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
The 1916 Rising outside Dublin
12 April 2020
Éirí Amach na Cásca – The 1916 Easter Rising - Most parts of the country remained quiet ... there were exceptions though Free article
1916 - Seven Days, Seven Men, Seven Hills
12 April 2020
Éamonn Mac Thomáis extends the confines of his series Three Shouts on a Hill to include seven hills in Dublin which are closely linked to the 1916 Easter Rising - First published in An Phoblacht/Republican News, 8th April 1982 Free article
The Weekly Digest from Sinn Féin
11 April 2020
Welcome to the Weekly Digest from Sinn Féin where we bring you a flavour of the work and campaigns the party has been engaged in over the previous week. Free article
1969 Liosta Laochra na Poblachta – Republican Roll of Honour 2020
9 April 2020
Fuair siad bás ar son saoirse na hÉireann – They died for Irish freedom Free article
Bobby Sands: 'Ordinary person with an extraordinary legacy'
9 April 2020
Sinn Féin MLA Órlaithí Flynn recalls growing up in the home place of Bobby Sands and his legacy today in the fight for Irish freedom and equality. Free article
The Mountjoy Hunger Strike and the General Strike of 1920
9 April 2020
In April 1920 with Dáil Éireann and Sinn Féin banned by the British regime and the Black and Tans newly deployed in the country, the struggle for Irish independence intensified. On Easter Sunday 4 April the IRA burned out tax offices and RIC barracks throughout Ireland, effectively forcing the British crown forces to concentrate in the larger towns and cities. In the jails the struggle was stepped up, culminating in a mass hunger strike in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. Free article
Sinn Féin Ministerial team will continue to give leadership and act in the public interest - Kearney
6 April 2020
Writing in his latest blog for An Phoblacht, Declan Kearney said we need to what's right north and south to tackle COVID19. Free article
The case for a new indigenous enterprise agency
6 April 2020
Maurice Quinlavan makes the case for a new dynamic enterprise agency to drive Irish job creation Free article
The 2019 lockout
2 April 2020
Niall Monaghan, looks at the economic and political forces behind the farmers gate protests across Ireland last year and makes the case for why this is the left´s battle Free article
“Radical action on climate change” top priority for new SF Senator
1 April 2020
Former Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has been elected to the 26th Seanad after taking a seat on the Agricultural panel. The Tallaght native is the second Sinn Féin Senator to be elected so far, joining Fintan Warfield who was elected to the Culture and Education panel yesterday.
Boylan elected to the European Parliament as the Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin in 2014, and campaigned strongly... Free article
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