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
Video: Hundreds protest against austerity as Dáil returns
19 September 2013
Senator David Cullinane calls for the public to unite against pro-austerity parties Free article
Video: Gerry Adams challenges Micheál Martin to public debate on Seanad abolition
18 September 2013
Gerry Adams describes Fianna Fáil's opposition to the the abolition of the Seanad as a cynical move calculated to gain as much media exposure as possible Free article
Red C Syria poll shows public against involvement
17 September 2013
New poll shows Irish citizens overwhelmingly support neutrality and oppose deployment of Irish troops as part of UN force in Syria Free article
Theresa Villiers and PSNI drop bid to block inquest files release to families
13 September 2013
Belfast High Court hears withdrawal of action on information about three controversial conflict-related killings by British state forces and a pro-British death squad Free article
Zero-hour contract advocate's bruising encounter with Mary Lou McDonald
12 September 2013
Parliamentary committee told by Sinn Féin TD that care workers should be paid properly and employed on decent contracts Free article
McGurk’s Bar bombing families’ High Court action against PSNI as Amnesty slams failure to deal with the past
12 September 2013
A UVF bomb ripped through Patrick McGurk’s Tramore Bar near the nationalist New Lodge Road in north Belfast in December 1971, killing 15 men, women and children Free article
Labour Party Athy Town Council Chair switches to Sinn Féin
11 September 2013
Tom Redmond says he has resigned from the Labour Party after a period of serious disillusionment with the direction of the party and its actions in government. Free article
UN call to scrap Westminster's Bedroom Tax welcomed by Sinn Féin
11 September 2013
At the 2013 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, Martin McGuinness said that if the Bedroom Tax was brought before the Assembly then Sinn Féin would move to block it Free article
Irish MEPs’ group proposes Edward Snowden for Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
11 September 2013
The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is awarded annually by MEPs Free article
Seanad Referendum video – Mary Lou says Sinn Féin not ruling out second chamber in future
10 September 2013
Mary Lou McDonald says current elitist Seanad must go but a future second chamber could be considered Free article
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