Separately, we also looked at the booming seaweed industry in Ireland, with just four companies having submitted 12 applications to harvest seaweed. Almost 51,000 wet tonnes of seaweed a year would be harvested if the applications are approved by MARA. Read on thejournal.ie from 7:30 am tomorrow.

Tonight, a new investigation reveals how MARA, the maritime regulator, is investigating multiple claims of illegal seaweed harvesting in protected areas. But the regulator is struggling to determine who is responsible, leaving little enforcement action. Read on thejournal.ie just after midnight

Tonight, we reveal how water use from data centres almost doubled during the summer, peaking in July when the hosepipe ban was introduced for households. The figures show data centres used over 514 million litres of water between May and July this year. Read on thejournal.ie just after midnight 🔜

Coming up just after midnight, we reveal how a draft version of the government’s recent data centre report included several key aspects which questioned continued investment in the sector but were later cut from the final version released to the public. Read on thejournal.ie 🔜

Tonight, a new investigation reveals how much water each individual data centre campus has used in the past two years. But our findings also show how pharma plants have used more than double that of data centres. Story w/ @davidmacredmond.bsky.social Read just after midnight on thejournal.ie 🔜

"Sir, a second leak has hit the Liffey" Another leak has been discovered close to the Samuel Beckett Bridge. The immediate area surrounding the leak is a known nesting spot for otters. Read more: jrnl.ie/7093244

So...yeah, it happened again. A second leak has been discovered close to the Samuel Beckett Bridge. The immediate area surrounding the leak is a known nesting spot for otters. Story w/ @emmahickey.bsky.social Read on thejournal.ie just after midnight 🔜

It brings me so much joy when people spot my they/them pronouns in my email signature and make the conscious effort to get the honorifics right. Such a silly little thing, but it means the world. Happy pride 🏳️‍⚧️ (We will ignore the misspelling of my name...baby steps)

Following the conclusion of the inquest earlier today, our new investigation uncovers the story of the unpublished report into the Youghal Ironman event in 2023. We reveal the political pressure to investigate, €500k in legal fees and a bitter dispute. Read on thejournal.ie just after midnight 🔜

Bit of a mad one coming up just after midnight. Diesel has been leaking into the River Liffey from Irish Rail fuel storage for over a year. The leak was discovered in March 2025 but has not been fixed. Read on thejournal.ie soon

22 years. #AFC

You don't mess with Rambo 👀

Anyway, taking applications for this lovely self-contained studio. €1,100 a month, bills included. No pets. No smoking. No time wasters.

As reported by @investigates.thejournal.ie two weeks ago. Our investigation found serious vetting concerns, with some staff at a major SEA provider missing an overseas police clearance. A quarter of staff working in SEAs last year were missing "major documents". www.thejournal.ie/investigates...

Tonight, a new investigation reveals that Tusla has referred five providers of Special Emergency Arrangements (SEA) to the Garda National Vetting Bureau over significant vetting concerns. The Children's Ombudsman said our findings were "a shocking revelation". Read after midnight on thejournal.ie

Vulnerable children in Tusla care are spending years in unregulated emergency accommodation, even though these placements are supposed to be temporary. The Ombudsman for Children described our investigation findings as "very concerning". Read just after midnight on the journal.ie

The eagerness of some people for Ireland to follow the UK in its anti-trans crusade is genuinely worrying. If the UK jumped off a cliff are we supposed to follow?

I'm so tired of this. We can find something else to write about, believe me. Just ignore him.

🚨 New records released under FOI show the Department expect pharmacists to question trans people to access the free HRT scheme. "Pharmacists will be able to query" despite the PCRS acknowledging "it would be practically very difficult to identify the reason people are using specific products".

“We don’t sit anyone else down and ask them to prove they’re male or female when they come in for items.” Pharmacists I spoke to have rejected attempts to have them determine who is can receive free HRT amid confusion around the eligibility of trans people Read on thejournal.ie just after midnight

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

Irish people are not made for this heat☀️

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This was a pleasant surprise from the government's National LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Strategy II Action Plan 2025-2026. Please don't mess it up.

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

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

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

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

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.

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