Conor Ryan

RTÉ Investigates

Pressure mounts over mentally ill people held in prisons

In the days following RTÉ Investigates' two-part documentary on acute psychiatric care, questions about how the State treats its most vulnerable patients moved quickly to what needs to happen next.

investigations unit • 14 Feb

Concerns over restraint of patient who died at Cloverhill

An investigation report into the death of a psychiatric patient detained in Cloverhill Prison has expressed "deep reservations" about how he was restrained and "the extent of the external and internal injuries" he suffered.

Ireland • 13 Feb

General view of Cloverhill Prison in Dublin

Review over death at Cloverhill Prison to be published

A review into the death of a prisoner at Cloverhill Prison five years ago will be published this week, RTÉ Investigates has learned.

investigations unit • 10 Feb

Five years in seclusion: Family speaks of 'dreadful' ordeal

The family of a brain-injured man who spent almost five years locked on his own in small rooms in uninterrupted seclusion has spoken out about what they describe as the "absolutely dreadful" conditions he lived in

RTÉ Investigates • 10 Feb

Surge in actively psychotic patients held in prisons, RTÉ finds

A rapid rise in numbers of acutely psychotic people in prison is deepening a crisis in psychiatric care, RTÉ Investigates finds.

RTÉ Investigates • 09 Feb

Family calls for release of report into Cloverhill Prison death

More than five years after a psychiatric patient died in Cloverhill Prison, his family says a key report remains unreleased.

RTÉ Investigates • 09 Feb

Shannonside Foods Ltd pleaded guilty at Limerick District Court today (file pic)

Equine slaughter operator fined for fraudulent horse IDs

The company that operated the country's only equine slaughter plant has been convicted and fined on charges related to the fraudulent identification of horses destined for human consumption.

Courts • 04 Apr 25

Cork North-West: The story of the count

Election 2024 • 02 Dec 24

Sligo District Court was hearing evidence on the second day of an appeal against the trading ban (file pic)

Fraud risk underpinned horse exporters' trading ban, court told

Serious risks of fraud and food safety underpinned the move to prevent one of the country's largest horse exporters from trading in recent months, a senior Department of Agriculture inspector has told Sligo District Court.

RTÉ Investigates • 22 Oct 24

RTÉ Investigates: 'Horses, Making a Killing' included evidence that horses were being given new identities to enter the food chain.

Europol to co-ordinate int'l horses probe triggered by RTÉ report

There has been significant escalation in the scale of Europe-wide investigations into issues revealed in a recent RTÉ documentary into food fraud in the horse meat sector, an Oireachtas Committee has been told.

RTÉ Investigates • 27 Jun 24