Barry O'Kelly

RTÉ Investigates

Max left the care system last October after spending almost his entire life in the care of Tusla.

Care crisis: Sleeping rough in a car park below Tusla offices

In early January 2026, during one of the wettest winters in years, RTÉ filmed with 18-year-old Max as he was slipping in at night to sleep in the underground car park of the Child and Family Agency, Tusla in Naas, Co Kildare.

RTÉ Investigates • 23 Apr

RTÉ Investigates hears directly from young people who have been through the care system

Children in care: one year following a system in crisis

RTÉ Investigates has spent the last year inside the family law court system, documenting an unfolding crisis in the care of Ireland's most vulnerable children

RTÉ Investigates • 22 Apr

Fake references used for staff at children's care home company

Forged references were provided for staff at unregulated children's care homes, according to an internal report prepared for the Child and Family Agency, Tusla.

RTÉ Investigates • 22 Apr

'RTÉ Investigates: Inside the Protests' is broadcast at 9.35pm tonight on RTÉ One.

Coolock site developer criticises Garda response to riots

The developer of the site proposed for asylum seekers in Coolock in Dublin has spoken out about the garda response to the public disorder there in July.

RTÉ Investigates • 19 Sep 24

'Inside the Protests' is broadcast at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.

Inside the Protests: Cameras capture moment Coolock site attacked

For the past six months, Barry O'Kelly of RTÉ Investigates has been filming at protests against accommodation for migrants. Tonight the documentary 'Inside the Protests' is broadcast.

RTÉ Investigates • 19 Sep 24

Inside the Protests: Cameras capture moment Coolock site attacked

For the past six months, Barry O'Kelly of RTÉ Investigates has been filming at protests against accommodation for migrants. Tonight the documentary 'Inside the Protests' is broadcast.

Investigations Unit • 18 Sep 24

Michael and John Callaghan, serial planning objectors who featured in 'RTÉ Investigates: The Planning Trap'

Serial objectors lose appeal in case covered by RTÉ investigation

Serial planning objectors John and Michael Callaghan have lost an appeal against a housing development planned for Co Cork.

investigations unit • 11 Jan 24

Serial objector John Callaghan appeared in the RTÉ Investigates programme

An Bord Pleanála to review serial objector files

The planning appeals board, An Bord Pleanála, is to carry out a review of appeals submitted by serial objector John Callaghan.

investigations unit • 08 Dec 23

John Callaghan pictured outside An Bord Pleanála on day of meeting with developer

Meeting between objectors and developer observed by Verona Murphy

Serial planning objectors John and Micheál Callaghan sought an option to buy sites in the same housing development to which they were objecting for a nominal fee. Independent TD Verona Murphy observed a meeting between the Callaghans and a developer

RTÉ Investigates • 05 Dec 23

The self-styled NGO withdrawing planning appeals for cash

Using covert recordings, RTÉ Investigates reveals how two individuals are making mischievous planning appeals against residential and industrial developments. The appeals are withdrawn once payoffs are received from property developers.

RTÉ Investigates • 04 Dec 23