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2023
Non-Irish workers face a 'significant' wage gap, ESRI report finds
The Explainer x Noteworthy: Are Irish pensions invested in fossil fuels?
Environment gets under 10% funding of rural LEADER grants despite being a key theme
Lack of term limits and few women: Governance issues in local development companies
Slow rollout of eating disorder services 'destroying lives'
Strength of gay community response to monkeypox was ‘key’ in controlling outbreak
Public health reform taking off - but success depends on State tackling inequality
Government commitment to reduce hospital parking charges ‘not prioritised’
Despite repeated promises, little progress has been made to prevent the cost of hospital parking falling on the most vulnerable.
A HSE implementation plan to reduce parking charges was written in 2019 but 'has been superseded by the passage of time'
It would cost at least €4.75 million to cap daily charges at €10
Advocate: 'It would be an easy win for the government'
Unpublished pensions report shows roll back on Climate Action Plan measure
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The Explainer x Noteworthy: What happens to your soft plastic recycling?
Soft plastic is being collected but almost all burned in Irish kilns or recycled abroad
‘Heads must roll’: Industry and experts argue energy crisis of ‘our own making’
The Explainer x Noteworthy: Are data centres ramping up Ireland’s emissions?
Drilling for Data: Growing energy needs fuelling rise in data centre emissions
Intensive farming set to ramp up if planned pig and poultry farms approved
Staff shortages leave energy regulator scrambling to keep the lights on
Journal Media wins Mental Health Media Award for health system and eating disorders investigation
The Explainer x Noteworthy: Are migrant fishers exploited in Ireland?
Journal Media wins two UCD media awards for excellence in business journalism
Underpaid and overworked: The serious allegations by migrant fishers to the WRC
'We had to eat leftover meat and fish': Modern slavery in the Irish fishing industry
Navy boardings find 10 fishing vessels almost fully crewed by migrant fishers
Irish justice system 'failing' migrant fishing workers who report exploitation
The Explainer x Noteworthy: What are the problems with lobbying in Ireland?
Opinion: 'Access to justice should be promoted - not restricted and threatened'
Construction industry lobbying to change law and reduce planning challenges
Revolving Door: Revealing the relationship between government officials and lobbyists
Former Government officials' details missing from hundreds of lobbying returns
The Explainer x Noteworthy: Why are Travellers so overrepresented in prison?
Councils refusing homeless accommodation to Travellers using criteria 'with no basis in law'
Blind Justice: How prison is leaving Travellers isolated and traumatised
Policing Authority 'not satisfied' with Garda Commissioner's comments on Traveller profiling
Commission warns Ireland over ‘stalled’ action to halt extraction in protected peatlands
Innovation funding allows Noteworthy to challenge the way complex stories are told
The Explainer x Noteworthy: How much weedkiller are councils using?
'It was sprayed in the playground': Widespread use of chemical weedkillers by councils
Inspections found issues in how nine out of 10 vendors handled deadly pesticides
Thousands of litres of pesticides used on Irish roads and forests each year
Wheelchair user facing homelessness condemns lack of Government support
The Explainer x Noteworthy: Why are Irish unweaned calves being exported?