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Conor O'Carroll

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Sep 27, 2026
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Conor O'Carroll

    ‘I felt completely alone’: Readers share their stories accessing pregnancy mental health supports (opens the original)

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    MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES for pregnant women and new mothers have seen thousands of people over the past few years but are struggling to keep up with increased demand. Again and again, women told us about how they felt extremely isolated and without support as they struggled. One described how a doctor printed out a page from the HSE website for her to read about postnatal depression. Another said that a public health nurse running a support group on breastfeeding told women to pretend that they we

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Conor O'Carroll

    Government report on data centres was 'flawed' and 'exaggerated', new research claims (opens the original)

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    THE GOVERNMENT’S RECENT report on data centres was based on “flawed methodology” and “exaggerated” claims about the benefits to the Irish economy, according to a new academic paper. The researchers say that the arguments offered by the industry and successive governments in favour of data centres “do not stand up to empirical scrutiny” and are “designed to inflate the economic value of data centres”. The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built, or tens of thousands of

  3. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Conor O'Carroll

    Why won’t the Department of Equality release a two-year-old report on expanding gender recognition? (opens the original)

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    The FOI Files is a series from our team at The Journal Investigates. Each week, one of our investigative journalists brings you inside the fight for information that we’re all entitled to. They’ll share their documents, their stories – and tips on how to take the journey for yourself. This week’s file is from investigative journalist Conor O’Carroll. See here for The Journal Investigates’ most recent investigations. TWO YEARS AGO, the Department of Equality paid €35,000 to Cambridge University T

  4. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Conor O'Carroll

    The FOI Files: How Dublin City Council discovered the diesel leak in the Liffey (opens the original)

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    The FOI Files is a series from our team at The Journal Investigates. Each week, one of our investigative journalists brings you inside the fight for information that we’re all entitled to. They’ll share their documents, their stories – and tips on how to take the journey for yourself. This week’s file is from investigative journalist Conor O’Carroll. See here for The Journal Investigates’ most recent investigations. YOU MAY RECALL a story covered by The Journal back in May about how diesel has b

  5. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Conor O'Carroll

    Who's behind the seaweed harvesting applications covering over 14,000 hectares of Ireland's coastline? (opens the original)

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    MORE THAN 14,000 hectares of Ireland’s coastline have been proposed for seaweed harvesting, with 12 applications submitted to the maritime regulator, MARA. These applications come from just four companies, which are looking to Ireland’s coast as the global seaweed industry booms. But this rapid commercialisation has raised concerns among traditional harvesters, environmentalists and local communities, who argue that private companies shouldn’t be allowed to harvest seaweed for commercial profit.

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