# Whistleblower

This year

2023

Varadkar defends controversial 'legal strategy' for limiting nursing home payouts

Opposition parties have called on the Government to release documents relating to the strategy.

The government has confirmed the legal strategy existed to block refunds to nursing home residents and that the plan was "pursued by successive governments".

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar agreed with the policy, calling it a "sound policy approach" and "legitimate legal strategy".

Wexford TD Verona Murphy told The Journal that some families who have contacted her feel "aggrieved" at the legal strategy, as they made sacrifices in order to pay for the nursing home care.

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Jan 31st 2023, 7:00 PM

# Nursing Homes

Calls for Government to publish records on 'secret strategy' for illegal nursing home charges

It follows a report in today’s Irish Mail on Sunday.

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Jan 29th 2023, 10:52 PM

Last year

2022

# Cyber Security

Whistleblower tells US congress Twitter is ‘plagued by weak cyber defences’

Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko told congress that Twitter is “misleading the public, lawmakers” and regulators.

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Sep 13th 2022, 4:36 PM

# Peiter Zatko

Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower in bid to win buyout battle

The Tesla boss hopes that allegations made by the former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko will bolster his case.

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Aug 29th 2022, 9:34 PM

# Whistleblower

Dublin Zoo strongly denies animal welfare claims raised in Seanad

Senator Annie Hoey read from a protected disclosure from a member of staff at the zoo.

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Jul 14th 2022, 6:10 PM

All time

# Facebook

New whistleblower says Facebook put profits before stopping problematic content, reports say

Facebook has faced a storm of criticism over the past month.

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Oct 23rd 2021, 11:15 AM

# Frances Haugen

Whistleblower says Facebook products hurt children and fuel division

Frances Haugen was giving evidence before Congress.

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Oct 5th 2021, 5:26 PM

# Facebook

Facebook prioritises own interests over public good, whistleblower claims

Facebook’s annual revenue has more than doubled since 2018 to a projected $102.5 billion (£88 billion) this year.

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Oct 4th 2021, 10:13 AM

# Australia

Australia's government rocked by 'disgraceful' sex act allegations

Videos of staff from Australia’s conservative government performing sex acts in parliament have been leaked.

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Mar 23rd 2021, 10:54 AM

# Defence Forces

Coveney urges anyone with information on alleged abuse in the Curragh to contact gardaí

A whistleblower says a number of people have contacted him about incidents of alleged sexual abuse and assault.

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Mar 1st 2021, 7:32 PM

# chemical exposure

One year on from Supreme Court victory, an Air Corps whistleblower still hasn't received vital documents

Gavin Tobin won a Supreme Court case last year.

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Aug 10th 2020, 12:05 AM

# Whistleblower

The man behind Football Leaks placed on house arrest after one year in prison

31-year-old hacker Rui Pinto, who is awaiting trial for attempted blackmail, has also been banned from using the internet.

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Apr 9th 2020, 12:14 PM

# Bullying

Multiple senior gardaí under investigation for alleged bullying and harassment

Official complaints were lodged against these members in the last six months.

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Dec 11th 2019, 12:05 AM

# Threats

Facebook deleting name of potential whistleblower at centre of Trump impeachment probe

The whistleblower’s lawyers have said their client’s personal safety is at risk following threats.

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Nov 8th 2019, 10:06 PM

# disclosures tribunal

Senior garda officer accuses whistleblower of orchestrated campaign to prevent his promotion

The tribunal is hearing from Garda Nicholas Keogh.

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Oct 21st 2019, 7:48 PM

# Allegations

Second whistleblower claims to have first-hand knowledge of Trump's phone call to Ukraine

Reports from the USA say that the legal team representing the first whistleblower is also representing this second person.

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Oct 6th 2019, 2:52 PM

# impeachment

'This is a cover up': White House under fire as whistleblower reported to be CIA agent

Trump has accused the whistleblower of “treason”.

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Sep 27th 2019, 7:08 AM

# Classified

Whistleblower: White House officials 'locked down' transcript of call with Ukrainian leader

According to the intelligence community official, the transcript was loaded into a system that is used to store “especially sensitive” classified information.

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Sep 26th 2019, 2:38 PM

# impeachy

US lawmakers see 'troubling' whistleblower complaint that led to calls for Trump's impeachment

Acting director of national intelligence Joseph McGuire is to testify on Capitol Hill later today.

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Sep 26th 2019, 8:41 AM

# on the whistle

Garcès appointed to referee Leinster's Champions Cup final clash

The Frenchman will be in charge of the decider against Saracens in Newcastle.

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Apr 25th 2019, 3:25 PM

# Complaints

Ten complaints made against senior garda in four-year period

The station in question is facing what has been described by multiple sources as a “serious morale” problem.

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Mar 17th 2019, 7:30 AM

# Whistleblower

Garda whistleblower resigns from force three years after making allegations of serious misconduct

She is still currently waiting to hear back on a protected disclosure submitted over three years ago.

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Feb 28th 2019, 12:05 AM

# Supreme Court

Supreme Court rejects appeal against Alan Shatter's successful challenge to Guerin report

The Guerin report looked into the handling of Shatter of claims made by Maurice McCabe.

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Feb 26th 2019, 1:12 PM

# Whistleblower

Investigation into claims of 'unauthorised surveillance' in Irish prisons to finish in February

The examination of claims by a prison officer was ordered by the Justice Minister in November.

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Jan 17th 2019, 6:11 AM

# Whistleblower

Nearly half of all those watching TV last night watched the Maurice McCabe documentary

The show has been praised widely on social media since the first part aired on Monday.

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Nov 14th 2018, 6:44 PM

# Whistleblower

Maurice McCabe's wife Lorraine: 'I felt frightened... I was afraid they'd do something to hurt him'

The second part of the RTÉ documentary Whistleblower aired this evening.

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Nov 13th 2018, 10:17 PM

# Whistleblower

Over half a million people watched the Maurice McCabe documentary on RTÉ last night

The second part of the documentary airs this evening.

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Nov 13th 2018, 5:30 PM

# Whistleblower

Maurice McCabe says he wouldn't bathe his own children after he was accused of sexual assault

The matter was investigated by the DPP, and exonerated McCabe of wrongdoing.

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Nov 12th 2018, 10:26 PM

# Whistleblower

Sergeant Maurice McCabe to retire from An Garda Síochána

The whistleblower retires weeks after the Disclosures Tribunal found that he was “repulsively denigrated”.

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Oct 31st 2018, 7:11 AM

# disclosures tribunal

Justice Minister apologises to whistleblower Maurice McCabe on behalf of the State

Justice Peter Charleton found there was a “campaign of calumny” to smear Garda McCabe.

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Oct 17th 2018, 11:27 AM

# visa trouble

US whistleblower Chelsea Manning faces Australia speaking tour ban

Organisers of a speaking tour have said they’ve received notice that Manning’s visa will be denied.

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Aug 30th 2018, 7:33 AM

# Kildare

Whistleblower alleges serious wrongdoing in St John of God's disability care centre

The whistleblower works for the St John of God’s Liffey Services in the Kildare region.

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Aug 10th 2018, 12:05 AM

# Complaints

Senior garda at centre of whistleblower claims accused of alleged verbal attack on clerical worker

The woman was seriously distressed when leaving the station..

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Jul 1st 2018, 12:05 AM

# Blowing the whistle

Garda whistleblower alleges litany of abuses by senior gardaí as 'culture of fear' cripples station

She remains on stress leave over two-and-a-half years after making the disclosure.

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Jun 27th 2018, 12:05 AM

# Fraud

Whistleblowers left frustrated as 'massive backlog' delays investigation of white collar crime

There are not enough gardai with the expertise to investigate this often complex type of crime, according to experts working in the area.

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Feb 3rd 2018, 9:30 PM

# Gardaí

Justice Minister is 'extremely concerned' at reports that homicides weren't properly investigated

The gardaí said that they have evidence to back up their claims.

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Feb 2nd 2018, 6:29 PM

# Controversy

Fifa say they attempted to contact whistleblower amid doping in football claims

In an interview to the Associated Press, Grigory Rodchenkov’s lawyer said his client had information that could be of interest.

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Jan 1st 2018, 3:46 PM

# Whistleblower

Tusla CEO on McCabe case: 'It still riles me slightly. The cut and paste error wasn't us'

Fred McBride did say that Tusla “mismanaged” aspects of the case but the original error didn’t come from them.

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Dec 24th 2017, 6:00 AM

# Whistleblower

Defence Forces officer launches court challenge over report into corruption allegations

A report into the allegations made by Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Lane has not been published.

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Dec 12th 2017, 10:30 AM

# Fine Gael

'I want to stay at the highest level of political life and vindicate my good name' - Fitzgerald comes out swinging

The former Tánaiste paid tribute to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and thanked him for his “loyalty”.

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Nov 28th 2017, 9:56 PM