👤 Michael O'farrell

4 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
4
2026-09-19 – 2026-10-31
Claims per article
44
175 extracted in total
Hedged claims
12%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
7,002
characters
Writes for Daily Mail.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
75%
Crime & Law
25%
Most-tagged topics
Liberty RecyclingSinn FéinBelfastDublinGardaIPSIrish Prison ServiceLiberty

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages +0.01 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-31 · Daily Mail · Politics
One trustee at Liberty Recycling, whose job it was to keep the charity honest, was employed by the now liquidated charity in a role that made her directly answerable to the CEO... as Charity Regulator lays bare their inaction
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-24 · Daily Mail · Politics
A key detail connects a non-profit clothing charity, chaired by Sinn Fein TD and at the centre of a Garda money laundering probe, with a commercial enterprise owned by a close associate of the CEO
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-07 · Daily Mail · Politics
The inside story of why farming charity Macra Na Feirme had to pay back over €100k to the taxman - and the row between two executives at the centre of it all
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-19 · Daily Mail · Crime & Law
REVEALED: Inside story on why red-faced prison bosses ordered the shutdown of Mountjoy's most prized facility - and how this gangland threat meant they had no choice
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-19 · Daily Mail
REVEALED: Inside story on why red-faced prison bosses ordered the shutdown of Mountjoy's most prized facility - and how this gangland threat meant they had no choice
🔮 Mr O’Callaghan did not refer to any specific concerns about contraband though he did refer generally to the ‘enhanced security’ the closure would bring. assertive
2026-10-07 · Daily Mail
The inside story of why farming charity Macra Na Feirme had to pay back over €100k to the taxman - and the row between two executives at the centre of it all
🔮 However, after three months it became clear to Macra that its forecast finances would be too positive to allow the TWSS claim. assertive
2026-10-24 · Daily Mail
A key detail connects a non-profit clothing charity, chaired by Sinn Fein TD and at the centre of a Garda money laundering probe, with a commercial enterprise owned by a close associate of the CEO
🔮 Responding to the raids this weekend, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said that her party supports the Garda investigation There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of Mr Moloney or his associate. Yesterday the associate replied by text to a series of MoS questions about the nature of the relationship, if any, between Liberty Recycling and the commercial firm that purports to operate from the same depot. Given that both entities are in the same industry and are registered to the same address, we asked them to explain the nature of any commercial or other relationship that they may have. assertive
2026-11-01 · Daily Mail
One trustee at Liberty Recycling, whose job it was to keep the charity honest, was employed by the now liquidated charity in a role that made her directly answerable to the CEO... as Charity Regulator lays bare their inaction
🔮 Speaking to the MoS this week, Mr Behan said he could not comment on the criticism levelled at trustees by the Regulator. assertive
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