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Conor O'Carroll
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Investigative journalist @investigates.thejournal.ie 🕵️| Often found sending an FOI 📨 | DM for contact info 📞 | They/them 🏳️‍⚧️
Coming just after midnight, a new investigation for @investigates.thejournal.ie looking at soaring childcare fees.

One provider in Dublin increased full-time fees from €190 to €300 a week after leaving the government's Core Funding scheme ahead of the new school year.

Out soon on thejournal.ie
September 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Irish people are not made for this heat☀️
August 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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June 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This was a pleasant surprise from the government's National LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Strategy II Action Plan 2025-2026.

Please don't mess it up.
June 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Coming just after midnight tonight...something a bit different, but very cool!

An interactive, visual investigation that maps - for the first time - all operating and planned data centres in Ireland.

Out soon on thejournal.ie
June 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What role do Irish companies have in the US deportation industry?

@investigates.thejournal.ie found airlines who run flights for ICE have links to several aircraft leasing companies in Ireland.

Coming up just after midnight on thejournal.ie
May 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In the third and final part of our investigative series on transgender healthcare in Ireland, we reveal how transgender people moving to Ireland can’t continue the care they received abroad until they have been assessed.

Coming just after midnight on thejournal.ie
May 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In the second part of our investigative series on transgender healthcare in Ireland, we reveal how some transgender people are turning to DIY-healthcare due to a lack of trust in the National Gender Service.

Read the full story just after midnight on thejournal.ie
April 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Coming just after midnight, a new investigation for @investigates.thejournal.ie into transgender healthcare in Ireland.

Transgender people have spoken out about their traumatic experiences in approaches to their healthcare at the National Gender Service.

Read the full story on thejournal.ie soon.
April 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
As always, these investigations take time and resources to complete. For this one, we had to analyse 900 Hiqa inspection reports, recording where breaches in standards occurred. If you can, you can support our work here: https://www.thejournal.ie/contribute/?pitch=investigates
November 24, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Another starter pack for your feeds from @thejournal.ie and @investigates.thejournal.ie
November 20, 2024 at 1:23 PM