The documentary received a strong reaction after it aired. The minister of Agriculture has revealed that the horse abattoir at the centre of the latest RTÉ Investigates documentary has been shut down. Charlie McConalogue has said that the abattoir in Straffan, Co Kildare, has been shut pending an investigation into the abuse uncovered by the […]

1 year ago

The horse racing industry receives €76 million in State support this year. Viewers have expressed their shock at a ‘sickening’ new RTÉ Investigates documentary looking into the animal abuse in the horse industry. The documentary, Horses – Making a Killing, aired on RTÉ One on Wednesday night and used a series of hidden cameras to […]

1 year ago

Make sure you tune in to this. A new RTÉ Investigates documentary airing on Wednesday will probe “systemic failures” in Ireland’s local authorities and how they enabled “false accounting and employee fraud”. In a statement ahead of the show, RTÉ says that Ireland’s local authorities spend more than €5 billion a year and have a huge […]

4 years ago

“It is very hard to think there is people out there that could do something like that to someone that’s in financial distress.” An Irish businesswoman and former hockey star who scammed victims out of thousands of euro is the subject of an RTÉ Investigates programme on Monday (14 February). The documentary, RTE Investigates – […]

4 years ago

“It is to not have control of your money, it’s not normal to be put down, it’s not normal to have things thrown at you, to be slapped. You are treated like, nearly like a dog.” A new documentary is set to explore the major increase in emergency calls from domestic abuse survivors in the […]

4 years ago

“We dispute some of the detail of what has been reported. But this is not to dispute the overall point, which is that we have work to do to ensure we offer the highest standards of care.” Hyde & Seek Childcare, the company featured as part of Wednesday night’s RTÉ Investigates documentary, has issued a […]

7 years ago