NHS consultant report: Dublin hospitals conducted unnecessary operations on child patients
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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Lobbyists 'standing up for Israel' demanded controversial antisemitism definition
A lobbying group dedicated to “standing up for Israel” wrote to government last year requesting the Irish state adopt a controversial definition of antisemitism – and the Department of Justice assured the lobbyists that Ireland’s hate speech legislation would address some of their concerns.
Comment: The Occupied Territories Bill – and its misrepresentation – is a matter of sovereignty
Micheál Martin has repeatedly misrepresented the status of legislation that would ban trade with Israeli settlements deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
'lt would be a political choice': attorney general's unpublished Occupied Territories Bill advice in full
Late last October attorney general Rossa Fanning wrote to Simon Harris, Micheál Martin and Roderic O'Gorman. In his letter Fanning gave the government ministers advice on the Occupied Territories Bill – legislation that has been blocked by successive governments for the last seven years.
Former Guantanamo Bay chief legal counsel leads US agency hired to help restructure Irish defence forces
The former chief legal counsel for Guantanamo Bay’s detention camps leads the US agency the Irish Department of Defence has hired to advise Ireland on expanding the state’s military.
Attorney general's counsel: Ireland could legally defend ban on Israeli settlement investments
Legal counsel appointed by the attorney general approved an opposition bill banning the state investing in companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements – but government has blocked the legislation since 2023.
Attorney general's unpublished advice: replacing Occupied Territories Bill is a ‘political choice’
The attorney general told government that replacing the Occupied Territories Bill rather than amending it would be a "political choice" and not a legally necessary one.
German national airline resumes munitions flights through Irish territory to Israel
Two flights carrying parts for the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) F-35 fighter jet flew through Irish territory on their way to Israel earlier this month.
Arms industry lobbying group adds firms linked to Gaza and Ukraine conflicts to client list
A group that lobbies the Irish government on behalf of international arms manufacturers has acquired several new clients.
Central Bank received almost €40,000 in Israeli bond fees since 2021
The Central Bank of Ireland has collected almost €40,000 from the Israeli state since 2021 for facilitating the sale of its bonds – which are marketed as a way to support Israel’s war on Gaza.
Fine Gael defence minister met Israeli spy at taoiseach’s office
Fine Gael health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill held a meeting with a former Israeli spy at the taoiseach’s offices last May when she was junior defence minister.
Comment: Special advisers are just higher paid political correspondents
In February 2019 political correspondent Hugh O’Connell wrote a piece about a trend that had “raised concerns” of a “brain drain”: Fine Gael hiring half a dozen journalists as special advisers in 18 months – a "brain drain", wrote O'Connell.