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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

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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