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JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS: Are sports capital grants fairly distributed?
Ireland
There are concerns over the geographic breakdown of sports grants as well as lack of grant funding for certain sports types.
1 Backer raised €20 of €2210
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PRICE OF KNOWLEDGE: Are rising costs a barrier to third-level education?
Ireland
Ireland has the highest third-level fees in the EU, with students also burdened with increasingly higher accommodation costs.
2 Backers raised €30 of €2530
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FREE TO AIR: Why are fans losing open access to viewing sporting events?
Ireland
Major sporting events in Ireland’s three leading sports - GAA, soccer and rugby - have traditionally been broadcast as free-to-air events for all to see on national TV.
1 Backer raised €10 of €1960
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COURSE OF INACTION: Is animal welfare protected in the coursing industry?
Ireland
The hare is protected under national and EU law. Yet, 60,000 hares were legally captured between 2009 and 2021 for use in the coursing industry where they are chased by trained greyhounds.
74 Backers raised €1740 of €3850
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Open
RACK AND RUIN: Why are our protected buildings falling into disrepair?
Ireland
Ireland is home to a wide variety of buildings protected due to their architectural, historical, archaeological and cultural importance.
7 Backers raised €200 of €2880
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SQUARE OFF: Can Eyre Square’s anti-social behaviour problem be fixed?
Galway
Eyre Square is in the heart of Galway City and one of the city’s most famous landmarks. Yet, the square has been described as a ‘no-go area’ after dark, with a spate of anti-social behaviour incidents, including serious assaults, in recent months.
0 Backers raised €0 of €1660
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BEATHA TEANGA: An bhfuil coinníollacha pleanála agus deonuithe á chur i bhfeidhm chun cinntiú go bhfásann ceantracha Gaeltachta?
Ireland
Tá líon na ndaoine a labhrann Gaeilge i gceantracha Gaeltachta ag titm, le níos lú ná aon cheathrú de mhuintir na háite ag labhairt Gaeilge go laethúil, dar leis an daonáireamh deirneach.
0 Backers raised €0 of €0
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BEHIND THE SCENES: Is there a culture of harassment within the Irish film industry?
Ireland
The Me Too movement shook up Hollywood and put the spotlight firmly on a sordid history of sexual abuse and harassment within the film industry in the US.
2 Backers raised €25 of €2925
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Open
FAST FASHION: Are we doing enough to tackle fashion’s throwaway culture in Ireland?
Ireland
Lower prices and greater availability of clothes has led to the low-use throwaway culture dubbed fast fashion.
12 Backers raised €280 of €3140
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REAPING THE HARVEST: Have years of neglect left horticulture at a pandemic-provoked tipping point?
Ireland
In March, at the height of the coronavirus crisis, the European Commission issued guidelines that seasonal agricultural workers be treated as frontline workers in order to save fruit and veg harvests.
25 Backers raised €1700 of €1700
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COMPO CLAIMS: Does Ireland really have a ‘compensation culture’?
National
The government minister responsible for the insurance industry has said there are 'clusters' for compensation claims in Ireland.
8 Backers raised €1260 of €1250
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