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
With the pain of the COVID-19 pandemic comes the promise of a better world
1 June 2020
In this article, Sinn Fein Leas Uachtaran Michelle O'Neill argues that as we rebuild the economy following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we now have an opportunity to create a fairer, greener economy for all. Free article
Kevin Barry and the Dublin Brigade
1 June 2020
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the execution of Kevin Barry on 1 November 1920. His prison execution is well remembered but less well known is his activity as an IRA Volunteer in the months before his death. Free article
A new start is within the grasp of Rural Ireland
31 May 2020
Mayo Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh outlines the potential for rural Ireland post Covid-19 and shows how we have a chance to reshape and bring balance to the whole of our island Free article
The Weekly Digest from Sinn Féin
30 May 2020
Welcome to The Weekly Digest from Sinn Féin where we bring you a flavour of the work and campaigns that we have been engaged in over the past week. Free article
Out now: 2020 issue number 2 – Ireland after Covid
29 May 2020
Ireland has been transformed amid the tragedies of the past months. We can see what a better, more inclusive Ireland could be. We must not let that vision go Free article
Standing up for Derry
27 May 2020
In recent months, there has been a rightful focus on the dealing with the COVID 19 Pandemic in order to save lives and to protect our most vulnerable. The Pandemic has underlined the effect that a decade of Tory austerity has had on the health service, and how woefully equipped those regions who suffer from increased levels of deprivation, income inequality and poorer health outcomes are in a time of crisis. Free article
The Weekly Digest from Sinn Féin
23 May 2020
Welcome to The Weekly Digest from Sinn Féin where we bring you a flavour of the work and campaigns that we have been engaged in over the past week. Free article
Volunteer Martin Doherty remembered
21 May 2020
This year marks the 26th anniversary of the killing of Volunteer Martin ‘Doco’ Doherty at the Widow Scallans pub in Dublin on May 21 st 1994. On that fateful night, a UVF gang planned to kill hundreds of friends and relatives of republican prisoners who were attending a fundraiser in the pub. The gang were armed and had a large bomb in a holdall.
Fortunately for those attending the... Free article
Rough sleepers must not be put back on the street after COVID lockdown
20 May 2020
Right now we have the opportunity to seriously change the quality of life of hundreds of our fellow citizens. We need to seize this opportunity and make the housing first model a permanent reality, which would see rough sleepers getting long-term accommodation so other supports can be provided to tackle some of the longer term causes and effects of homelessness. Free article
Derry medical school decision shows things have changed
19 May 2020
The announcement this week by the north’s Joint Head of government and Sinn Féin Leas Uachtarán Michelle O’Neill that a medical school will open at Derry’s Magee university next year is a further indication that the recently restored Executive is not a return to the status quo and is delivering for all. Free article
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