‘Disastrous’ anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefits to resume There were more than twice as many families in Northern Ireland were affected than originally thought - 800 rather than 350

The Detail has been shortlisted for the 2025 Mary Raftery Prize. Our investigation showed how families in Northern Ireland had their Child Benefit payments stopped simply because they flew through Dublin Airport

HMRC child benefit crackdown under investigation Internal documents, obtained by The Detail, show officials considered the scheme a success even as thousands of payments were wrongly suspended and most families were later found eligible

My two cents on where things stand at Lough Neagh, after a rare interview the media-wary Earl of Shaftesbury gave to the Irish News (published last Saturday). Who decides the lough's future and who *really* holds the power in this equation? Some analysis here 👇

Tommy Greene: Who decides the future of Lough Neagh? @tommygreene.bsky.social

The Detail is proud to announce the No Stone Unturned Journalism Fellowship. It is dedicated to pursuing issues arising out of the landmark 2017 documentary and the subsequent arrest of Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney. Investigative reporter @coramazov.bsky.social will be the first fellow.

Barry McCaffrey: Will Finucane Inquiry be allowed to get to the truth?

The Chief Constable of the PSNI has said that journalist Vincent Kearney was never treated as a suspect by the force -despite police documentation from 2013 clearly labelling him as one. thedetail.tv/articles/psn...

The Chief Constable of the PSNI has said that journalist Vincent Kearney was never treated as a suspect by the force -despite police documentation from 2013 clearly labelling him as one. thedetail.tv/articles/psn...

Irish authorities were warned in advance of mass facial recognition scans on Dublin–Holyhead route by UK immigration enforcement. The cost of a six-day operation, that led to one arrest, was £50,000

My scoop this morning in @thedetailtv.bsky.social about PSNI surveillance including a detailed 'profile' of journalist Vincent Kearney's private and public life www.thedetail.tv/articles/psn...

Passengers travelling from Dublin to Holyhead will be scanned by live facial recognition technology this week as part of a UK immigration enforcement pilot.

Eight times more prosecutions of republican paramilitary displays than loyalist

Eight times more prosecutions of republican paramilitary displays than loyalist

The PSNI will stop sharing data on migrant victims of crime with the Home Office, with the exception of very specific circumstances. This is a step in the right direction. It is time for our Government to follow suit and stop putting victims of VAWG and modern slavery at risk.

The PSNI will stop sharing data on migrant victims of crime with UK immigration enforcement in all but “very specific and exceptional circumstances”, after admitting that its previous approach “could be perceived as constituting institutional racism”. ✍️ @lukejbutterly.bsky.social

British investors have presented ‘advanced’ plans for Lough Neagh’s future. Documents seen by The Detail show proposals that would reshape ownership and management of parts of Ireland’s largest inland waterbody. ✍️ @tommygreene.bsky.social

📢 CALL FOR PITCHES The Detail is inviting pitches for investigations and analysis focusing on: - Rights under the Good Friday Agreement and the post-Brexit landscape - Addressing the past - legacy, accountability and justice First deadline Friday 30th January. thedetail.tv/articles/cal...

📢 CALL FOR PITCHES The Detail is inviting pitches for investigations and analysis focusing on: - Rights under the Good Friday Agreement and the post-Brexit landscape - Addressing the past - legacy, accountability and justice First deadline Friday 30th January. thedetail.tv/articles/cal...

New: At least 71% of those who had Child Benefit suspended were in fact legitimate beneficiaries who had not emigrated. That figure may rise, as 23% of cases remain open. Only 5% been found to be fraudulent so far. Senior HMRC officials were questioned by MPs about the scandal this morning

UK tax authorities believed that withdrawing child benefit payments from parents without prior consultation as part of an anti-fraud drive carried a “tolerable” risk, with only a “remote” chance of inflicting harm, according to internal documents www.thedetail.tv/articles/hmr...

'Deeply troubling': 63% of parents wrongly targeted in HMRC child benefit fraud crackdown thedetail.tv/articles/dee...

NI Water’s pollution performance far below official figures, documents reveal

NI Water’s pollution performance far below official figures, documents reveal

NI Water’s pollution performance far below official figures, documents reveal @tommygreene.bsky.social thedetail.tv/articles/ni-...

AI girlfriends ‘reinforce dangerous ideas about how women should behave’ - Women’s Aid - ✍️ Caoimhe Clements thedetail.tv/articles/ai-...

Palestine Action: PSNI faces questions on policing of support for proscribed groups

Since Palestine Action was banned, the PSNI has targeted more than a dozen people for showing support - an offence under the Terrorism Act - but has taken no similar action against displays of support for paramilitaries thedetail.tv/articles/pal...

The Treasury Committee has accused HMRC of being ‘cavalier’ with finances of child benefit claimants, following an investigation by The Detail and the Guardian www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Calls for inquiry as faulty Home Office data leaves thousands without Child Benefit www.thedetail.tv/articles/cal...

Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular www.thedetail.tv/articles/min...

HMRC rolled out anti-fraud system despite pilot showing almost 80% error rate in Northern Ireland thedetail.tv/articles/hmr...

HMRC rolled out anti-fraud system despite pilot showing almost 80% error rate in Northern Ireland thedetail.tv/articles/hmr...

Join us for a discussion of 'A Bunch of Questions With No Answers', a record of the endless demands for clarification and accountability about the genocide in Palestine. Panel: Journalist Allison Morris and filmmakers Trevor Birney Rabie Mustapha www.blackboxbelfast.com/event/belfas...

HMRC U-turn after families wrongly stripped of Child Benefit thedetail.tv/articles/hmr...

HMRC ‘urgently reviewing’ flawed benefit crackdown as families impacted across the UK www.thedetail.tv/articles/hmr...

Did you get a letter from HMRC saying your child benefit is being stopped after going on short trip abroad? Email me at [email protected] www.thedetail.tv/articles/hmr...

HMRC crackdown wrongly targets Northern Irish families using Dublin Airport www.thedetail.tv/articles/hmr...

'I’d be in floods of tears': Why Northern Ireland still has no mother-and-baby unit By @carlottad.bsky.social & @martaabba.bsky.social thedetail.tv/articles/i-d...

Stormont officials privately warn of 'permacrisis' of racist unrest thedetail.tv/articles/sto...

Northern Ireland at risk of race riot ‘permacrisis’, government files warn

Northern Ireland at risk of race riot ‘permacrisis’, government files warn thedetail.tv/articles/sto...

Campaigners hold a monthly vigil to protest the use of Belfast International Airport by the US military. Over 60 military flights landed at Belfast between October 2023 and December 2024, including to Israel. WATCH: vimeo.com/1119366838?f...

Andrew Comiskey (32), from Armagh and a member of campaign group Cairde Palestine, said public money should not be supporting companies contributing to the war. thedetail.tv/articles/cam...

Watchdog kept in dark as PSNI spied on journalists thedetail.tv/articles/wat...

Ballymena: More than a third of those arrested for race hate disorder had previously been reported to the PSNI for domestic abuse www.thedetail.tv/articles/one...

Almost half NI race rioters reported for domestic abuse thedetail.tv/articles/alm...

Luke Butterly: Violence in Ballymena part of long history - with 24,000 race hate incidents in Northern Ireland since 1996 thedetail.tv/articles/luk...

Invest NI emails cast doubt on claims of no arms links to Israel ‘We risk tying ourselves in knots’ thedetail.tv/articles/we-...

PSNI told by national policing unit to withhold any information on tech used to hack journalist Barry McCaffrey's phone thedetail.tv/articles/psn...