireland find restricted access to crisis mental health support
Monday
21 Sep
Notable Award Wins
Notable Award Wins
Tuesday
15 Sep
A politician went looking for submissions made under a public consultation and got nothing
A politician went looking for submissions made under a public consultation and got nothing
Tuesday
8 Sep
The FOI Files: The year-long battle for records on Ireland’s promised Wildlife Crime Unit
The FOI Files: The year-long battle for records on Ireland’s promised Wildlife Crime Unit
Tusla can't say how many foster carers were removed due to complaints or allegations
Tusla can't say how many foster carers were removed due to complaints or allegations
Tuesday
1 Sep
Why won’t the Department of Equality release a two-year-old report on expanding gender recognition?
Why won’t the Department of Equality release a two-year-old report on expanding gender recognition?
Tuesday
25 Aug
The FOI Files: How Dublin City Council discovered the diesel leak in the Liffey
The FOI Files: How Dublin City Council discovered the diesel leak in the Liffey
Who's behind the seaweed harvesting applications covering over 14,000 hectares of Ireland's coastline?
Who's behind the seaweed harvesting applications covering over 14,000 hectares of Ireland's coastline?
Maritime regulator investigating multiple claims of illegal seaweed harvesting in protected areas
Maritime regulator investigating multiple claims of illegal seaweed harvesting in protected areas
Tuesday
18 Aug
The FOI Files: Records revealed DAFM inspected just four hare coursing events in five years
The FOI Files: Records revealed DAFM inspected just four hare coursing events in five years
Tuesday
11 Aug
Why the Department of Foreign Affairs won’t release details of its lobby meetings with Amazon
Why the Department of Foreign Affairs won’t release details of its lobby meetings with Amazon
'An arms race': the evolving new synthetic drugs that need fresh methods to detect them
'An arms race': the evolving new synthetic drugs that need fresh methods to detect them
Tuesday
4 Aug
Back in the queue: When scheduling quirks can result in FOIs being turned down
Back in the queue: When scheduling quirks can result in FOIs being turned down
Tuesday
28 Jul
The question that revealed child in State care went missing 274 times in a year
The question that revealed child in State care went missing 274 times in a year
Sunday
26 Jul
Ireland has one of Europe’s highest rates of wildfire overlap with protected nature sites
Ireland has one of Europe’s highest rates of wildfire overlap with protected nature sites
Friday
24 Jul
Data centres used almost one billion litres of water last year, but another industry used far more
Data centres used almost one billion litres of water last year, but another industry used far more
Tuesday
21 Jul
Why the Department of Justice took 56 working days to find no records
Why the Department of Justice took 56 working days to find no records
Tuesday
14 Jul
How we discovered 4 out of 5 culled badgers tested free of TB
How we discovered 4 out of 5 culled badgers tested free of TB
Thousands of nitrous oxide canisters are ending up at waste facilities amid warnings of explosions
Thousands of nitrous oxide canisters are ending up at waste facilities amid warnings of explosions
Tuesday
7 Jul
Why the gambling regulator won’t release details of industry lobby meetings
Why the gambling regulator won’t release details of industry lobby meetings
Tuesday
30 Jun
The FOI Files: The curious case of the diplomat and the parking fines
The FOI Files: The curious case of the diplomat and the parking fines
The suicide forum facilitating the deaths of vulnerable people in Ireland
The suicide forum facilitating the deaths of vulnerable people in Ireland