Expect the Arts Council to be back in the news cycle next week as senior officials will face scrutiny before the powerful Public Accounts Committee about what went wrong with its failed multi-million euro IT project. thecurrency.news/articles/190...

"It is beyond time to sharpen our pens." — Niall Sargent thecurrency.news/articles/184...

Superb indepth Currency report: "Visiting Ireland last month, UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese held a mirror up to the Irish State but also the media to reflect if it is reporting accurately on Gaza. The clear answer is no" thecurrency.news/articles/184...

"You’re scared of doing the right thing because the right thing comes with a price, and I stand proud with it because I take that price as the price of humanity, a price that I can bear, and you should do the same” - Francesca Albanese thecurrency.news/articles/184...

"Much as she did toward the Irish State during her visit, @francescaalbanese.bsky.social held a mirror up to the media to ask itself if it was accurately reporting events in #Gaza. The clear answer for much of the Western media is no" - words by @niallsargent.bsky.social in The Currency.

Journalism has failed Journalists in Gaza. @niallsargent.bsky.social on the #EchoChamberPod is out now everywhere Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/3A24...

Such an important read by @niallsargent.bsky.social in Tye Currency. Now un-paywalled. Please share. thecurrency.news/articles/184...

Niall Sargent: Omissions, caveats and false balance: How media is failing Palestinians, the international order and our profession - The Currency (free) thecurrency.news/articles/184...

During a recent trip to Ireland, @franceskalbs.bsky.social held a mirror up to the media & asked if we were reporting accurately on Gaza. The clear answer is no. As I write in The Currency this morning, we are failing Palestinians, the international order & our own profession: t.co/hVQ5dLKHj0

PFAS-contaminated soil was recently discovered at Dublin Airport close to where TII plans to tunnel for the airport station as part of the long-awaited €9.5bn MetroLink project. Here's how the transport agency plans to handle the "forever chemicals" issue: thecurrency.news/articles/178...

The Court of Appeal has asked for the CJEU's opinion on the validity of environmental assessments used to grant planning permission. The European court's position could have a dramatic impact on planned projects close to 80 protected nature sites across the country. thecurrency.news/articles/174...

A very important event this Friday at DCU on Journalism and the Narrative on Palestine: academicsforpalestine.org/2025/01/21/s...

In recent months, over 40 companies controlled by Cerberus filed new financial reports. Thomas Hubert has cut through the many, many pages of financial data and dissected how the vulture fund has done out of a decade’s worth of Irish loans. thecurrency.news/articles/177...

Bord na Mona, ESB & Coillte have faced criticism for regularly fighting against requests for environmental & climate records. New decisions from the information commissioner may reveal their spending on legal fees and shine a light on a broken system. thecurrency.news/articles/176...