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
Derry women activists mark Cumann na mBan centenary
10 April 2014
IN AN EVENING that saw Derry republicans come together to mark the centenary of the founding of Cumann na mBan, the links between those Irish women revolutionaries and present-day activists was drawn. Free article
Coláiste Feirste to get new sports complex
10 April 2014
SPEAKING after a ceremony where she cut the first sod for the new state-of-the-art sports facility for the North’s only Irish-language secondary school, Sinn Féin’s Carál Ní Chuilín praised the work of the party’s elected representatives for the effort they put in to secure funding for the school’s Sportlann. Free article
Leaders urged to reject Lord Tebbit's call for 'Real IRA' to kill Martin McGuinness
9 April 2014
Former Tory Chairperson and close ally of Margaret Thatcher goes uncensured for incitement Free article
Video – Irish Government accepts Sinn Féin’s Wind Turbine Regulation Bill
9 April 2014
Sinn Féin Bill proposes a minimum distance of ten times the height of the turbine from any dwelling must be observed and that renewable energy produced in Ireland be for the benefit of Irish energy consumers Free article
Women activists drive republican agenda — Elections 2014
9 April 2014
A STRONG GROUP of republican women took to the streets of Twinbrook in west Belfast on Sunday 6 April to canvass for local Sinn Féin Councillor Charlene O’Hara in May’s local government elections. Free article
President’s state visit to Britain: ‘Governments must build on initiatives,’ says Martin McGuinness
7 April 2014
Irish republicans have always been prepared to take decisions and risks for peace and reconciliation, says Martin McGuinness ahead of Irish President’s state visit to Britain Free article
Labour MEP 'trying to hoodwink public' over Dublin Mayor vote
5 April 2014
Labour MEP claims to support elected Dublin Mayor while Labour councillors vote against, Sinn Féin's Lynn Boylan says Free article
Martin McGuinness to attend Irish Presidential state visit ceremonies in Britain
5 April 2014
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has accepted an invitation to attend events during the state visit of President Michael D. Higgins to Britain next week Free article
Welfare cuts: DUP leader didn't support Martin McGuinness’s lobby for Westminster rethink
4 April 2014
‘The only support I received was from my Scottish colleagues,’ says Martin McGuinness Free article
The Irish Volunteer, Volume 1 - Number 9
4 April 2014
The Irish Volunteer – Óglach na hÉireann (An t-Óglác) of Saturday 4 April 1914 has 16 pages packed with news of the growth of the Óglaigh na hÉireann (Irish Volunteers) the length and breadth of Ireland, from Belfast to Derry, Dublin, Tipperary, Cork and Limerick as well as London. Free article
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