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
Dale Moore, committed republican fighter and activist, laid to rest in Derry
17 December 2016
“He didn’t complain, he got on with what needed done,” said Mitchel McLaughlin in a sentence that summed up the life and character of this courageous, dedicated, good-natured, lifelong republican activist Free article
Martin McGuinness calls on First Minister Arlene Foster to ‘step aside’ during ‘Cash for Ash’ probe
16 December 2016
Pressure piles on DUP leader after former DUP minister’s claims on BBC TV’s ‘Stephen Nolan Show’ Free article
DUP First Minister Foster to face Assembly grilling Monday over ‘cash for ash’ scandal
16 December 2016
Renewable energy incentive scheme run by DUP ministers could burn taxpayers for £400million Free article
Victims’ groups ‘utterly reject offensive remarks’ by Irish Independent on Dublin/Monaghan bombings
13 December 2016
Indo columnist accused of ‘playing fast and loose’ with feelings of the bereaved families and survivors in deadliest attack of the conflict Free article
Dáil protest – Irish citizens in North demand right to vote for President of Ireland
13 December 2016
‘We are not partial citizens, we are not conditional citizens, and we are certainly not second-class citizens’ Free article
Tyrone Volunteers’ families strengthen bonds with Galway republicans
13 December 2016
Volunteers Brian Campbell and Colm McGirr were shot dead by an undercover SAS squad on 4 December 1983 Free article
British Army uses anti-imperialist opponent Gandhi to recruit youngsters
12 December 2016
Anti-war activist against British colonialism exploited in Ministry of Defence propaganda Free article
Police watchdog handed new evidence by relatives on 1971 McGurk’s Bar bombing by unionist UVF
10 December 2016
Bereaved relatives believe papers recently obtained in a trawl of historic records indicate that senior officers and others in authority were guilty of collusion Free article
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil playing party politics with the grief of victims
9 December 2016
‘All the appearances of a set-up’ – Vincent Browne Free article
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