# freedom-of-information - Wednesday 22 June, 2022
# Information
# Information
More than 35,000 requests for information were received by public bodies in 2021.
# freedom-of-information - Wednesday 23 March, 2022
# Wildlife Act
Activities of farmers, commercial tree-fellers and a GAA club were among the complaints submitted to the Government. Hedge-cutting and burning is banned every year between 1 March and 31 August under the Wildlife Act. Law aims to protect and maintain wildlife diversity by establishing areas where wildlife can thrive in spring and summer months.
# freedom-of-information - Tuesday 4 January, 2022
# Nursing Homes
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act. Dozens of complaints were made throughout the year regarding issues surrounding Covid-19. Other complaints were made over issues such as abuse allegations, building standards and staffing issues.
# freedom-of-information - Saturday 6 November, 2021
# Audit
# Audit
The HSE was given the warning by auditors in June last year.
# freedom-of-information - Wednesday 3 November, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The facility opened to ease pressure on the health service in March 2020.
# freedom-of-information - Wednesday 20 October, 2021
# Busy Investigating
# Busy Investigating
The investigative team completed a number of collaborative projects in the past three months, thanks to your contributions.
# freedom-of-information - Tuesday 7 September, 2021
# Zapponegate
Latest episode in controversy has seen concerns raised by journalists, transparency activists and opposition TDs, Stephen McDermott writes. Simon Coveney set to appear before Oireachtas committee this morning, following admission last week that he deleted text messages. Department of Foreign Affairs published 111 records relating to proposed Zappone appointment yesterday on foot of numerous FOI requests.
# freedom-of-information - Friday 3 September, 2021
# Simon SMS
# Simon SMS
TD Matt Carthy said the Department of Foreign Affairs should also clarify if any other relevant documents have been erased.
# freedom-of-information - Thursday 2 September, 2021
# Merrion
# Merrion
The fallout from the Zappone controversy continues.
# freedom-of-information - Wednesday 7 July, 2021
# Thanks To You
# Thanks To You
The investigative platform completed four new projects in the past three months, thanks to your contributions.
# freedom-of-information - Thursday 17 June, 2021
# Transparency
# Transparency
The Act will be reviewed for the first time since being updated in 2014.
# freedom-of-information - Thursday 22 April, 2021
# Busy Investigating
# Busy Investigating
The investigative platform completed five projects so far this year, thanks to your contributions.
# freedom-of-information - Tuesday 6 April, 2021
# Adoption
# Adoption
Adopted people have called for long-awaited tracing and information legislation to be published as a matter of urgency.
# freedom-of-information - Sunday 14 February, 2021
# Debunked
# Debunked
A post on Facebook suggests that the broadcaster received money from a number of international groups.
# freedom-of-information - Monday 8 February, 2021
# Student Nurses
# Student Nurses
A number of nurses contacted Micheál Martin following a Dáil debate over pay in December
# freedom-of-information - Monday 1 February, 2021
# Student Nurses
# Student Nurses
A number of nurses contacted the Health Minister following a Dáil debate over pay in December.
# freedom-of-information - Saturday 2 January, 2021
# Allegations
# Allegations
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
# freedom-of-information - Tuesday 29 December, 2020
# Debunked
# Debunked
The claim originated in a series of posts by Anti-Corruption Ireland last week.
# freedom-of-information - Saturday 26 December, 2020
# Penalty Points
# Penalty Points
A total of 510,269 people had points on their licences on 30 September 2020.
# freedom-of-information - Friday 25 December, 2020
# On The House
# On The House
Figures obtained by TheJournal.ie show how much was owed by Dáil staff last month.
# Streaming
# Streaming
“To say this is frustrating would be a gross understatement,” one viewer wrote.
# freedom-of-information - Thursday 8 October, 2020
# Name Our Storms
# Name Our Storms
Irish, UK and Dutch meteorologists recently collaborated on the winter storm names.
# freedom-of-information - Friday 25 September, 2020
# Supreme Court
# Supreme Court
The country’s highest court made the order in two rulings today.
# freedom-of-information - Monday 14 September, 2020
# Black Lives Matter
# Black Lives Matter
Parents, pupils and teachers have called for an update the school curriculum.
# freedom-of-information - Tuesday 18 August, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Correspondence sent to Varadkar shows how the public reacted to the crisis in its initial weeks.
# freedom-of-information - Monday 17 August, 2020
# Child And Family Agency
# Child And Family Agency
The vast majority of the cases involved an “employee error or omission”.
# freedom-of-information - Sunday 21 June, 2020
# Aviation
# Aviation
The airlines accounted for over 13% of air traffic at Ireland’s airports before the pandemic.
# freedom-of-information - Friday 19 June, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
New figures show the health service spent more than €1 million on advertising in the first two months of the crisis.
# freedom-of-information - Wednesday 17 June, 2020
# Peter Tyndall
# Peter Tyndall
Peter Tyndall was commenting as he published his officer’s annual report for 2019.
# freedom-of-information - Monday 25 May, 2020
# Clusters
# Clusters
Many complainants raised concerns about social distancing and infection control measures in homes as the virus spread.
# freedom-of-information - Tuesday 5 May, 2020
# Let's Talk About Sex
# Let's Talk About Sex
The guidelines were drafted late in March after a radio interview by the HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer.
# freedom-of-information - Wednesday 15 April, 2020
# 21 Instances
# 21 Instances
An incident log shows that 21 instances of assault or abuse were reported by staff since 2017.
# freedom-of-information - Monday 2 March, 2020
# Mural High Ground
# Mural High Ground
The council sent 35 letters under the Planning and Development Act in recent years.
# freedom-of-information - Saturday 22 February, 2020
# Tractor Friction
# Tractor Friction
Over half of that was spent on barriers to block tractors from gaining access to Kildare Street, where Leinster House is located.
# freedom-of-information - Thursday 20 February, 2020
# RTÉ Gold
# RTÉ Gold
That’s according to records released by RTÉ’s Freedom of Information unit.
# freedom-of-information - Wednesday 19 February, 2020
# Dublin Castle
# Dublin Castle
The commemoration was cancelled by the government after it proved controversial last month.
# freedom-of-information - Saturday 15 February, 2020
# Dublin Castle
# Dublin Castle
The proposal was one of a number of considerations put forward by the force last year.
# freedom-of-information - Friday 14 February, 2020
# Billed Gates
# Billed Gates
The Office of Public Works hopes the gates will be rehung by the end of this year.
# freedom-of-information - Thursday 13 February, 2020
# Under Control
# Under Control
Companies were called more than 50 times by the OPW over a two-year period.
# freedom-of-information - Tuesday 11 February, 2020
# Department Of Justice
# Department Of Justice
Internal records show how controversy started to build from 2 January – three days before the Clare mayor announced his boycott.
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