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Disgraced property developer '110 percent confident' of councillor votes

Disgraced property developer Cathal O'Connor told the Sligo County Council chief executive he was “110 percent confident” of councillors voting through a development plan close to what he wanted – a “developer-led” scheme.    

Powerscourt Hotel first hosted Peter Thiel event in 2018

The Ditch can reveal that the Powerscourt Hotel first hosted Peter Thiel and Auren Hoffman’s secretive Dialog event in 2018. 

Hacked: Peter Thiel hosting secret event in Wicklow hotel

Palantir founder Peter Thiel will host a gathering this August at the Powerscourt Hotel in Wicklow – with 87 of the 222 guests listed as first-time attendees.

The unpublished report exposing hospital consultants prioritising child patients with private health insurance

Last week The Ditch published a story about an internal report examining the work of seven Children’s Health Ireland consultants.

Comment: The public forced the state to act on South Africa – it can do so again

You get a sense of how theatrical parliamentary politics is while perched in the gallery above the Dáil chamber.

Jack Chambers urged Irish sporting bodies to boycott Russia and Belarus

Jack Chambers urged every major Irish sporting body to use their "influence and authority" to enforce bans on Russia and Belarus after the invasion of Ukraine.

Internal report confirms public child patients forced to wait for surgery – private patients prioritised

An internal report obtained by The Ditch has exposed hospital consultants prioritising private child patients over those on public lists – with public patients forced to wait significantly longer for vital surgery. 

Government: releasing Harris briefing note on FAI Israel motion would harm international relations

Government claims that releasing a briefing note prepared for Simon Harris’s meeting with the US ambassador in the aftermath of an FAI motion to suspend Israel from European football would “harm” the state’s “capacity to conduct international relations”.

Committee seeks independent review of ‘devastating neurological outcomes’ for Beaumont patients

After two patients of a surgeon at Beaumont Hospital suffered “devastating neurological outcomes”, a doctor-led committee at the hospital – in a letter obtained by The Ditch – has asked a clinical director to stop the surgeon performing certain surgeries.

Israeli weapon shipments insurer: ‘honour’ to host Robert Troy

An Irish insurer that covered a ship carrying 440 tonnes of munitions to Israel – which Amnesty International said could contribute to genocide – had the “honour” of having Fianna Fáil’s Robert Troy attend the opening of its new Dublin office.

Comment: The left chooses alternative. The right wants to assimilate

There was a pint of Guinness and a print copy of the Irish Times in front of me in Owen Roe’s in Ballyshannon when a producer from RTÉ’s This Week contacted me to ask if I’d go on the show.

Weapons and bombs for Israel to be delivered on ship from Spanish port

The Ditch can reveal that 34 containers of weapons and bombs for Israel left a US port yesterday on the ship Ocean Glory.