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
Latest phase of British brinkmanship over the Protocol is deeply corrosive - Declan Kearney
13 August 2021
In his latest blog, Declan Kearney brands the latest phase of British brinkmanship over the Protocol 'deeply corrosive'. Free article
Thomas McElwee – Died on 8 August 1981 after 62 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
8 August 2021
Thomas McElwee, at the age of 23, was the tenth man to join the 1981 Hunger Strike. From Bellaghy in south Derry, he was imprisoned in 1976 after a premature bomb explosion in which he lost an eye. Free article
This is 2021, not Mississippi in the 1960s: It's time to stand up against sectarianism
4 August 2021
In this article, Sinn Féin MLA and National Chairperson Declan Kearney argues that it is time to take a stand against sectarianism, discrimination and division and to promote a better future for all. Free article
50th anniversary of Internment without trial 9 August 1971
3 August 2021
50 years ago on 9 August 1971 the British government in London, at the request of the Unionist government in Stormont, imposed internment without trial in the Six Counties, pouring petrol on the flames of conflict. We re-publish here the story of Internment as told by the late historian Shane Mac Thomáis. Free article
Dawn Foster – A tribute
16 July 2021
Joe Dwyer remembers journalist Dawn Foster who died suddenly. Free article
Centenary of the Truce of July 1921
9 July 2021
In July 1921 Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in Ireland Nevil Maready led the British Army delegation into Dublin’s Mansion House to meet the representatives of the Irish Republican Army to arrange a Truce between the two forces. Free article
Time for Truth Campaigners demonstrate against British government amnesty plans
7 July 2021
There is growing opposition to the British government’s planned amnesty legislation for British army veterans of the Northern conflict to be brought before Westminster next month Free article
A Time for Big Thinking - Declan Kearney
6 July 2021
'This is a time for big thinking' the latest blog by Sinn Féin national chairperson, Declan Kearney. Free article
Gerard McGuigan – A Republican Life
29 June 2021
A tribute to Ardoyne Republican, Gerard McGuigan. Free article
'Our vision is that of an egalitarian republic with social justice and equality at its core' Wolfe Tone’s Legacy remembered at Bodenstown 2021
21 June 2021
Sinn Féin MP for North Belfast John Finucane Free article
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