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
National Hunger Strike Commemoration to be held in Cork
26 July 2023
The annual National Hunger Strike Commemoration will be held in Cork City for the first time ever this year on Sunday 27 August. Sinn Féin’s National Commemorations Committee is urging people from all across Ireland to attend this event. Free article
A restored Executive is urgently needed
24 July 2023
Declan Kearney has said there is an urgent need for a properly resourced, and progressive power sharing Executive which will stand up for workers, families and public services. Free article
Óglach Gerry Quinn remembered
18 July 2023
Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh remembers Volunteer and former Portlaoise Prison hunger striker Gerry Quinn who died recently. Free article
Henry Joy McCracken - faithful to the last
17 July 2023
17 July is the 225th anniversary of the execution of United Irish leader Henry Joy McCracken. We republish here an article by Aengus Ó Snodaigh first published in 1998. Free article
Unconditional return to power sharing is the only rational decision for the DUP
9 July 2023
Writing for An Phoblacht, Declan Kearney said an unconditional return to power sharing is the only rational decision for the DUP. Free article
Neil ‘Plunkett’ O’Boyle remembered by Irish republicans in Scotland
29 June 2023
“We are the generation who are going to deliver on what Neil ‘Plunkett’ O’Boyle and so many others gave their lives for”. These were the words of Sinn Féin TD for Donegal Pearse Doherty speaking at a centenary dinner in Motherwell commemorating Donegal and Newmains republican Neil ‘Plunkett’ O’Boyle. Free article
Military neutrality crucial to Ireland’s international roles
27 June 2023
As the coalition government’s controversial and flawed Consultative Forum on International Security Policy finishes its public sessions today, we publish an article from the current issue of An Phoblacht by Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy. He outlines Sinn Féin’s vision for Ireland playing a constructive role in the wider world, committed to diplomacy, humanitarianism, peace building, and cooperation with other states on global challenges. Free article
Tom Dunn: Rostrevor’s revolutionary hedge school master
9 June 2023
Chris Hazzard and Mick Murphy visited the grave of United Irishman Tom Dunn. Chris gives context to importance of Dunn 225 years since the 1798 rebellion. Free article
Watershed election underlines need to prepare for a new future
8 June 2023
In his latest blog, Declan Kearney reflects said the results of the recent council election underlines need to prepare for new future. Free article
“I’ll finish as I started”
7 June 2023
At a recent lecture on Ernie O’Malley by the historian and Sinn Féin Councillor Mícheál Mac Donncha, I was chatting with Belinda Nugent from the O’Malley/Russell Cumann and I mentioned that my Granda Michael Smyth knew Ernie O’Malley and was instrumental in his famous escape from Kilmainham Gaol in 1921 along with Simon Donnelly and Frank Teeling. Free article
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