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Scandals we need to remember

12 September 2026

Renowned Irish journalist Frank Connolly exposed some of the biggest scandals that rocked the political establishment and led to tribunals of inquiry and the resignation of at least one Taoiseach. Here Mícheál Mac Donncha interviews him about corruption then and now. Free article

‘We need a change of Government, not just a change of Taoiseach’ – Gerry Adams

17 May 2017

Enda Kenny came to power promising a democratic revolution but leaving a legacy of crisis, chaos and unaccountability Free article

Tory Brexit agenda incompatible with Good Friday Agreement, MEP tells EU chiefs

17 May 2017

Martina Anderson meets key EU figures involved in Brexit negotiations Free article

Belfast Feminist Network condemns Arlene Foster for sexist comments about Michelle O’Neill

16 May 2017

“The idea that women who care ‘too much’ about their appearance are just pretty faces and not to be taken seriously is a classic sexist view” Free article

Sexism storm rains down on DUP leader’s head

15 May 2017

‘There is no right or wrong way to look, and women are in positions of leadership because we belong, representing everyone equally’ – Michelle O’Neill Free article

Palestine flag over Dublin City Hall – ‘The Irish Times’ didn’t print this letter

15 May 2017

Sinn Féin Dublin City Councillor Mícheál Mac Donncha writes back Free article

Francis Hughes – Died on 12 May 1981 on hunger strike in the H-Blocks

12 May 2017

The death of Francis Hughes at the age of 25 on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh saw not the end of a legend but a new chapter in what was, by any measure, the story of one of the most fearless and tenacious guerrilla fighters of the 20th Century and of the Irish Republican Army. Free article

DUP illusions running out of road

11 May 2017

In his latest blog, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA has said the DUP are speaking with a forked tongue on equality and other outstanding issues. Free article

Orange Order refuses to deny it’s running unionist registration from halls

11 May 2017

‘The Orange institution is now encouraging people to vote for pro-Brexit, pro-austerity and anti-equality parties against the wishes of the majority of people in the North’ Free article

Nakba anniversary speaking tour of Ireland by Palestinian academic and refugee Kholoud Ajarma

11 May 2017

In 1947-49, the Nakba (Arabic for “Catastrophe”) saw over 700,000 Palestinians forcibly dispossessed and exiled from their homeland to facilitate the creation of the state of Israel Free article

The future of two Unions – Gerry Adams

10 May 2017

A strong vote for Sinn Féin – a strong vote against Brexit and for Irish unity – are essential on June 8th Free article

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