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Housing Crisis
Bid to end homeless services for those who refuse multiple housing offers slammed as 'cruel'
Charities say the move won’t lead to a decrease in those who become homeless.
State Investments
Irish sovereign wealth fund pumped millions into companies contracted by Israel Defence Forces
The ISIF invested almost €5 million in just two companies with links to the IDF.
The two companies were contracted to provide fuel, surveillance and other communications technology to the Israeli military.
State Investments
Who are the 8 companies that Ireland invests in that have links to illegal Israeli settlements?
The State holds shares in the companies via the Irish Strategic Investment Fund.
The companies have been named on a UN database for enabling the continued existence of Israeli settlements.
The ISIF divested from five companies last year, but continued to hold more than €10 million in other companies.
On The Journalderelict ireland
Here are the vacant and derelict buildings around Ireland that councils asked to CPO in June
ballymena
'Remove the rats': How online rumours and threats sparked a week of anti-immigrant riots in NI
Unrest fuelled by inflammatory rhetoric and misinformation visited several towns in the North this week.
A sexual assault in Ballymena enabled a wider narrative to take hold that women are unsafe because of immigration.
An online 'paper' trail shows how a wave of speculation fed what some have called a "pogrom".
On The JournalPublic Spending
Dept of Transport spent €600,000 on revamp of entrance and small plaza at Dublin headquarters
The works went €39,000 over an initial estimate, despite a contingency of almost €105,000 being included.
An outline for the project cited the need to upgrade security and to 'discourage skateboarders and loiterers' from the building.
Abortion
FactCheck: Have one in eight women in Ireland visited an emergency department after an abortion?
The claim was made by the Pro Life Campaign this week.
On The Journalcompulsory purchase orders
Here are the vacant and derelict buildings around Ireland that councils asked ABP to CPO in May
Three councils sought to CPO three houses across the country last month.
FactCheck'Death, death, death': How Trump embraced South Africa's 'white genocide' conspiracy theory
LobbyingMeta warned minister that €200m EU fine last month would harm Irish businesses and consumers
compulsory purchase orders
Here are the derelict buildings that county councils applied to An Bórd Pleanála to CPO in April
Derelict buildings contribute significantly to Ireland’s housing crisis and the Government wants to bring them back into use.
Local authorities can apply to acquire derelict properties via a Compulsorily Purchase Order.
Four councils sought to acquire derelict houses and a former shop that was damaged by fire in April.
deepfakes
Children's Ombudsman hugely concerned over use of AI 'nudify' apps on images of underage girls
Teenagers have cited a ‘chilling’ effect on their online behaviour as a result of the apps.
The cost of doing business
Central Bank went €3.6m over budget on new data system despite giving reassurances about cost
The overspend was one of 15 capital projects in which the bank has gone over budget since 2020.
Staff raised questions about the risks and costs involved when programme was first proposed in 2017.
Double Rainbow
Sculpture at Central Bank HQ cost €616,000 - more than double its initial price tag
The bank lists the cost of the sculpture as €320,000 on its website.
On The JournalWilson's Hospital School
School will ask for Enoch Burke to be jailed if he disrupts State exams or shows up next year
The Late Late ShowTo whom it concerns: Here's how the Taoiseach was briefed ahead of his Late Late Show interview
Crime
'Dangerous Dublin': How two viral headlines were behind Conor McGregor's White House comments
An image of two Irish news articles has gone global among anti-immigrant groups.
On The JournalHousing Crisis
Majority of county councils failed to collect the Derelict Sites Levy for two years in a row
17 out of 31 local authorities didn’t collect any money from landowners.
On The JournalChristian right
Pastors, protests and claims of persecution: The Burke family's ties with conservative America
The family’s cause has been taken up by religious groups in the US.
Enoch Burke has no shortage of supporters in the US, where his case has been supported by prominent members of the Christian right.
The activities of the Burke family adopt tactics used by other Christian groups in a wider culture war crusade.
On The JournalMichelle Keane
Election candidate who claimed ballots were taken from boxes fails to have case heard in High Court
Register of interestsWho are the 32 politicians in the Dáil who declared themselves as landlords last year?
Explainer
How many people does Ireland deport every year?
The figure is relatively low for a number of reasons.
Out of servicePrivate emails show how TDs lobbied against scrapping of No 11 bus during election campaign
Leinster House150 rounds of drinks ordered at the Dáil's bars on the day TDs failed to elect a new Taoiseach
On The JournalDrumcondra
Land earmarked for apartments beside iconic Quinn's pub to be listed on derelict sites register
On The JournalThe cost of doing business
RTÉ spending on TV licence fee ads spiked after payments scandal broke in 2023
Artificial IntelligenceMeta showed nearly 10,000 ads for deepfake clothes 'erasing' app to Irish users since December
'Deep concerns' over AI 'undress' apps being advertised on Irish social media
So-called ‘nudify’ apps allow users to create deepfake naked images of any woman.
AnalysisMeta's scrapping of fact-checking in the US has emboldened disinformers; now the EU is on alert
MisinformationMeta says it is killing off its third-party fact-checking programme 'starting in the US'
DublinSwastikas, Palestine slogans and 'sex words' among graffiti alerts sent to Dublin City Council
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Gaeilge
Number of secondary pupils given Irish exemptions has almost doubled since before the pandemic
One in every 20 pupils was exempt from learning the language last year.
