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
Mica redress campaign lands in London
13 October 2021
Islington played host to the launch of a Mica Redress campaign London-Irish support network last week with Jeremy Corbyn attending and pledging his support. Free article
Governments across these islands should begin preparing now for Irish unity – Kearney
8 October 2021
Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney called on governments across these islands to begin preparing for Irish Unity. Free article
Patrick Murphy
8 October 2021
Fermanagh republicans were saddened by the death on 9th August of veteran republican Patrick Murphy from Clonliff, Macken, near the Lough Erne shore in the west of the county. Free article
Chivers site “perfect storm” of all that’s wrong in housing
23 September 2021
Chivers site “perfect storm” of all that’s wrong in housing, writes Sinn Féin Cllr Mícheál Mac Donncha Free article
Sinn Féin to table no confidence motion in Simon Coveney
10 September 2021
Sinn Féin is to table a no confidence motion in Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney after it became clear that Taoiseach Micheál Martin would not sanction the Fine Gael minister. Free article
Defence of the Realm Act
28 August 2021
The Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) introduced by the British government in late 1914 gave the Dublin Castle authorities widespread draconian powers for Ireland. Free article
Oidhreacht 1981
24 August 2021
Scríobhann an iar-chime agus an Comhairleoir Séanna Walsh ar oidhreacht 1981, an Ghaeilge, agus na cimí dóchlóite dósháraithe sin arb iad a chomrádaithe. Free article
McAnespie murder case finally gets a court trial
23 August 2021
The McAnespie family and Sinn Féin have welcomed decision to charge former Grenadier Guardsman David Holden the killer of Aidan McAnespie for his murder in 1988. Free article
British state policy: denounced in the court of international opinion - Declan Kearney
23 August 2021
In his latest blog, Declan Kearney reflects on the historic journey of Naomh Eanna GAC and rejects attempts to put British state forces who murdered Irish citizens above law. Free article
Roger Casement remembered in London
16 August 2021
The 105th anniversary of the execution of Roger Casement was marked in London in early August, when Francie Molloy, MP for Mid Ulster, addressed a commemoration outside Pentonville Prison in Islington. Free article
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