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
Ardoyne republican Margaret McClenaghan RIP
3 October 2013
Margaret, who died early on Wednesday 2 October, will be sorely missed by those who stood with her when the unity and strength of a committed community saw Ardoyne through some of the worst days of the conflict Free article
Video: Basque Senator Urko Aiartza in Dublin talks about Spanish police raids and peace process
2 October 2013
Basque delegation arrives in Dublin and Belfast as Spanish state ratchets up repression of human rights NGOs Free article
Sinn Féin MEP calls for release of 18 Basque prisoners’ supporters
1 October 2013
Spanish police raid on office an attack on freedom of association and freedom of expression, says Martina Anderson MEP Free article
Still the Bad Old Days in the Old Town Hall
30 September 2013
‘I spent Friday morning in Old Town Hall Court House in Belfast where the Coroner again held yet another preliminary inquest hearing into the RUC killings of five republican men and a nationalist teenager in 1982 in what has become known as the shoot-to-kill cases’ Free article
Republicans will continue to honour ‘brothers or sisters, our sons and daughters, our friends and comrades’
30 September 2013
Republicans will pay tribute to their patriot dead because ‘these were our brothers or sisters, our sons and daughters, our friends and comrades’, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney tells Tyrone commemoration Free article
Belfast Mayor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir – ‘A sight for sore eyes’
30 September 2013
Courtesy of the Shankill Women's Centre and An Chultúrlann, residents from both sides of the divide joined to host a colourful street party celebrating the Belfast of yesterday Free article
Lynn Ní Bhaoighealláin to contest Dublin EU seat for Sinn Féin
29 September 2013
Sinn Féin is the only party to contest the European elections on an all-Ireland basis and Lynn joins three other Sinn Féin candidates already selected by members Free article
British military join Rangers fans in loyalist displays at Ibrox ‘Armed Forces Day’
29 September 2013
Ministry of Defence and Scottish authorities challenged after British crown forces personnel join in chanting while senior officers look on from directors’ box Free article
Guinness's – 'Steadfast in their loyalty to the British crown'
25 September 2013
Rarely is it mentioned that founder Arthur Guinness was a unionist, completely opposed to independence for Ireland Free article
'What's Left': Political flotsam and jetsam
20 September 2013
Willie Frazer on the Hook, 'Billy Boys' v 'The Fields of Athenry', Orange royals not going Dutch in the Netherlands, and High Noon in Jordan's Parliament Free article
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