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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

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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