Conor Gogarty
@conorgogarty.bsky.social
Investigations editor at WalesOnline. Specialist journalist of year and scoop of year at '24 UK Regional Press Awards. Email [email protected]
Reposted by Conor Gogarty
Leaked messages show that Reform UK’s director of comms branded a prominent Welsh journalist a c**t for asking questions about why the party wouldn’t appoint a Welsh leader ahead of the Senedd election
Reform UK head of comms branded prominent Welsh journalist a 'c***'
Warning: this news article contains highly offensive language. Emily Price Reform UK’s director of communications used a highly offensive expletive to describe one of Wales’ most prominent journalists...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Leaked messages show that Reform UK’s director of comms branded a prominent Welsh journalist a c**t for asking questions about why the party wouldn’t appoint a Welsh leader ahead of the Senedd election
Veteran criminal barrister Andrew Taylor describes David Lammy’s proposal for new jury-less courts as “lunacy” and says: “The way this is being done is, frankly, dishonest.”
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Jury-less courts would be 'lunacy', top Welsh lawyer warns
'The way this is being done is, frankly, dishonest,' an experienced barrister says of David Lammy's plan to cut the court backlog
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November 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Veteran criminal barrister Andrew Taylor describes David Lammy’s proposal for new jury-less courts as “lunacy” and says: “The way this is being done is, frankly, dishonest.”
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The boss of Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water claims he's not 'attacking staff's terms and conditions' as he makes £50m cuts, but we can reveal some staff are losing £10k from their pay.
@llyrgruffydd.bsky.social will write to the firm over concerns its CEO misled the Senedd. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
@llyrgruffydd.bsky.social will write to the firm over concerns its CEO misled the Senedd. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
'We're losing £10k from our pay. Our boss' comments are a slap in the face'
Peter Perry told politicians he would not be 'attacking people’s terms and conditions'. The claim left some staff mystified
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November 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The boss of Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water claims he's not 'attacking staff's terms and conditions' as he makes £50m cuts, but we can reveal some staff are losing £10k from their pay.
@llyrgruffydd.bsky.social will write to the firm over concerns its CEO misled the Senedd. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
@llyrgruffydd.bsky.social will write to the firm over concerns its CEO misled the Senedd. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
I've been looking into some Machiavellian goings-on in the Welsh village of Gilwern.
A local developer passionately objected to plans to replace the village's much-loved pub... only to take over and close it down so he can turn it into a house. www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
A local developer passionately objected to plans to replace the village's much-loved pub... only to take over and close it down so he can turn it into a house. www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
Businessman claimed he wanted pub to stay open. Then he took over and shut it
Locals say the pub was 'a community for people of all ages' and that its loss has left their village 'a darker place'
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November 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I've been looking into some Machiavellian goings-on in the Welsh village of Gilwern.
A local developer passionately objected to plans to replace the village's much-loved pub... only to take over and close it down so he can turn it into a house. www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
A local developer passionately objected to plans to replace the village's much-loved pub... only to take over and close it down so he can turn it into a house. www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
Exclusive: An excoriating letter from almost 300 doctors warns "urgent" action is needed to fix the crisis at University Hospital of Wales as they endure chronic sewage leaks and "all-time low" morale, while bosses have "no clear plan". www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Staggering letter reveals hospital's leaking sewage and 'all-time low morale'
Exclusive: Hundreds of doctors are behind an extraordinary letter that calls for "urgent" action
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November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Exclusive: An excoriating letter from almost 300 doctors warns "urgent" action is needed to fix the crisis at University Hospital of Wales as they endure chronic sewage leaks and "all-time low" morale, while bosses have "no clear plan". www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A surgeon at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales is under investigation for allegedly sending a picture of his private parts to a student nurse. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Surgeon allegedly sent picture of his private parts to student nurse
It is the latest in a series of controversies to have hit the university health board
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November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A surgeon at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales is under investigation for allegedly sending a picture of his private parts to a student nurse. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A doctor was struck off after lying about his qualifications.
Then he was let back into the NHS despite opposition from the GMC.
Now he's accused of groping and sexually harassing junior colleagues www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/doctor-back-nhs-after-lying-32727703
Then he was let back into the NHS despite opposition from the GMC.
Now he's accused of groping and sexually harassing junior colleagues www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/doctor-back-nhs-after-lying-32727703
Doctor was let back into the NHS after lying on CV. Now he's accused of groping
Shortly after his return he began sexually harassing female doctors, it is alleged
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October 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
A doctor was struck off after lying about his qualifications.
Then he was let back into the NHS despite opposition from the GMC.
Now he's accused of groping and sexually harassing junior colleagues www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/doctor-back-nhs-after-lying-32727703
Then he was let back into the NHS despite opposition from the GMC.
Now he's accused of groping and sexually harassing junior colleagues www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/doctor-back-nhs-after-lying-32727703
South Wales Police has moved three senior officers from their normal roles after an incident earlier this week in a Microsoft Teams call.
It's alleged they were overheard making "inappropriate comments" about a new colleague after they mistakenly thought the call had ended.
It's alleged they were overheard making "inappropriate comments" about a new colleague after they mistakenly thought the call had ended.
October 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
South Wales Police has moved three senior officers from their normal roles after an incident earlier this week in a Microsoft Teams call.
It's alleged they were overheard making "inappropriate comments" about a new colleague after they mistakenly thought the call had ended.
It's alleged they were overheard making "inappropriate comments" about a new colleague after they mistakenly thought the call had ended.
Reform's highest-profile politician in Wales, Laura Anne Jones, billed the taxpayer for £1,876 in legal fees.
A source close to her office told us the fees went towards NDAs to stop staff speaking about allegations over her expenses.
The MS has refused to confirm or deny this.
A source close to her office told us the fees went towards NDAs to stop staff speaking about allegations over her expenses.
The MS has refused to confirm or deny this.
October 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Reform's highest-profile politician in Wales, Laura Anne Jones, billed the taxpayer for £1,876 in legal fees.
A source close to her office told us the fees went towards NDAs to stop staff speaking about allegations over her expenses.
The MS has refused to confirm or deny this.
A source close to her office told us the fees went towards NDAs to stop staff speaking about allegations over her expenses.
The MS has refused to confirm or deny this.
Nigel Farage makes false claim distancing Reform from Russian asset www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Nigel Farage makes false claim distancing Reform from Russian asset
'I'm the only person in the senior management team of Reform who's ever even met him,' the Reform UK leader falsely claimed when asked about Nathan Gill
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October 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Nigel Farage makes false claim distancing Reform from Russian asset www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
I challenged Nigel Farage on his links to convicted bribe-taker Nathan Gill and misleading claims about the Nation of Sanctuary.
But there was no interview with the actual by-election candidate, Llŷr Powell (who used to work for Gill), at his own campaign event www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
But there was no interview with the actual by-election candidate, Llŷr Powell (who used to work for Gill), at his own campaign event www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
It's the Nigel Farage show in Welsh town centre as candidate stays quiet
We challenged Nigel Farage on a disgraced former colleague and misleading claims about the Nation of Sanctuary – but there was no interview with by-election candidate Llŷr Powell
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October 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I challenged Nigel Farage on his links to convicted bribe-taker Nathan Gill and misleading claims about the Nation of Sanctuary.
But there was no interview with the actual by-election candidate, Llŷr Powell (who used to work for Gill), at his own campaign event www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
But there was no interview with the actual by-election candidate, Llŷr Powell (who used to work for Gill), at his own campaign event www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Controversial businessman Sean Reilly left customers thousands out of pocket after their machinery orders didn't turn up. Then one decided to get on a plane from Amsterdam and confront him at the Royal Welsh Show. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Controversial businessman cornered by furious customer at trade show
Companies run by Sean Reilly have left a trail of angry customers
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October 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Controversial businessman Sean Reilly left customers thousands out of pocket after their machinery orders didn't turn up. Then one decided to get on a plane from Amsterdam and confront him at the Royal Welsh Show. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
When we caught a rogue employer in a sting, his direct sales career looked over.
Yet he turned up in a new office that exploited people using the same playbook.
Questions for regulators and clients like ScottishPower that keep working with these people. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Yet he turned up in a new office that exploited people using the same playbook.
Questions for regulators and clients like ScottishPower that keep working with these people. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
The 'soul-crushing' office where people worked long hours below minimum wage
After being caught in a sting, Zaafir Jamal's career in direct sales looked over. Then he turned up in a new office where young people were manipulated using many of the same tactics that first landed...
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October 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
When we caught a rogue employer in a sting, his direct sales career looked over.
Yet he turned up in a new office that exploited people using the same playbook.
Questions for regulators and clients like ScottishPower that keep working with these people. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Yet he turned up in a new office that exploited people using the same playbook.
Questions for regulators and clients like ScottishPower that keep working with these people. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A watchdog has forced a youth club to close for six weeks after we revealed a rapist had got a job there despite a warning in a background check. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Youth club forced to close for six weeks after rapist scandal
YMCA Porthcawl is being investigated by a regulator over the hiring of Sarah Vigus
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October 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A watchdog has forced a youth club to close for six weeks after we revealed a rapist had got a job there despite a warning in a background check. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
This is an extraordinary safeguarding failure.
A YMCA youth club hired a woman despite her DBS certificate stating she was under investigation for raping a 17-year-old girl.
She continued working there until she was found guilty and remanded in custody. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A YMCA youth club hired a woman despite her DBS certificate stating she was under investigation for raping a 17-year-old girl.
She continued working there until she was found guilty and remanded in custody. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Woman got youth club job after raping girl
Police said checks on Sarah Vigus when she applied for the role at an after-school club notified her employer of 'comprehensive details about her arrest and the nature and extent of the alleged offenc...
walesonline.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM
This is an extraordinary safeguarding failure.
A YMCA youth club hired a woman despite her DBS certificate stating she was under investigation for raping a 17-year-old girl.
She continued working there until she was found guilty and remanded in custody. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A YMCA youth club hired a woman despite her DBS certificate stating she was under investigation for raping a 17-year-old girl.
She continued working there until she was found guilty and remanded in custody. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Reform's highest-profile politician in Wales spread a false cancer claim and recruited people into a multi-level marketing scheme.
Before her current stint as an MS, Laura Anne Jones made wildly misleading and pseudoscientific claims to promote a business model in which...
Before her current stint as an MS, Laura Anne Jones made wildly misleading and pseudoscientific claims to promote a business model in which...
September 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Reform's highest-profile politician in Wales spread a false cancer claim and recruited people into a multi-level marketing scheme.
Before her current stint as an MS, Laura Anne Jones made wildly misleading and pseudoscientific claims to promote a business model in which...
Before her current stint as an MS, Laura Anne Jones made wildly misleading and pseudoscientific claims to promote a business model in which...
No one should be dying like this in the 21st century.
Gareth Johnson, a beloved dad-of-three, died aged 41 at the University Hospital of Wales after he’d been moved out of the critical care unit because of building work on the dilapidated site. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Gareth Johnson, a beloved dad-of-three, died aged 41 at the University Hospital of Wales after he’d been moved out of the critical care unit because of building work on the dilapidated site. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Dad died after being moved out of hospital critical unit for building work
'The world will forever be a darker place without him'
walesonline.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
No one should be dying like this in the 21st century.
Gareth Johnson, a beloved dad-of-three, died aged 41 at the University Hospital of Wales after he’d been moved out of the critical care unit because of building work on the dilapidated site. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Gareth Johnson, a beloved dad-of-three, died aged 41 at the University Hospital of Wales after he’d been moved out of the critical care unit because of building work on the dilapidated site. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Staff at embattled pharmacy chain Jhoots are owed months of pay
"We've just finished our 11th week out of operation due to no stock being delivered in eight weeks and no pharmacist for five weeks," said one employee
"We must remain on premises or are threatened with disciplinary action."
"We've just finished our 11th week out of operation due to no stock being delivered in eight weeks and no pharmacist for five weeks," said one employee
"We must remain on premises or are threatened with disciplinary action."
Pharmacy chain in 'chaos' as staff 'ordered to work without pay'
'We are struggling to find morale to keep going'
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September 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Staff at embattled pharmacy chain Jhoots are owed months of pay
"We've just finished our 11th week out of operation due to no stock being delivered in eight weeks and no pharmacist for five weeks," said one employee
"We must remain on premises or are threatened with disciplinary action."
"We've just finished our 11th week out of operation due to no stock being delivered in eight weeks and no pharmacist for five weeks," said one employee
"We must remain on premises or are threatened with disciplinary action."
He flew a drone over my house, watched my every move and made me feel like a prisoner www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
He flew a drone over my house and made me feel like prisoner
Dominic Williams would call his ex 'a little girl and a rat' then in his next message tell her he loved her
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September 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
He flew a drone over my house, watched my every move and made me feel like a prisoner www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A mum is suing Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board for £10million over negligence during childbirth that left her son severely disabled with cerebral palsy and lifelong care needs. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Mum sues for £10m after nightmare childbirth left son disabled
The child developed cerebral palsy after negligence by hospital staff during his birth
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September 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A mum is suing Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board for £10million over negligence during childbirth that left her son severely disabled with cerebral palsy and lifelong care needs. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Five officers at Parc prison have been sacked, two resigned while under investigation, and one has received a final warning after a scandal over texts gloating about beating inmates www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Five prison officers sacked after texts scandal
It comes after leaked messages appeared to show staff bragging about beating inmates
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September 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Five officers at Parc prison have been sacked, two resigned while under investigation, and one has received a final warning after a scandal over texts gloating about beating inmates www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Investigators brought into crisis-hit Hafan y Coed mental health unit www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/...
Investigators brought into crisis-hit mental health unit
It comes after inspections found water damage, hygiene risks and a lack of training
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September 16, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Investigators brought into crisis-hit Hafan y Coed mental health unit www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/...
An interesting employment tribunal
The woman who quit her job running Bute Park over a bullying row has lost her case against Cardiff council.
The judge slammed the council for “clear deficiencies” but they did not amount to constructive dismissal. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
The woman who quit her job running Bute Park over a bullying row has lost her case against Cardiff council.
The judge slammed the council for “clear deficiencies” but they did not amount to constructive dismissal. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Woman who quit park job in bullying row finds out result in case against council
Despite winning the tribunal, the council was criticised by the judge over several issues
www.walesonline.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 7:38 AM
An interesting employment tribunal
The woman who quit her job running Bute Park over a bullying row has lost her case against Cardiff council.
The judge slammed the council for “clear deficiencies” but they did not amount to constructive dismissal. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
The woman who quit her job running Bute Park over a bullying row has lost her case against Cardiff council.
The judge slammed the council for “clear deficiencies” but they did not amount to constructive dismissal. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Reposted by Conor Gogarty
In her #FOJ25 keynote, @jodieginsberg.bsky.social of Comittee to Protect Journalists highlights recent coverage from @conorgogarty.bsky.social about a zombie site pretending to be "unapologetically Welsh" news.
Nice local flavour in a very international issue. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Nice local flavour in a very international issue. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
This man behind 'Welsh' news website isn't who he says he is
'A new chapter for Welsh journalism' was promised. The reality was rather different
www.walesonline.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
In her #FOJ25 keynote, @jodieginsberg.bsky.social of Comittee to Protect Journalists highlights recent coverage from @conorgogarty.bsky.social about a zombie site pretending to be "unapologetically Welsh" news.
Nice local flavour in a very international issue. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Nice local flavour in a very international issue. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A fire service investigation report identifies the cause of the Treforest industrial estate explosion as a faulty calendar press machine.
Govt has issued warning that the product is unsafe.
The explosion claimed the life of much-loved Danielle Evans. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Govt has issued warning that the product is unsafe.
The explosion claimed the life of much-loved Danielle Evans. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A faulty machine, collapsing stairwells and a hard-working woman dead
Danielle Evans died in the horror of the explosion
www.walesonline.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A fire service investigation report identifies the cause of the Treforest industrial estate explosion as a faulty calendar press machine.
Govt has issued warning that the product is unsafe.
The explosion claimed the life of much-loved Danielle Evans. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Govt has issued warning that the product is unsafe.
The explosion claimed the life of much-loved Danielle Evans. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...