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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

State failing Good Friday Agreement commitments to political ex-prisoners

12 September 2016

Support group for republican ex-prisoners critical of state attempts to create a hierarchy of victims Free article

PSNI accused of cover-up over Dungannon gun find

12 September 2016

PSNI performs U-turn on weapons find linked to notorious Glenanne Gang Free article

Irish-America concerned over Brexit impact on North

9 September 2016

Sinn Féin's John O'Dowd MLA was meeting with Irish-American leaders in Washington and Philadelphia on consequences of Brexit for Ireland Free article

Transport Minister AWOL amid Dublin Bus strike dispute

9 September 2016

Criticism levelled at Transport Minister Shane Ross as Dublin Bus strike continues Free article

Couple donate wedding presents to Belfast-based Gaza charity

8 September 2016

Bríd Keenan and Peadar Whelan donate money they received as wedding presents to the Belfast-based Palestinian support group Light for Gaza Free article

Dublin 'Walk of Hope' on International Suicide Prevention Day

7 September 2016

Senator Máire Devine encourages community to take part in vigil to mark International Suicide Prevention Day Free article

Inside – Artists and Writers in Reading Prison

7 September 2016

Exhibition honouring Oscar Wilde features Irish republican themes and subjects, including an imagined letter from IRA Volunteer Reginald Dunne to the leader of the IRA in London after the assassination of Sir Henry Wilson in 1922 Free article

Republican prison crafts central to prison history project

6 September 2016

Unique exhibition at Belfast's Conway Mill of Irish republican prison crafts Free article

British Government should pay for legacy inquests, says Chief Justice

5 September 2016

The most senior legal figure in the North has said the British Government should pay for legacy inquests into conflict-related deaths Free article

Disrupting the community and ‘being played by the Dark Side’

5 September 2016

Eighteen years after the Good Friday Agreement, British security and intelligence services continue to exert a toxic influence in the North of Ireland Free article

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