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
Mary Lou to Tánaiste – 'Bring it on'
3 March 2015
Mary Lou McDonald takes up Joan Burton's challenge, telling her she'll debate her – 'Anytime, any place' Free article
West Belfast's Paul Maskey ready for Westminster challenges
3 March 2015
Gerry Adams at Felons' Club convention urges Paul's election with an increased majority Free article
Republicans confront criminal gangs in show of solidarity with McCabe family
2 March 2015
Up to 1,500 tell gangsters 'get off the backs of the people' of south Armagh Free article
Gaza Toy Drive appeals for your help
2 March 2015
Support needed to cover costs of storage and shipping thousands of donations to Gaza Free article
Stand up to criminal gangs – Gerry Adams at Burns/Moley Commemoration in South Armagh
1 March 2015
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD today spoke at the annual commemoration for IRA Volunteers Brendan Burns and Brendan Moley, who were killed in a premature bomb explosion in 1988. Free article
RIP Patsy McGarvey – 'A true patriot'
27 February 2015
Republicans mourn loss of Castlederg Sinn Féin activist Patsy McGarvey Free article
Seachain an Díomá Má Theipeann ar Syriza
27 February 2015
CHUIR lucht frith-dhéine ar fud na hEorpa fáilte mhór roimh bua Syriza sa nGréig, ag súil go raibh tús curtha le troid ar ais ó aicmí is pobail a d’fulaing go géar ar mhaithe le lucht an airgid mhóir a shabhail ón anró. Free article
South Armagh criminals should get off the backs of the people and the Peace Process
27 February 2015
THE ATTEMPT TO KILL Frank McCabe Jnr outside Crossmaglen on Wednesday represents a new, violent escalation in the activities of crime gangs in the south Armagh and north Louth region. Free article
1916 commemoration should be rescued from revisionists
24 February 2015
WRITERS at the Irish Independent were were left experiencing an acute bout of cognitive dissonance at the announcement by Sinn Féin of their centenary commemorations programme for the 1916 Rising. Free article
23 February 1985 – Three Strabane IRA Volunteers cut down by hail of SAS bullets
23 February 2015
Three young IRA Volunteers in Strabane, County Tyrone, were mown down by a British Army/SAS unit as they crossed open fields in darkness to dump weapons intended for an ambush which had been postponed. No warnings were given as Volunteers Charles Breslin and brothers Michael and David Devine perished in a hail of over 100 bullets. Free article
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