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InvestigatesInvestigates

‘There was a gap in the market’: Inside Ireland’s booming private ADHD clinics

Patients who were diagnosed with ADHD by one online-only clinic say they faced delayed care and missing documentation, and had to pay hundreds to switch providers.

Energy Crisis

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Air strikes on Iran kill more than 25 as Trump’s Strait of Hormuz deadline looms

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InvestigatesInvestigates

‘There was a gap in the market’: Inside Ireland’s booming private ADHD clinics

That gap can “be serviced quite easily once you have any medical qualification”, The Journal Investigates hears.

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Emergency Arrangements

Vulnerable children spending years in Tusla’s temporary Special Emergency Arrangements

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Ireland has a major animal cruelty problem

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The rise of the Irish sauna

Heat, cold plunges and a new kind of social ritual

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The Mental Load

The parenting work that no one sees, mostly done by women

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Good Morning

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Analysis

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