Fine Gael candidate's company handled John McGahon's appointment as Dundalk Chamber of Commerce CEO

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. 

Here’s the report Children’s Health Ireland won’t publish

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

FedEx under criminal investigation in Belgium – but not Ireland – after Ditch investigation

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: government all but confirmed Nama’s Brendan McDonagh for housing role

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.

Drew Harris misled Oireachtas committee over illegal Israel weapons flights

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

Comment: The Independent's 'misleading and self-promoting chronicle' of Veronica Guerin's death

On this day 29 years ago investigative journalist Veronica Guerin was driving on the Naas Road. As she waited at a red light a motorbike carrying two male passengers appeared next to her. They’d been tracking her after a court date about a speeding offence earlier that day.

Comment: Britain uses terror when it suits

There’s little enough enough to separate how Keir Starmer, the human rights lawyer with the knighthood and the Oxford law degree and the London townhouse, and Brian Nelson, the loyalist and arms importer and British state agent from the Shankill Road, view terror and its use.

Irish representative in Egypt plays crucial role transporting cargo to Israel

One of Ireland’s state representatives in Egypt plays a crucial role in transporting goods in and out of Israel during its onslaught on Gaza.  

Fine Gael senator hasn't declared property – council won't release documents

Fine Gael senator Paraic Brady hasn’t declared a house he built in Longford – and the council he used to serve on won’t release records showing what he told planning authorities about his property holdings when he built it. 

Fianna Fáil TD on artificial intelligence committee holds stock in AI company founded by two IDF veterans

Fianna Fáil appointed a newly elected TD to the Oireachtas artificial intelligence committee – even though he holds stock worth thousands in an AI company co-founded by a man who “conducted classified intelligence work” for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). 

Spanish company sent 1,207 tonnes of steel to Israeli weapons maker

A Spanish company has shipped 1,207 tonnes of steel to Israeli weapons maker IMI Systems since August 2024 – despite recent calls by the Spanish foreign minister for an arms embargo against Israel.

Fine Gael senator didn't declare €67,000 property sale to council – while sitting on social housing committee

Fine Gael Senator Paraic Brady didn’t declare he sold a property to Longford County Council for €67,000 – nearly double what he first paid for it – while sitting on the council’s social housing committee.