A recruitment company owned by a Fine Gael election candidate handled ex-Fine Gael senator John McGahon’s appointment as Dundalk Chamber of Commerce CEO.

Children’s Health Ireland respects legal advice. The Ditch respects the public interest. .

FedEx – which has repeatedly flown munitions through Irish territory illegally – is under criminal investigation after The Ditch, in partnership with Belgian media, reported it illegally transported F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel through Liège Airport last month.

Confidential correspondence shows government had all but confirmed Nama chief Brendan McDonagh as its so-called housing tsar – while taoiseach Micheál Martin publicly denied any decision had been made.

The garda commissioner misled an Oireachtas committee about his knowledge of airlines illegally using Irish airspace to transport weapons to Israel.