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
‘Game-changer’ John Finucane selected to challenge DUP deputy leader Dodds in North Belfast
3 May 2017
‘For the first time ever, there is a prospect of a nationalist MP being returned for North Belfast’ Free article
Taoiseach sidesteps Dáil call by Gerry Adams for public inquiry into killing of garda by alleged agent
3 May 2017
Scope of Garda watchdog probe not satisfactory for victim’s family Free article
Bobby Sands Trust solidarity with Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike
3 May 2017
‘We hope that the demands of the prisoners are met before the Palestinian people suffer the loss of any more sons and daughters at the hands of the Israeli state’ Free article
‘Stop fighting a war which is now over’ – Michelle O’Neill’s message to unionists
2 May 2017
Sinn Féin leader addresses Loughgall Martyrs 30th Anniversary Commemoration Free article
Westminster Parliament committee backs immunity for British Army killers and torturers in Ireland
27 April 2017
DUP MP extends protection from investigation to Royal Ulster Constabulary Free article
Brexit ‘crunch time’ for Taoiseach on Saturday but he’s keeping Irish public in the dark, says Gerry Adams
26 April 2017
‘The Taoiseach gave a commitment in March to set out the Government priorities ahead of the EU summit’ Free article
The Tories and DUP now directly threaten entire basis of the Good Friday Agreement – Declan Kearney
23 April 2017
In this latest blog, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA writes that the anti-equality axis of the Tories and the DUP is threatening the basis of the Good Friday Agreement. Free article
Storm over DUP MPs’ House of Commons defence of RUC execution of unarmed, handcuffed and wounded IRA Volunteer
20 April 2017
On 10 April 1991, 29-year-old Colum Marks, an IRA Volunteer of the South Down Brigade, was shot three times (once in the head) in an RUC shoot-to-kill operation in Downpatrick – no gun was ever found Free article
Westminster election U-turn ‘chance for voters to oppose Brexit and reject Tory cuts’
19 April 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May’s surprise announcement is English Tories’ tactical move to bolster Brexit agenda Free article
Hopes for peace in the Basque Country, writes Gerry Adams
18 April 2017
The final act by ETA of putting its weapons beyond use has the potential to transform the relationships between the Basque Country and the Spanish and French states Free article
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