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
Francis Hughes and James Connolly – Guerrilla fighters who faced a mighty enemy
18 May 2016
Two legendary revolutionaries honoured in south Derry Free article
Release Dublin & Monaghan bombings files, Irish Foreign Minister and Shankill bomb victim say
17 May 2016
Mayors, politicians and campaigners mark 42nd anniversary of bombings that killed 34 – the greatest loss of life on a single day of the conflict – as third Dáil motion is tabled yet again calling on Westminster to co-operate in the investigation Free article
Dublin & Monaghan bombings 42nd anniversary – British Government must release all its files
17 May 2016
Dáil all-party motions from 2008 and 2011 still to be acted on Free article
Prime Minister Edward Heath signed secret surveillance report linking UVF to attack on Kelly's Bar
16 May 2016
Researchers uncover evidence British Army was watching unionists in bomb and gun attack on pub customers Free article
Brazil in turmoil – An attack on democracy
16 May 2016
President Rousseff – a former Marxist guerrilla who was imprisoned by Brazil’s right-wing dictatorship and tortured in the 1970s – is largely seen as one of the few honest politicians in Brazil and her impeachment is grounded on something entirely different Free article
Belfast republicans remember James Connolly with generational links
16 May 2016
Parade along the Falls Road from Glenalina Terrace – where the Connolly family lived between 1910 and 1913 Free article
The funeral of Francis Hughes – An Phoblacht/Republican News, 16 May 1981
16 May 2016
The British feared Francis Hughes in life and considered him and the emotions he aroused a force to be reckoned with even in death Free article
Wexford Civil War victims of Free State commemorated by families
16 May 2016
Wexford republican prisoners James Parle, John Creane and Patrick Hogan were executed at Wexford Jail by a Free State Army firing squad in 1923 Free article
Will SDLP mimic Ulster Unionists' headline move to Assembly Opposition benches?
13 May 2016
Re-elected Sinn Féin deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness hopes SDLP will stay Free article
Peadar O'Donnell – Died 13 May 1986
13 May 2016
Socialist republican, novelist, journalist and IRA Volunteer Free article
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