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
Homeless accommodation – young mother faced with 'bloodstained mattress and stench of urine’
9 June 2014
Newly-elected Sinn Féin councillor calls for urgent review of Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown’s homeless accommodation and challenges fellow councillors Free article
Catalan language hunger striker – solidarity from Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey
9 June 2014
Jaume Sastre, on hunger strike for more than 30 days ‘to defend the teaching of Catalan in the Balearic Islands’ Free article
Racism and sectarianism are indistinguishable
6 June 2014
Both racism and sectarianism are used to dehumanise and incite hatred, writes Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney Free article
The Irish Volunteer - Volume 1 - Number 18
6 June 2014
Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 18 newspaper, first published 6th June 1914. Now online. Free article
A republican guide to surviving the World Cup
5 June 2014
WITH KICK-OFF only a week away, soccer Shinner Robbie Smyth’s World Cup winning formula is “a complex equation, balancing out possible success of a team against their historical record as colonisers, monarchies, human rights abusers and other minor issues like economic, political and press freedoms” Free article
Police Ombudsman takes police to court over obstructing murder cases
4 June 2014
North’s Police Ombudsman has launched legal proceedings against the PSNI over obstructing investigations into allegations against the police in 60 murders with more than 100 refusals for information Free article
Racist attacks: First Minister Peter Robinson ‘lit the fire’
4 June 2014
First Minister Peter Robinson’s long-overdue apology comes too late after duo forced out of their home by unionist gang Free article
Anti-racist mural hits back in racism row
3 June 2014
MURALISTS Danny Devenny and Marty Lyons meet with some tourists from China and visitors from Wexford who stop to admire their latest contribution to political debate in the North. Free article
Mayor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir’s ‘Duracell term’ ends
3 June 2014
GERRY ADAMS has commended the tremendous work carried by outgoing mayor of Belfast and Sinn Féin Councillor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir as Monday 2 June saw the South Belfast councillor's last day as Mayor in a tenure almost universally praised across the political, social and commercial spectrum as one of energy, commitment, imagination and openness. Free article
4,000 rally at Belfast City Hall to challenge racists
3 June 2014
THOUSANDS of people angry at First Minister Peter Robinson’s support for fundamentalist Christian preacher James McConnell’s anti-Muslim diatribe gathered at Belfast City Hall on Saturday 31 May to ‘Say No to Racism’. Free article
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