A Romanian surgeon has said he is operating on between 100 and 150 Irish women who have endometriosis every year.
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“€1.90 for 37g. A good potato weighs at least five times that much. How many crisps even is that? Twelve? And we're not even talking about specialist crisps here. None of the ingredients need to be hunted.”

Here’s this week’s Surrealing in the Years jrnl.ie/6345552

For the past 6 months, I've been lucky enough to work on this project looking at the exploitation of peatlands by two Irish state agencies, Coillte and Bord na Móna. Big thanks to Maria Delaney for all the editing work, and to Journalismfund Europe for funding the project

This is such a long shot but here goes: I’m trying to track down a copy of Patrick Butterly’s self-published book From Radishes to Riches. There were only ever 90 copies published. Would anyone have a copy that I could borrow for a few days? RTs appreciated #stardust

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The Stardust jurors are about to begin deliberating on verdicts in the biggest inquests ever to take place in Ireland.

There are 5 options open to them for how 48 people died in the fire: accidental death, misadventure, an open verdict, a narrative verdict and unlawful killing.

This is some story here from Eimer

This week on The Explainer, Sinéad O'Carroll is joined by Christine Bohan and Rónán Duffy to examine what's next for Leo Varadkar, Fine Gael, and Ireland.

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts jrnl.ie/6333814t

Did Irish independence ever occur in Lindsay Lohan’s Netflix film Irish Wish? An urgent investigation:

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A polling clerk allegedly tried to stop a black Irish person from voting in last week's referendums, telling them 'you cannot vote, you're not born here'.

The Dublin City Returning Officer is carrying out an 'urgent' investigation. Story by Diarmuid Pepper jrnl.ie/6325856

It was supposed to be about 'women in the home'.

Instead, we got votes on Family and Care, with the debate on the Care focusing on the responsibility of the family.

In short, a bit of a mess that pleased nobody.

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“There is no promised land for the families of these victims. For as long as they live, they will live with their loss and their grief. But it may be, after all this time, and when they go to their rest, they can know why their children never came home.” irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4134…

When a headline translates differently on the other side of the Irish sea.

The main thing I am taking from Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s statement is that a lot of this mess would have been avoided if Catherine Martin had just… used the phone

Scoop: The New York Times is conducting a leak investigation—a rare move for the paper—following The Intercept's report on a yet-to-air episode of The Daily addressing claims of sexual violence committed by Hamas on Oct 7. vanityfair.com/news/new-york-…

The first article in Falling Through The Cracks is out today. The series will explore access to services for young people with psychosis and schizophrenia.

The earlier a person's symptoms are treated, the better the outcome - but many people struggle to get access to care.