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
Reinforced glass saves five children in loyalist arson attack
3 September 2012
Attack happens in broad daylight latest in a series of sectarian attacks on this row of houses Free article
General strike against austerity called in the Basque Country – 26 September
30 August 2012
Mass mobilisation underway against austerity programme of the conservative Popular Party government in Madrid Free article
Prison body scanner trial could see end of strip searches
30 August 2012
Pilot use of body scanners for searches in Magilligan Prison and Hydebank Centre to begin in September Free article
Greencore workers from England petition Dublin HQ on pay and conditions
30 August 2012
Petition to honour agreement on pay and conditions is backed by the Sinn Féin spokesperson on Workers’ Rights, Senator David Cullinane Free article
Troika’s cuts following FG/Labour austerity programme – Ó Snodaigh
29 August 2012
Fine Gael and Labour could tell Troika they want to follow different path from austerity Free article
Newry wreath-laying honours Óglach Patrick McKeown
29 August 2012
38th anniversary of IRA Volunteer marked Free article
Donal Óg Cusack's speech opening the Foyle Pride Festival 2012 in Derry City
28 August 2012
The three-times All-Ireland winning hurler with Cork and one of Ireland’s few openly gay sports stars was a keynote speaker at the first An Phoblacht/Sinn Féin Summer School in County Cork Free article
30 Irish-language learners come to Tí Chulainn
28 August 2012
Members of Belfast and South Armagh Sinn Féin on two-day intensive Irish course of language classes, singing, music and culture Free article
Rachel Corrie trial: Israeli court clears Israeli Army of killing solidarity activist
28 August 2012
23-year-old US peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death trying to block an Israeli Army bulldozer destroying a Palestinian family's home on the Gaza/Egypt border in 2003 Free article
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