We want to expose untold scandals, tell hidden stories and bring to light covered-up injustices.
But we need your help to do so.
We want to hear about your local Irish concerns; about the things you feel are wrong in this country and about the things you think should be exposed.
We also investigate international matters as long as they are linked to matters here.
If you know of something, however big or small, that you feel is simply not right we would urge you to consider telling us about it. We guarantee complete confidentiality and can advise you about covering your tracks.
Since the introduction of the Protected Disclosures Act in 2014 you can avail of some of the best protections for whistleblowers anywhere on the planet – even when making a disclosure to a journalist. See our introductory guide to making a protected disclosure to learn more.
Together with the Irish Mail on Sunday we have the willingness, the determination and the resources to take the smallest of tip-offs and pursue them until we expose and print the truth.
But we can’t do it without you.
Whistle blowing is simple. If you think you can help us to tell the truth about something that should be exposed, just get in touch and we’ll take it from there.
We will protect you as a source, as the law allows us to do, and we will never reveal your identity to anyone without your permission.
But if you are worried about protecting your identity just call from a phone that cannot be traced to you such as a simple pay-as-you-go phone bought for cash.
Alternatively email us from a computer and an email account that is not linked to you or your work place. You can also pop a letter or package in the post or even drop it into the Irish Mail on Sunday head office yourself.
Many have already done this. Some of the stories and outcomes that resulted can be seen in the gallery below and elsewhere on this site.
How the Irish Mail on Sunday works with whistleblowers.
Irish Mail on Sunday – January 21, 2018. – Page 1.
A whistleblower helped the Irish Mail on Sunday expose dangerous standards at what was then Ireland’s largest cosmetic surgery clinic. RESULT: Clinic closed down. Surgeon is suspended from Medical Council register and later found guilty of professional misconduct.
A whistleblower helped the Irish Mail on Sunday to expose dangers at what was then Ireland’s largest cosmetic surgery clinic and its surgeons. RESULT – clinic closes down. Legislation to regulate cosmetic surgery promised by Government.
The Irish Mail on Sunday investigated Mercy Hospital Cork after a whistleblower indicated EU intervention cheese, supposed to be for charitable purposes, was being fed to private, fee-paying patients. RESULT: The hospital admits the misuse, informs the authorities and repays the money.
A protected disclosure to the Irish Mail on Sunday helped to prove that cheques were being forged for years at a 200m housing charity. Previous disclosures to his employers, TDs, Government Ministers and the gardai came to nothing.
RESULT – Garda investigation launched, charity official resigns, matter reported to Housing Regulator.
A RESIGNATION – The result of an investigation into social housing charity prompted by a disclosure from a whistleblower to the Irish Mail on Sunday.
A whistleblower – frustrated by a lack of action when he complained to the Charity Regulator of financial concerns at a prominent charity – made a further disclosure to us.
RESULT: The Regulator commenced a preliminary review of the charity’s governance and administration and a Garda investigation was launched into a specific concern.
A protected disclosure by a whistleblower helped expose how mortgage help group, New Beginning, sold the personal data of thousands of homeowners to a 2bn vulture fund. RESULT – Data Protection Commissioner launched an investigation and upheld complaints. New Beginning apologies.
GUILTY – A disclosure from a whistleblower and a subsequent investigation by the Irish Mail on Sunday results in New Beginning being found guilty of data breach on foot of a complaint from a client whose intimate financial details were sold.
One of two whistleblowers who made protected disclosure about abuse allegations at a South East foster home also revealed how much of his whistleblowing was ignored by HSE bosses.
RESULT: Garda investigation launched and Statutory Commission of Inquiry to be established.
A whistleblower also helped the Irish Mail on Sunday expose the secret disciplinary sanction which allowed a Bus Eireann manager keep his rank and salary and move to a job he considered easier after he broke internal rules.
With the help of a whistleblower the Irish Mail on Sunday exposed the holidays and gifts received in return for state bus contracts. RESULT; A Garda investigation was launched, procurement procedures at Bus Eireann were reviewed tightened up and the Public Accounts Committee cleared the way for the Comptroller and Auditor General to audit procurement at Bus Eireann.
Thanks to a whistleblower, the Irish Mail on was able to reveal how two county managers, a Fianna Fáil councillor, a senior official and a FÁS executive used a State-funded enterprise centre to pay for years of spectacular foreign junkets for themselves, their wives and their children.
