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
On This Day 1981 – Owen Carron succeeds Bobby Sands as MP
20 August 2016
In the United States, the Attorney General of New York, the state’s chief law enforcement officer, was out on the picket line at the British Consulate, and 7,000 Irish-Americans demonstrated in Washington Free article
Daithí McKay MLA resignation statement after ‘witness coaching’ claims in NAMA inquiry
18 August 2016
Martin McGuinness denies categorically that Sinn Féin knew of actions Free article
Ballymurphy 1971 – Still seeking the truth 45 years on
16 August 2016
International human rights campaigning lawyer Michael Mansfield QC joined the weekend march with the Ballymurphy families Free article
Time to talk about Irish unity
15 August 2016
The economies, North and South, are interlinked and interdependent. A recent report on economic modelling of Irish unity demonstrated a dividend and growth in a united Ireland. Free article
35th anniversary of the 1981 H-Blocks Hunger Strike marked in Belfast
14 August 2016
The National Hunger Strike Commemoration in Belfast on Sunday attracted people from the length and breadth of Ireland as well as overseas alongside the families of our patriot dead and ex-prisoners Free article
‘Bobby Sands: 66 Days’ documentary – ‘Powerful and emotionally charged,’ says H-Blocks campaigner
14 August 2016
Caoimhghín (centre) was a member of the National Committee of the H-Block/Armagh campaign during 1980 and 1981 as well as the Director of Elections for Kieran Doherty Free article
Palestine prisoners – international solidarity visit includes Sinn Féin Assembly member and senator
12 August 2016
Long Kesh ex-internee and Blanket Protest prisoner Fra McCann hopes to meet Palestinian Bilal Kayed 60 days on hunger strike Free article
Israel must respect mandates of all Palestinian representatives, says Sinn Féin
11 August 2016
Dialogue has to be central to any attempt to make peace Free article
Vigil for victims of rubber and plastic bullets
11 August 2016
17 people were killed by rubber and plastic bullets fired by the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary Free article
The Peace People – A weapon in Britain’s propaganda war
11 August 2016
The Peace People movement was directed almost solely at the IRA and ignored British state violence against nationalists in the Six Counties Free article
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