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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

Helena Molony – Just your average freedom-fighting socialist feminist

8 March 2016

When the police raided the Liberty Hall trade union headquarters without a warrant, Helena held them at gunpoint until they decided to leave Free article

Gerry Adams to be Sinn Féin candidate for Taoiseach on Thursday

8 March 2016

Sinn Féin challenging Fine Gael/Labour and Fianna Fáil as largest bloc in Right2Change Free article

History of Cumann na mBan

8 March 2016

First published in An Phoblacht over three issues in April 1933 (8th, 15th and 22nd) the following are extracts from a lecture given by the President of Cumann na mBan, Eithne Ní Chumhaill, to the Dublin members. We have reproduced them as they appeared in An Phoblacht at the time, including the original spellings. Free article

50 years ago today – Lord Nelson ousted from his Dublin pillar

8 March 2016

At 1.32am on 8 March 1966, Nelson's Pillar in Dublin was destroyed in a bombing carried out by former IRA Volunteers Free article

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil want to dictate who's in the Government and the Opposition

7 March 2016

Waterford TD tells Mícheál Martin and Enda Kenny to get on with it Free article

EU to raise concerns over concentration of media ownership in Ireland

7 March 2016

EU report seen by RTÉ raises serious over lack of competition and plurality in Irish media landscape Free article

General Election 2016 analysis: Online news heavily skewed against Sinn Féin

6 March 2016

Analysis of online news outlets by Pádraig O'Mara shows huge negative bias against Sinn Féin Free article

Ongi etorri, Arnaldo Otegi!

5 March 2016

Release of Basque peace process leader welcomed by Sinn Féin Free article

'It's either a Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael government or a new election'

4 March 2016

Sinn Féin says it will not prop-up either Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael Free article

Rud Nua do Pharlaimint na hEorpa – An Chéad Toscaireacht a Rinneadh as Gaeilge Riamh

4 March 2016

Scríobhann Urlabhra Gaeilge Shinn Féin Rosie McCorley faoi dhul chun cinn na Gaeilge i bParlaimint na hEorpa agus faoin sár-obair atá a déanamh ag Liadh Ní Riada FPE agus foireann Shinn Féin san Eoraip. Chun tús a chur le Seachtain na Gaeilge 2016, reáchtáil Sinn Féin an chéad toscaireacht a rinneadh trí mheán na Gaeilge riamh i bParlaimint na hEorpa Free article

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