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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

H-Blocks Hunger Striker Óglach Thomas McElwee Commemoration

9 August 2016

Comrade Colm Scullion spoke of his respect for the man the H-Blocks prison officers nicknamed “Punchy” for his readiness to fight them despite being outnumbered Free article

‘Bloody Sunday priest’ Bishop Edward Daly an immense figure, says Martin McGuinness

9 August 2016

Bishop Daly is remembered internationally for the iconic image from the Bloody Sunday massacre by the British Army in 1972 when he waved a blood-stained white handkerchief to soldiers Free article

Republican ex-prisoners say internment bonfires ‘not in our name’

9 August 2016

‘They are not about Irish republicanism and they are not about internment’ – Irish Republican Felons’ Association Free article

Loyalist leader John Boreland shot dead in Belfast

8 August 2016

Notorious ex-UDA figure gunned down late on Sunday night Free article

Thomas McElwee to be remembered in Bellaghy on Sunday

4 August 2016

‘The Hunger Strikers were all young men, leaders and an inspiration to generations of Irish republicans and revolutionary peoples all over the world’ – Ian Milne MLA Free article

Bar on anti-internment parade going to Belfast City Centre is ‘wrong’, says Sinn Féin MP

4 August 2016

Parades Commission confirms it has received a request to review its decision Free article

Reconciliation – an imperative, not an option

3 August 2016

If political unionism continues to fail to seize the opportunities, we may well end up talking to ourselves and the impetus necessary to transform our society will not be generated Free article

1916 hero Roger Casement remembered on 100th anniversary of execution

3 August 2016

Irish republicans and members of the Congolese Community in Ireland remember human rights and 1916 hero Roger Casement Free article

3rd August 1916 – Roger Casement

3 August 2016

Roger Casement was born at Doyle’s Cottage, Lawson Terrace, Sandycove, County Dublin, the son of Captain Roger Casement of the 3rd Dragoon Guards of the British Army and Anne Jephson from Mallow, County Cork Free article