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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

The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann, Volume 2 - Number 43

2 October 2015

Series by Mícheál Mac Donncha chronicling the road to the 1916 Rising as seen through the pages of An tÓglach – The Irish Volunteer from 24 April 1915 to 22 April 1916 Free article

British exit from EU would undermine political progress in the North and all-Ireland economic recovery

1 October 2015

Any withdrawal by the British state from the EU – partial or total – and its formal repeal or erosion of human rights protections has significant, negative implications for Ireland, North and South, argues Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney Free article

The TDs who opposed the Dáil motion to ease the housing crisis

1 October 2015

These TDs had an opportunity to take decisive action by declaring the housing crisis a 'national emergency' and by implementing a range of emergency measures to address what is now a major humanitarian issue – they failed Free article

Why is NAMA afraid to appear before Northern Finance Committee?

1 October 2015

NAMA challenged to appear before Stormont Finance Committee as controversy grows over sale of Northern property loan portfolio Free article

Time for trade unions to reconsider their links to Labour Party

1 October 2015

CONSTERNATION, bewilderment and anger has been evident among members of SIPTU – and the general public – when a banner endorsing Labour in the European and local elections was hung from Liberty Hall in the centre of Dublin. Free article

New DUP MLA is daughter of Ulster Resistance gun-runner

30 September 2015

DUP links to Ulster Resistance and loyalist weapons smuggling with UVF and UDA back in the spotlight Free article

Flag of Palestine raised at Government Buildings in Dublin

30 September 2015

Ten months on from vote for full recognition of Palestinian state, Government continues to drag its heels on recognition Free article

Public Prosecution Service announces 'no charges' in McConville murder

29 September 2015

A decision has been taken not to prosecute seven individuals reported to the PPS by the PSNI Free article

Minister Alan Kelly's 'windy rhetoric' won't tackle homelessness crisis

29 September 2015

Dáil to debate Sinn Féin Bill on ways to tackle homeless crisis Free article

Canada getting ready to take part in 1916 centenary events

29 September 2015

Sinn Féin Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh on speaking tour in Vancouver and Calgary organised by Friends of Sinn Féin in Canada Free article

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