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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

Picked out by Ulster Unionist MP to Margaret Thatcher – shot dead by SAS soon after

5 July 2013

Shock TV admission by former Ulster Unionist Security spokesperson and Ulster Defence Regiment major Ken Maginnis raises the question of how many more 'suspects' were killed by the British state this way. Free article

Why did Anglo Public Interest Director Alan Dukes ‘sing dumb’?

4 July 2013

Mary Lou McDonald wants to know what the former Fine Gael leader as Public Interest Director was doing Free article

Youngest Oireachtas member's urgent call for Irish Government 'Youth Guarantee'

4 July 2013

Sinn Féin Senator Kathryn Reilly launches EU report urging Youth Guarantee scheme particularly focusing on long-term youth unemployed Free article

Taxes – Dáil Finance Committee rejects Pearse Doherty's move to quiz multinationals

3 July 2013

Sinn Féin bid to make multinationals answerable to Sub-Committee on Global Taxation voted down Free article

Féile an Phobail – 'West Belfast’s Glastonbury'

3 July 2013

Ireland’s biggest community festival celebrates its 25th birthday with The Coronas, Happy Mondays, Damien Dempsey, The Charlatans, Cara Dillon, LAPD (Liam O’Flynn, Andy Irvine, Paddy Glackin and Donal Lunny), Sharon Shannon, Patrick Kielty, ‘West Belfast Talks Back’ and much more Free article