RTE Investigates

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<p>The Irish medicines regulator has also warned of people offering Botox-type treatments who may be 'operating outside the law' and confirmed it had been involved in a number of investigations.</p>

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There will always be a 'black market' for Botox-type treatments, Taoiseach warns

Taoiseach said new laws would help protect consumers from unregulated practitioners

<p>'RTÉ Investigates' reporter Pamela Fraher went undercover examining regulation of the Irish beauty industry, with illegal botox and the sale of prescription medicine widely available. </p>

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Regulator: Some Botox-type treatments 'operating outside law'

<p>Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien told the Dáil: 'It is effectively a form of bribery — there is no question about that — and that needs to be called out every time it is done.' Picture: PA</p>

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'Bribery': Dáil hears of developer asked to pay €500k to have planning appeal withdrawn

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St John Ambulance failed to investigate predatory and abusive behaviour, review finds

Mick Clifford: 'Irish Examiner' and RTÉ revealed lax regulation of mental health professionals

Wednesday TV Tips: Donal Skehan has to seek kelp on a visit to Waterford

Ireland's illegal adoptions examined; and violence, romance, courtroom drama and murder in The Queen v Patrick O'Donnell

Wed, 16 Mar, 2022

Valentine's Day TV Tips: A cough medicine made from violets; and a scam investigated

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Mon, 14 Feb, 2022

Cork couple demand to know who approved export of baby organs for incineration

The HSE has now ordered a full nationwide review of post mortem examination services with a specific focus on consent, storage and disposal

Tue, 28 Sep, 2021

Nursing home residents were denied family life with no recourse

Government readily acknowledged lockdowns increases risks of domestic violence and child protection rates in private homes, yet refused to recognise the risks of increased institutional abuse while nursing homes operated behind closed doors

Fri, 02 Jul, 2021

Almost 50 children with autism affected by secret dossiers

No wrongdoing by Department of Health in gathering data on children with disabilities, review finds

An independent review, conducted between July and November 2020, and published on Wednesday, found the sharing and collating of this information 'does not come within the definition of wrongdoing' under the 2014 Protected Disclosures Act

Wed, 21 Apr, 2021

FILE PHOTO According to RTÉ Investigates, the Department of Health has been using confidential information to build dossiers on

Trust between families and medics 'inevitably affected' following autism revelations

Group representing families of children with special educational needs has called on the Medical Council to investigate whether there were possible breaches of confidentiality that led to the compilation of dossiers

Tue, 30 Mar, 2021

Taoiseach seeks review into secret Department of Health dossiers

'RTÉ Investigates' raises issues ranging from compliance with data protection law to a potential abuse of process, experts say

Sat, 27 Mar, 2021

File Photo Problems with cleanliness and other issues in the neonatal units of two Dublin maternity hospitals Holles Street and

Illegal adoptions: 'I don't have an identity now. It's like a tree falling over and the roots gone'

A Dublin woman believes her illegal adoption and the adoption of many others amounted to "child trafficking"

Wed, 03 Mar, 2021

IGB spend €18k on PR to deal with fallout from RTÉ Investigates programme

The IGB, which receives annual state funding of around €16m, hired top communications firm Heneghan PR a week after the documentary claimed that 6,000 greyhounds were being killed every year.

Mon, 17 Feb, 2020

Boy settles case against creche mentioned in RTE Investigates documentary

An eight-year-old boy, who as a baby attended a creche mentioned in an RTE expose documentary on the treatment of pre-school children, has settled his High Court action for €30,000.

Mon, 14 Oct, 2019

Dublin crèche owner to 'take no future role in front line childcare provision' after RTÉ investigation

One of the owners of the Hyde & Seek Childcare crèche chain is to take no future role in front line childcare provision as a result of findings to be revealed in an RTÉ Investigates documentary.

Wed, 24 Jul, 2019

Councillors secretly filmed by RTÉ found to have contravened ethics laws

Two councillors who were featured in an undercover investigation by RTÉ have been found to have contravened ethics laws during the secretly filmed meetings with a fictitious company.

Tue, 26 Mar, 2019

WATCH: 'I know Darragh is suffering' - RTÉ investigates life on a waiting list

The programme documents how as time passes patient's conditions worsen and the long term impact can be far-reaching.

Mon, 06 Feb, 2017

Cllr John O’Donnell warned to appear in court

A judge has warned a politician who featured in an RTÉ Investigates programme to appear in court next month or face arrest over a long-running failure to pay compensation to a woman injured on a building site.

Thu, 07 Jan, 2016

Mass media doing the job of our law enforcers

I do not understand why RTÉ is the primary investigatory body in the country when it comes to investigating fraud in the body politics or government agencies.

Tue, 22 Dec, 2015

Harris: I don't think Councillors in RTÉ Investigates can continue in public life

A Minister of State says that local Councillors featured on the RTÉ Investigates programme cannot continue in public life.

Sun, 13 Dec, 2015

'A depressing political week, when we saw serious corruption at a local level in our politics'

What surprised me about the programme was not that corruption existed, but that it was so easy to find, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 11 Dec, 2015

Did we really need Prime Time's sting to show us there was endemic corruption in Ireland?

WE DIDN’T need Prime Time’s sting operation to tell us there was endemic corruption in our planning processes in this country. We only had to look at our destroyed landscapes and our ghost estates, writes Victoria White.

Thu, 10 Dec, 2015

Lobbying Sligo councillor Joe Queenan refuses to resign seat after ‘edited’ RTÉ exposé

The Sligo councillor at the centre of this week’s RTÉ exposé has said he will not be resigning his council seat.

Thu, 10 Dec, 2015

Cork councillor Alan Coleman defends planning vote

A councillor criticised in RTÉ’s Investigations Unit exposé on standards in public office has sought to defend taking part in a planning vote which impacted a site he co-owns.

Wed, 09 Dec, 2015

Ethics reforms must wait until after election

Much-needed reforms to ensure politicians adhere to ethics rules will not be passed into law before the general election.

Wed, 09 Dec, 2015

Gardaí examining RTE's 'sting' investigation into councillors

A Government minister has confirmed that gardaí are examining the RTE programme that uncovered politicians looking for personal gain and others who failed to declare interests.

Wed, 09 Dec, 2015

Crooked politicians destroy faith in democracy

The issue about crooked politicians is not how few or how many they are. It is that they destroy faith in democracy, writes Gerard Howlin

Wed, 09 Dec, 2015