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InvestigatesAgainst the grain

Emissions-heavy feed imports soaring to fuel dairy boom

Noteworthy analysis shows 50 million tonnes imported in the last decade as our tillage industry falters from lack of State support.

Niall Sargent

5 Oct 2023

17.4k

Investigatesbirth place

'Unheard, belittled and made feel small': Women still battling for maternity care choice

Noteworthy’s months-long investigation reveals inconsistent care and lack of choice leading to trauma and unnecessary medical interventions.

Maria Delaney

31 Aug 2023

20.6k

Investigatesshall not pass

'Death by a thousand cuts': Hydropower killing, injuring and trapping fish by the tonne

Noteworthy investigates barriers along the River Shannon as deaths recorded at ESB stations and salmon hatcheries.

Anthea Lacchia

7 Mar 2023

46.4k

InvestigatesHands On Deck

'We had to eat leftover meat and fish': Modern slavery in the Irish fishing industry

Migrant fishers who left vessels due to exploitative treatment ‘ignored’ in recent cross-departmental review.

Maria Delaney and Geela Garcia

2 Dec 2022

26.6k

InvestigatesRevolving Door

Revolving Door: Revealing the relationship between government officials and lobbyists

At least 86 individuals who held senior positions in government have lobbied once or more since 2015.

Cormac Fitzgerald and Stephen McDermott

11 Nov 2022

34.4k

Investigatesfactory farm

Suspected false documents and illegal dumping: the murky world of poultry manure

Noteworthy reveals serious concerns over authenticity of files used in some poultry farm planning cases in the North and where the manure is going.

Niall Sargent

6 Jul 2022

14.7k

InvestigatesTough Start

Home by 10am: 'Misuse' of reduced school days leaving a generation of Traveller children 'lost'

Noteworthy and The Journal can reveal that many Traveller children are routinely put on ‘reduced hours’ at school – with at least one student on just 40 minutes a day.

Maria Delaney and Michelle Hennessy

Updated 17 Oct 2021

55.4k

Investigatesrisk to baby

Valproate scandal: Parents feel failed by State over drug that harmed their children

Noteworthy finds that pleas for help from women impacted by valproate (Epilim) continue to be dismissed.

Maria Delaney

16 Apr 2021

53.6k

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