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
Brexit – Martin McGuinness to meet European Parliament leaders in Brussels
10 October 2016
Deputy First Minister says it’s important we continue to build international support to ensure the ‘Remain’ vote of the majority of the people of the North of Ireland is respected Free article
Ryanair tycoon’s tirade at Fine Gael pre-Budget business breakfast against right to strike, public sector workers and RTÉ
9 October 2016
Finance Minister Michael Noonan tees up ‘rapturous, applauding’ audience at fundraiser for onslaught by millionaire against workers’ rights – and Fianna Fáil will host same in November Free article
1916 & 1981 Comórtha i Ráth Chairn
7 October 2016
Tá moladh tugtha ag an Teachta Dála Peadar Tóibín don chumann lán-Ghaeilge de chuid Shinn Féin i Ráth Chairn. Free article
‘Pat Beág’ honoured on eve of anniversary of conclusion of 1981 Hunger Strike
6 October 2016
Plaque unveiled to the man known affectionately as ‘The 11th Hunger Striker’ Free article
‘Young people in the North voted to Remain and our voices will be heard’
6 October 2016
Youth delegation from North’s student unions, youthwork groups and Sinn Féin Republican Youth bring their case to European Parliament Free article
Martin McGuinness to challenge Theresa May directly on her immunity for British armed forces
6 October 2016
Theresa May jeered at the Conservative Party conference at ‘activist left-wing human rights lawyers’ who ‘harangue and harass’ Britain’s armed forces Free article
Belfast – Brexit High Court hearing concludes Thursday
5 October 2016
Statements at the annual conference by the British Tory Party – including plans to trigger Article 50 by the end of March 2017 – make the Belfast case all the more important Free article
On This Day, 1968 – RUC attack Civil Rights march in Duke Street, Derry
5 October 2016
Using gerrymandered electoral boundaries and a corrupt voting system which allowed wealthier citizens to have multiple votes in local elections, the unionists maintained a majority of members on the council in a city with a nationalist majority Free article
Sinn Féin Alternative Budget: ‘An Ireland for living in, not for merely getting by in’
4 October 2016
‘We choose tax fairness, investment in services, and reducing the cost of living over massive tax cuts for high-earners’ – Pearse Doherty TD Free article
Protest at Bank of Ireland over shutting down Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign account
3 October 2016
It is not believed that the Bank of Ireland has taken this action against any other country or organisation in the world Free article
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