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HANDS ON DECK: Are migrant workers being exploited in the Irish fishing industry?

Ireland

Extremely long working hours with few breaks and very low wages are among the poor conditions that face migrant workers in the Irish fishing fleet.

3 Backers raised €170 of €3750

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MAKE ENDS MEAT: What are conditions like for meat factory workers in Ireland?

Ireland

The Covid pandemic highlighted poor conditions for workers in meat processing plants in Ireland as one of the first industries to report frequent outbreaks of the virus.

11 Backers raised €260 of €3200

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MISSING INGREDIENT: Are food companies misleading the consumer over origin of certain food products?

Ireland

Concerns have been raised in recent years that customers can’t easily identify the true origins of products that fill our supermarket shelves - from fruit and veg to tinned goods and pre-packed food.

3 Backers raised €50 of €3360

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DEBT OF DAIRY: Is State agri-expansion policy driving up debt in the dairy sector?

Ireland

On the face of it, the dairy sector is doing well; it has seen a resurgence in production and profit since the end of the milk quota in 2015.

5 Backers raised €225 of €2320

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WASTE NOT: Are our supermarkets doing enough to reduce food waste?

Ireland

In Ireland, over 1 million tonnes of food is estimated to be wasted annually, costing Irish households, businesses and the planet, with food waste estimated to be responsible for 10% of global emissions.

6 Backers raised €145 of €1410

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GOING TO BED HUNGRY: Is the State tackling food poverty?

Ireland

People go to bed hungry in Ireland every day with one in ten households here experiencing food poverty - being unable to get healthy affordable food.

4 Backers raised €80 of €1950

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FACTORY FARM: Are we prioritising profits over animal welfare and human health?

Ireland

The traditional image of the small Irish family farm is slowly slipping away with many farms growing more industrialised in response to ambitious production targets set by the State.

87 Backers raised €2730 of €2720

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TROUBLED WATERS: Are salmon fish farms harming our marine ecosystem?

Ireland

The fish farming industry is in a phase of rapid growth; it overtook global beef production in 2012.

43 Backers raised €2400 of €2400

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NIL BY MOUTH: Why are patients still eating poor quality hospital food?

Ireland

Poor quality hospital food has been highlighted by patient advocates as an issue for decades but Covid-19 isolation measures and a lack of visitors have made this problem even more stark.

9 Backers raised €260 of €1540

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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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NET LOSS: Is Ireland killing its own fishing industry... by overfishing?

Ireland

Declining fish stock is one the major challenges to the Irish fishing industry. One of Ireland’s most important fisheries, Celtic Sea herring, was closed last year just 48 hours after the seasonal fishery opened due to the small size of fish caught. Reduced levels of these fish also have an impact on animals who depend on them such as whales and dolphins.

16 Backers raised €1950 of €1950