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8th December 2024 - 21st December 2024

power hungry

Campaigners call on government to pause data centre growth due to climate commitment threat

10 Dec

7.2k

Last month

November 2024

Investigates Data Crunch

Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid

Climate-impacting emissions are being released from data centres using off-grid generators.

Backup and emergency generators powering large data centres contributing to CO2 emissions

Majority of data centres located in Greater Dublin area, straining the electricity grid

Data centre demand fuelled by rise of artificial intelligence

Conor O'Carroll

28 Nov

41.5k

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Funding Denied

Wicklow school holding classes in 'storage rooms' after dept deny funding to fix faulty roof

24 Nov

20.0k

GE2024 Running mates

New(ish) kids on the block: Meet the Fine Gael hopefuls trying to hold outgoing TDs' seats

20 Nov

10.8k

This year

2024

Investigates Residents at Risk

Revealed: Widespread breaches of basic care standards at residential disability centres

The Journal Investigates analysed 900 inspection reports to reveal that two large providers failed to meet Hiqa standards in over 85% of inspections last year.

Ability West and the COPE Foundation were identified as the most problematic providers

Staffing was identified as one of the leading causes of regulation breaches

Burnout and low morale due to staff crisis is impacting care received by residents

Conor O'Carroll

16 Oct

21.9k

high flyers

Government spends more than €1.3 million hiring private jets for overseas trips in 12 months

24 Aug

15.6k

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Dec 21

HIQA

Inspectors report Dublin nursing home resident had just two showers in a month

Another resident told inspectors she was left sitting in wet incontinence wear for two hours.

22 Aug

21.6k

EP 2025

Electric Picnic tickets sell out after Ticketmaster 'corrects hiccups' with loyalty scheme

Updated 21 Aug

54.4k

Bikes

Man arrested after five motorbikes recovered by Gardaí in Dublin during property search

21 Aug

24.4k

Road Safety Authority

RSA campaign about 'losing independence' branded as 'ableist' by disability rights activists

23 hrs ago

14.4k

Extradition

Man who travelled to the Republic after absconding from prison extradited back to the North

20 Aug

6.5k

Birds

Conservation efforts see highest number of corncrake territories recorded in 25 years

20 Aug

8.4k

Tallaght

Appeal for witnesses following serious assault in Tallaght over the weekend

19 Aug

11.6k

Crystal Meth

Gardaí seize €20,000 worth of crystal meth in North Dublin over the weekend

19 Aug

8.7k

Supermoon

'Extremely rare' blue supermoon to be visible in Irish skies tonight and tomorrow

Next blue supermoon won’t take place until 2032.

19 Aug

23.6k

Immigration

Surge in number of people charged with arriving into Ireland without a passport

18 Aug

86.5k

Lawsuit

JK Rowling and Elon Musk named in 'cyber harassment' complaint filed by boxing champion Khelif

14 Aug

24.9k

Housing

House prices surge by almost 9% nationally, with Dublin outpacing the rest of the country

14 Aug

20.2k

The Morning Lead

Eir and Ryanair most frequently named companies in complaints to watchdog

Over 22,000 consumers contacted the CCPC for help in the first half of the year.

Conor O'Carroll

14 Aug

14.3k

northern lights

Northern Lights dazzle Irish stargazers with Met Éireann saying repeat viewing possible tonight

Met Éireann has said there will be an opportunity to see the Perseid meteor shower and possibly more Northern Lights this evening.

13 Aug

27.4k

Gardaí

Young woman hospitalised after crash near Limerick city has died in hospital

13 Aug

23.4k

Migration

Airlines to be hit with increased fines over undocumented passengers arriving in Ireland

12 Aug

25.9k

Belfast

PSNI investigating 'racially motivated hate crime' after young people throw stones at man

12 Aug

7.2k

Online threats

Man charged over online threats made against Taoiseach Simon Harris

12 Aug

17.1k

Olympics

Ireland qualify for women's 4x400m relay final after blistering performance

9 Aug

51.5k

Bullying

Almost half of Irish secondary students have experienced bullying, new survey says

9 Aug

4.6k

they're coming home

Dublin to host public homecoming for Ireland's Olympic heroes outside the GPO on Monday

8 Aug

11.4k

ERAS TOUR

Swifties react to cancelled Eras Tour concerts following terror attack fears

8 Aug

15.0k

Gold

Golden lampposts adorn Portland Row as locals await Harrington's return

8 Aug

18.5k

Casino

Objection to Dolphin's Barn 'amusement centre' over slot machine concerns

8 Aug

16.4k

Medal Tracker

Golden moments: Tracking Ireland's Olympic medallists so far

Ireland has already surpassed its previous record of six medals at an Olympic Games.

7 Aug

13.6k

Olympics

Adeleke qualifies for women's 400m Olympic final

7 Aug

52.9k

Update

Young girl injured in Parnell Square attack briefly returns home for a visit

7 Aug

18.4k

Olympics

A breakdown of breakdancing - or breaking - at the Olympics

6 Aug

20.7k

Bangladesh

Explainer: The student protests in Bangladesh that caused its Prime Minister to flee

What has caused the protests and violence in Bangladesh over the past month and what will happen now?

6 Aug

4.7k

lovely

Bacteria from livestock waste and human effluent discovered in Lough Neagh, study finds

6 Aug

7.4k

Olympics

Ireland's 4x400m Mixed Relay team falls short of place in final in Paris

2 Aug

36.8k

Long Weekend

Status Yellow rain warning issued for four counties ahead of Bank Holiday weekend

Clare, Kerry, Galway and Mayo are the counties affected.

Updated 2 Aug

36.6k

wild atlantic way

A Galway teacher is driving the Wild Atlantic Way in an open-top vintage tractor in aid of Gaza

2 Aug

25.7k

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kneecap

Kneecap could be heading to the Oscars as Ireland's Best International Feature nominees

2 Aug

10.9k