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Last year
2023
Ivana Bacik ‘very concerned’ Labour won’t be able to support a yes vote in care referendum
Irish banks urged to respond to claims that payments to Gaza have been 'blocked'
‘Dining on deforestation’: Irish meat and dairy may be linked to Amazon forest clearance
Soybeans, used in livestock feed in Ireland, were shipped by companies with links to destruction of endangered habitats in South America.
Noteworthy reports that Irish supermarkets have not ruled out using controversially-sourced soy
Over 20 million hectares of Brazil’s forest cover as a whole have been lost to soy production in the last 30 years
Expert: Ireland’s food systems are ‘driving environmental destruction’ in some of the world’s most endangered habitats
'There is no safe haven': Over 60 journalists killed since start of Israel-Hamas conflict
The conflict is one of the deadliest for journalists in history.
Bitten and broken: Dog attack victims say lax law enforcement leaves them without hope
Noteworthy investigation finds dog bite reports continue to rise across Ireland, with sheepdogs one of the most commonly reported for aggressive behaviour.
Dog attacks in some council areas have more than doubled in less than a year
Significant increase in incidents of aggressive behaviour, with one council's reports quadrupling
Experts warn owners need education, not tighter controls
New supercomputer allowing 'better, more frequent forecasts' to start operating this spring
Over 60 migrant children missing after disappearing from State care
The boys and girls – who sought protection after fleeing war-torn countries – vanished in Ireland since 2017.
Noteworthy analysis finds a large number of missing migrant children were not the subject of public garda appeals to help locate them
This year alone, 20 refugee children disappeared and remain missing from Tusla care - the highest yearly number to date
Children’s rights organisations express concerns over underage migrants and raise trafficking fears
'Kicked, beaten, spat at': Retailers tell TDs of an 'explosion' in shoplifting
'It's rampant': GP urges parents to be aware of RSV symptoms due to surge in cases
Motorway and national road lights removed to save energy
Panda diplomacy, shiny tech and coffee: How big emitters try to sell themselves at COP28
Brendan Howlin: The rise of the far-right across Europe risks destroying the European Project
GRA President insists training standards must be maintained despite rush to police Dublin
151 will next week leave the Garda College in Templemore at least two weeks ahead of the completion of their training.
'Justice not served' by maximum two-year sentence for causing death by careless driving
Government confident it has numbers to win confidence motion in Justice Minister Helen McEntee
Migrant Nurses Ireland says CUH racism allegations were not investigated in 'timely manner'
Irish consumers paying more than UK shoppers for some products this Christmas
Labour Party and Social Democrats 'have to be one again', former Labour leader says
Fairytale of New York: How a lifelong punk wrote the seminal Irish Christmas song
Loss and damage: The complicated quest to help countries hit hardest by the climate crisis
‘A long way from normal’: Families say visits to prison still restricted post-pandemic
Some children only get to see their parent in-person once a month and experts are concerned that video calls are replacing visits.
Investigation by Noteworthy finds the number of children visiting prison is 75% of what it was in 2019
Less than a third of prisoners received in-person visits on weeks where data was provided in 2023
Mother-of-two: “I want my kids to know who their father is”
'I think it's not going to be an easy COP' - world prepares for UN summit
Ukrainian military officers in North Cork for NATO partner country training
Surge in demand for food banks in Northern Ireland outstripping supplies of food, charity warns
Refugee organisations decry conditions in tents on Direct Provision sites as mid-winter approaches
Minister challenged Drew Harris on reduced traffic enforcement by gardaí amid rise in deaths
Surgeon: Every week my hospital deals with people suffering consequences of foreign surgeries
Supervalu closes 'non-viable' supermarkets amid stiff competition for customers
Ireland supported keeping weedkiller glyphosate on the market for another 10 years in EU vote
'A nightmare': Families criticise decision to move elderly patients from Cherry Orchard Hospital
Anti-immigration groups use Israel-Gaza violence to push antisemitism and Islamophobia online
Migrants on Greek islands tell medical NGO of being beaten and pushed back out to sea
Ambassador was 'horrified' that Gaza would be 'flattened' as she watched 7 October attacks
'I am the murderer': The trial of Ashling Murphy's killer
Irish diplomats working behind the scenes in hope of freeing kidnapped Emily Hand
More prisoners on temporary release in attempt to tackle Irish Prison Service overcrowding
Abuse victim who was allegedly turned away from garda station sues gardaí
What are the big questions facing Fianna Fáil as it heads into its Ard Fheis?
Donegal GPs fear patients with skin cancer will suffer as LUH loses dermatology service
'People don't know what's being lost': Calls for more notice after trees felled in Dublin city