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
Home is where the struggle is
1 April 2020
Mícheál Mac Donncha reviews Eoin Ó Broin’s key book on how to resolve Ireland’s housing crisis Free article
Fintan Warfield elected to 26th Seanad
31 March 2020
Sinn Féin Senator Fintan Warfield has been returned to the 26th Seanad after being elected today. The Inchicore native was elected to the fourth seat of the Culture and Education panel. 118 candidates are competing for election to the Seanad across seven panels, with Sinn Féin fielding seven candidates including former MP for Derry Elisha McCallion and former MEP for Dublin Lynn... Free article
Covid-19 and the need for a New World Order of Solidarity and Co-operation - Declan Kearney
23 March 2020
The latest blog by Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney on the COVID19 crisis, the scale of the challenge ahead of us and the importance of solidarity both at home and internationally. Free article
A Mother's Day like no other - Michelle O'Neill
22 March 2020
In this article by Sinn Féin Leas Uachtarán and Joint Head of Government in the North, Michelle O'Neill, said that this Mother's Day will be different from any other and urged people to follow social distancing guidelines. The article first appeared in the Belfast Telegraph. Free article
Tomás Mac Curtáin
17 March 2020
In the local government elections of January 1920 the Irish Republic, which had been declared independent by the first Dáil Éireann a year previously, received another massive endorsement, with Sinn Féin majorities in 172 of the 206 councils throughout the country. Free article
Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na ndaoine - Ollchruinnithe Shinn Féin
12 March 2020
Mar is eol dúinn i Sinn Féin le fada an lá is ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine. Cé gur cliché seanchaite atá inti is modh maireachtála ‘an dóigh Éireannach’ é a théann siar na cianta i stair an oileáin. Braithimid ar a chéile, cabhraímid lena chéile, pléimid cúrsaí agus éistimid le chéile. Is maith linn nuair a bhíonn teagmháil agus caidreamh pearsanta eadrainn. Bímid thuas seal, thíos seal ach is le chéile a éiríonn is fearr linn. Free article
RTÉ and Joe Duffy apologise for untrue and defamatory statements about Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh
9 March 2020
RTÉ has apologised after it broadcast untrue remarks about the TD in the wake of Sinn Féin's stunning election success Free article
History made as Máire Drumm honoured at City Hall
8 March 2020
A stunning new portrait of Sinn Féin Vice-President and iconic Irish republican figure Máire Drumm will now hang in the Mayor’s Parlour in Belfast City Hall after it was launched by Mayor Danny Baker. Free article
Tá ár lá ag teacht
6 March 2020
Ina óráid Dála ar an 20 Feabhra, agus é ag ionsaí Sinn Féin go nimhneach, dúirt ceannaire Fhianna Fáil, Mícheál Martin, an méid seo:
“The glorifying of the Provisional IRA is not an accident of one Deputy's exuberance, as Deputy McDonald claims. She has herself praised Provisional IRA units and when she ends speeches with ‘Tiocfaidh ar lá’ I think she knows full and well what the... Free article
Change is in the air - What side are you on? by Declan Kearney
1 March 2020
Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney reflects on the recent election, the change in Irish politics and attempts to build a Government for Change in the 26 counties. Free article
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