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
International Women’s Day marked by republican women in Belfast
12 March 2014
International Women’s Day was marked on Saturday 8 March with a highly successful day of events by republican women from the Macha group to mark and celebrate the role of women in the Irish struggle Free article
Greek anti-austerity leader Alexis Tsipras of SYRIZA in Dublin meets Sinn Féin
10 March 2014
The leader of the SYRIZA party visits Darndale to see first-hand how EU austerity policies are affecting ordinary Irish people Free article
Rehab scandal – 'Arrogant and dismissive' Flannery must appear before Public Accounts Committee
10 March 2014
Mary Lou McDonald TD says Frank Flannery should come before the PAC voluntarily to explain reported lobbying payments Free article
PSNI clash with hurlers opposed by young republicans
10 March 2014
‘Hurling is Our Heritage’ protest came after a 14-year-old girl was stopped by the PSNI for carrying a hurl Free article
Governments must oppose ‘DUP gunboat diplomacy’
7 March 2014
It’s time for real leadership and to implement the Haass package. The British and Irish governments must fulfill their responsibilities as co-guarantors of the Peace Process, says Declan Kearney Free article
Bobby Sands – Born 60 years ago
7 March 2014
Sixty years ago next Sunday, 9th March, Bobby Sands was born in Rathcoole on the outskirts of north Belfast Free article
Spiky election video pricks Labour leader’s thorny past and present
6 March 2014
Barbed attack on broken promises in Government by a Labour neighbour Free article
International Women’s Day and Cumann na mBan celebrated in Stormont
6 March 2014
A CELEBRATION of International Women’s Day and the founding of the radical republican women’s organisation Cumann na mBan took place in Sinn Féin’s conference room in Stormont on Wednesday 5th March. Free article
Video – Labour axes medical diet supplement scheme for low-income earners
5 March 2014
Minister Joan Burton ends scheme for people on low incomes with medical disorders requiring a specific diet Free article
'The Women's Mural' – Tribute unveiled in Belfast City Hall
5 March 2014
Artist Danny Devenny’s piece reflects the myriad roles republican women have played throughout Irish history: from suffragettes to Cumann na mBan, prisoners, prison visitors, Volunteers, protesters, and homemakers Free article
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