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
3 October 1981 – The H-Blocks Hunger Strike ends
3 October 2016
The epic and heroic chapter in Irish history that was the H-Block Hunger Strike came to an end after 217 tortuous days on 3 October 1981. Free article
Backlash against GARC protesters after venomous abuse of Holy Cross priest in Ardoyne
2 October 2016
Fr Gary Donegan stood with the Holy Cross schoolchildren who ran the gauntlet of unionist bigotry, bricks, bottles and pipe-bombs Free article
‘Camp Twaddell’ dismantled as unionists begin to honour Ardoyne parades agreement
1 October 2016
Talks hope to resolve issues at Ardoyne and handful of contentious loyal order parades Free article
Ardoyne community appeals to GARC to call off protests over Crumlin Road parade deal
30 September 2016
GARC plans a parade on Friday evening and a protest on Saturday morning Free article
Palestine solidarity protest at Dundalk FC v Maccabi Tel Aviv – 7pm, Tallaght Stadium
29 September 2016
The protest is to highlight the BDS call for the expulsion of the Israeli FA from FIFA and UEFA due to Israel’s ongoing human rights abuses against the Palestinian people, including Palestinian sportspeople Free article
International solidarity and support is essential to achieve Irish unity
28 September 2016
Sinn Féin MLAs Declan Kearney and Raymond McCartney travelled to Paris last Saturday at the invitation of the French Communist Party to take part in a political and cultural programme of events to commemorate the sacrifice of the Hunger Strike martyrs and discuss the historic political watersheds of 1916 and 1981 Free article
Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht – Cad é faoin Español?
26 September 2016
Ar Lá Eorpach na dTeangacha, caitheann Seán Ó Néill a shúil ar chúpla scéal a tháinig chun solais le gairid Free article
Media peddles British agent's anonymous hearsay as fact
21 September 2016
Media falls over itself to present discredited conspiracy theories that rely on the claims of an anonymous paid liar and British agent as fact with no evidence Free article
MRF soldier-spy’s family wins first battle against British Army chiefs
13 September 2016
Strabane-born soldier was killed when an IRA counter-intelligence unit ambushed him on 2 October 1972 during a ‘Four Square Laundry’ collection in west Belfast Free article
‘Free Leonard Peltier’ call to Obama echoed at Belfast’s famous International Wall
12 September 2016
International appeal to US President to grant clemency to Native American activist Free article
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