RTÉ Investigates

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 • 16 hrs

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 • 1 hr

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

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

Widely used solar brands tied to forced labour in China

Solar panels used widely across Ireland were sourced from companies linked to forced labour and environmental devastation in the Xinjiang region of China.

RTÉ Investigates • 09 Dec 25

Campaigner urges end to military crime victim discrimination

The Women of Honour campaign group has urged the Government to amend victims' rights legislation to ensure military crime victims have the same legal rights as civilians

RTÉ Investigates • 21 Nov 25

Interpreter in overturned FGM conviction worked on over 240 cases

A court interpreter who worked on Ireland's first and only FGM case that was overturned on appeal over translation errors assisted in more than 240 other cases for the Irish Court Services

RTÉ Investigates • 12 Nov 25

Expert witness says no evidence of FGM in Ireland's landmark case

A leading international expert in female genital mutilation (FGM) has criticised the State's handling of Ireland's first and only landmark case under FGM legislation

RTÉ Investigates • 12 Nov 25

Protection vs prejudice: finding balance in FGM legislation

Pamela Fraher has spent the past year investigating Ireland's first and only prosecution for FGM. Here, she reflects on what she uncovered while examining how the State handles this sensitive and complex issue.

RTÉ Investigates • 10 Nov 25

First Conviction: A family torn apart, a system on trial

After years of fighting to clear their names, the couple at the centre of Ireland's first and only FGM prosecution will have their bid for a certificate of miscarriage of justice heard next January. But how did their case reach this point?

RTÉ Investigates • 13 Oct 25

Late Late Toy Show will not partner with Penneys this year

A commercial partnership between the Late Late Toy Show and the fast fashion retailer Penneys will not go ahead this year, RTÉ has confirmed in a statement provided to RTÉ Investigates

RTÉ Investigates • 25 Sep 25

Suppliers to major Irish retailers linked to forced labour cotton

Factories that imported hundreds of tons of cotton fabric in 2024 from two companies linked to a Chinese forced labour programme are supplying some of Ireland's major clothing retailers, an RTÉ investigation has found

RTÉ Investigates • 26 Sep 25

How forced Uyghur labour could be woven into your wardrobe

Behind the 'sustainable' labels on Ireland's high streets, cotton from China's Uyghur region is still slipping through. RTÉ Investigates uncovers the routes of forced labour and the systems that fail to stop it

RTÉ Investigates • 24 Sep 25

Uyghur woman in Ireland details Chinese pressure and harassment

Around 200 Uyghurs live in Ireland, part of a minority of 12 million in China's Xinjiang region. The UN says they face possible crimes against humanity — and one woman says Beijing's repression has followed her to Dublin

RTÉ Investigates • 24 Sep 25

A screenshot from RTÉ Investigates on calves

Cork mart convicted of animal welfare breaches exposed by RTÉ

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has welcomed the conviction last week of a Cork mart company for breaches of animal welfare regulations, which were first highlighted in a 2023 RTÉ Investigates documentary

RTÉ Investigates • 15 Sep 25

Eight sexual assault cases tied to Defence Forces, reports reveal

Eight cases of sexual assault involving members of the Defence Forces were before the military or Garda authorities by March 2024, according to new internal reports obtained by RTÉ Investigates.

RTÉ Investigates • 31 Jul 25

Audeon Guy's family described their shock and distress at seeing footage of their father being roughly handled at the Beneavin Manor nursing home

Family of man in RTÉ exposé calls for accountability

The family of a vulnerable resident who appeared in last week's RTÉ Investigates undercover documentary into standards of care at facilities run by Ireland's largest provider of private nursing homes have called for accountability for their father and other residents affected by the scandal.

RTÉ Investigates • 11 Jun 25

Emeis Ireland is the State's leading provider of private nursing home care

Serious care concerns found at leading private nursing home group

Staff shortages, unsafe care and undignified treatment has been uncovered in homes run by State's leading private care provider Emeis Ireland

RTÉ Investigates • 04 Jun 25

Undercover carers observed staff shortages and unsafe practices at two Emeis facilities

What RTÉ found inside a leading private residential care provider

Two fully trained healthcare assistants went undercover in homes run by one of Ireland's leading private nursing home providers Emeis, formerly known as Orpea

RTÉ Investigates • 04 Jun 25

The Christian Brothers: assets, abuse and accountability

RTÉ Investigates examines the business of the Christian Brothers - and the lasting impact of what they kept, sold, and promised to give.

investigations unit • 03 May 25

Christian Brothers transferred just a third of playing fields

The Christian Brothers has transferred just 16 school playing fields to its schools' trust, ERST since a 2009 redress deal in which it promised to transfer all of them

investigations unit • 02 May 25

Two senior Christian Brothers asset holders were child abusers

RTÉ Investigates examines the Christian Brothers handling of their wealth and assets, as well as their legacy of abuse.

RTÉ Investigates • 01 May 25

Profile of an abuser: Christian Brother Martin O'Flaherty

Martin O'Flaherty was a keeper of the keys to the congregation's assets and secrets, and is now a convicted child sexual abuser, RTÉ Investigates reveals.