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HOLY LAND: How much money are religious orders pocketing from lucrative property sales?

Ireland

Properties valued at almost €250 million in 2009 - and offered by religious congregations for redress in institutional child abuse cases - have yet to be handed over to fulfil that promise.

4 Backers raised €50 of €1640

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COURT IN E-SESSION: Will Covid-19 force the judicial system into the digital age?

Ireland

From hearings over Zoom in Singapore to the US supreme court hearing arguments by phone, courtrooms all across the world are going into virtual session as Covid-19 restrictions force the legal sector to modernise.

4 Backers raised €140 of €850

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BLIND JUSTICE: Is everyone equal in the eyes of the Irish law and prison system?

Ireland

Around the world, minority groups are overrepresented in prisons. In New Zealand, indigenous Maori people make up 15% of the population but half of the prison population while, in the US, black people are over five times more likely than white people to go to prison.

16 Backers raised €640 of €1890

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BEHIND THE CELL DOOR: Exposing the reality of the Irish prison system

Ireland

With almost 4,000 people in custody in Ireland, Noteworthy want to take a look inside the prison system and conduct an in-depth investigation to reveal the reality of incarceration.

2 Backers raised €50 of €2950

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RISK TO BABY: Why were Irish women not told for decades about an epilepsy drug that causes birth defects?

Ireland

Sodium valproate is an epilepsy medicine commonly sold under the name Epilim. It was known since its availability in the 1970s that it may cause birth defects if used in pregnancy yet for decades many women across the world were prescribed this drug without being warned of this risk by their doctors.

4 Backers raised €185 of €1500

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SCALES OF JUSTICE: Does the justice system work for wards of court?

Ireland

When a person is deemed incapable of making decisions for themselves, they can be made a ‘ward of court’ and are no longer deemed fit to manage their own money and property.

2 Backers raised €150 of €1150

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BURYING THE PAST: Behind the scenes of government talks on Tuam Mother and Baby Home

National

In October of last year, Minister Katherine Zappone announced that the Bon Secours Sisters religious congregation had agreed to contribute €2.5 million towards the costs of excavating the burial site at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home.

2 Backers raised €252 of €250

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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