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
Dublin Bus strike, Day 3: Transport Ministers’ hands-off attitude ‘cowardly’
6 August 2013
Dublin Sinn Féin TD repeats call for ministers to get talks moving Free article
H-Blocks Hunger Striker Pat Sheehan – Feargal O’Hanlon Memorial Lecture: ‘The Spirit of Freedom’
6 August 2013
The 2013 Feargal O’Hanlon Memorial Lecture was delivered by West Belfast MLA Pat Sheehan in Monaghan on Saturday 3 August, on the eve of the National Hunger Strike Commemoration. His theme was ‘The Spirit of Freedom’ Free article
National Hunger Strike Commemoration 2013
6 August 2013
Thousands of Irish republicans – many of them ex-prisoners – and solidarity activists and supporters from across the 32 Counties, the rest of Europe, the US and Australia thronged Monaghan Town on Sunday 4 August to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strike Free article
Hunger Strike Commemoration – The revolution has always been in the hands of the young
5 August 2013
'The other people in the room covered the spectrum of ages of the ten men who died in Long Kesh in 1981 – not one had reached their 30th birthday' Free article
DUP Councillor Ruth Patterson charged over Facebook post
3 August 2013
DUP figure faces court appearance later this month Free article
Trident nuclear missiles heading for Belfast Lough?
3 August 2013
Royal Navy and engineering chiefs eye Belfast Lough as possible new home for Westminster’s nuclear missile submarines based on the Clyde if Scots say 'Yes' to independence Free article
DUP hardliner arrested over her ‘massacre Sinn Féin’ Facebook post
2 August 2013
Online posting endorsed the killing of named republicans Free article
Castlederg republican parade reroutes voluntarily to defuse tension in Tyrone
2 August 2013
Sinn Féin organisers’ initiative hopes to ease tensions raised by unionist opponents Free article
Donegal republican granted bail over 1982 IRA attack on British Army
1 August 2013
John Downey was granted conditional bail at a hearing in the Old Bailey in London on Thursday morning. Free article
Australia jobs scam website warning by watchdog and police
1 August 2013
Consumer Protection and police alert against deposits being sent to a prepaid credit card account report in return for jobs and accommodation Free article
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