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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

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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