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Conor Gogarty
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Investigations editor at WalesOnline. Specialist journalist of year and scoop of year at '24 UK Regional Press Awards. Email [email protected]
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · 12d
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
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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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · 18d
We understand the purpose of the video call was to welcome the new colleague to the force.

More here www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Three senior police officers moved from roles after 'jokes overheard in call'
Inappropriate comments were allegedly made earlier this week in a Microsoft Teams group call to welcome a new employee
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · 18d
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.
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · 18d
Jones has claimed Reform is "the only party committed to driving waste out of government".

We asked Jones if she used taxpayers' money to protect her own reputation. She did not answer.

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Reform MS billed taxpayer nearly £2k in legal fees. She won't say why
"People need to know if taxpayers’ money was used to gag the staff of someone who is now Nigel Farage’s most senior elected representative in Wales"
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · 18d
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.
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · 22d
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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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · 25d
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...
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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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · 29d
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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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · 29d
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...
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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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Oct 4
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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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 30
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...
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...
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 26
Jones hit back at accusations that it was a pyramid scheme by misquoting Donald Trump as saying "a corporation has only one person at the top, generally the CEO, and everyone else below" www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Reform MS made false cancer claim and recruited people to controversial scheme
Laura Anne Jones was part of a business model in which sales reps progress to higher levels depending on how many people they recruit
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 26
The highly controversial scheme that Jones was involved in has a long history of regulatory findings against it.

Full story here www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Reform MS made false cancer claim and recruited people to controversial scheme
Laura Anne Jones was part of a business model in which sales reps progress to higher levels depending on how many people they recruit
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 26
... sales reps progress to higher levels depending on how many people they recruit.

Multi-level marketing is notorious for reps falling into financial difficulty and resorting to desperate attempts to sign up their own friends and family.
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 26
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...
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 25
Whistleblowers have frequently spoken out about the hospital’s horrendously unsuitable conditions, and plans to build a replacement have stalled.

A desperately bleak situation. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
The awful state of hospital where 'patients are at risk'
An employee at Wales' largest hospital has shared pictures saying they are 'deeply troubled' by the extent of necessary repairs
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 25
The coroner found Gareth’s care “was sub-optimal for a number of reasons, including the impact of being cared for outside the main critical care unit”.

She’s sent a scathing report to Cardiff and Vale health board warning of more deaths unless there are changes at the hospital.
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 25
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...
Dad died after being moved out of hospital critical unit for building work
'The world will forever be a darker place without him'
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 22
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."
Pharmacy chain in 'chaos' as staff 'ordered to work without pay'
'We are struggling to find morale to keep going'
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 20
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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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 19
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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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 18
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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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 16
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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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 14
Evidence from the case appeared to show council managers ordered emails be deleted to “protect” against FOI disclosures.

It’s concerning the council still hasn’t directly addressed our questions about this. 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
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Conor Gogarty @conorgogarty.bsky.social · Sep 14
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...
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
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