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
Legislation which seeks to prohibit the import and sale of goods, services and natural resources originating from illegal Israeli settlements is due to come before the Seanad this week.
9 July 2018
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The Occupied Territories Bill - proposed by Senator Frances Black - is expected to pass due to the support of Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil, Independents and Labour.
Sinn Féin Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile welcomed the legislation, he said: “Goods and services that are only available because of gross human rights abuses and violations of international law should not be available in Ireland.
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Partition has run out of road - Mitchel McLaughlin
26 June 2018
Former Assembly Speaker, veteran Sinn Féin politician and honorary professor of Peace has aid partition is running out of road and that vision and leadership is now needed to respond to the challenges presented by Brexit and future constitutional change. Free article
Former TD and blanketman Paddy Agnew in Dáil for first time
26 June 2018
Former Louth TD and republican ex-prisoner Paddy Agnew was in Leinster House for the first time today, 37 years after being elected. Free article
Young people in Brussels for One Thing delegation
26 June 2018
Young people from north and south will be in the European Parliament in Brussles today to discuss how Brexit will impact their lives. Free article
Sinn Féin is 'up for a deal' - Mary Lou McDonald
25 June 2018
Sinn Féin is up for securing a deal to see the restoration of the power-sharing institutions at Stormont, Party President Mary Lou McDonald has said. Free article
Anti-sectarianism: Key to a united, shared future
22 June 2018
In this article, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA writes that sectarianism must be opposed in communities in the north in order to build a new, united society. Free article
Backstop is the bottom line and must be maintained - McDonald tells Juncker
21 June 2018
The Brexit backstop agreed in December is the bottom line and must remain in place, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou has told the President of the EU Commission, Jean Claude Juncker. Free article
British soldier to stand trail over Aidan McAnespie killing
19 June 2018
A British soldier will face charges over the killing of 23 year-old Aidan McAnespie, who was shot dead as he walked through a checkpoint in Aughnacloy in 1988. Free article
Sinn Féin will lead towards a new Ireland - Mary Lou McDonald
16 June 2018
Irish politics and society is changing and Sinn Féin needs to be at the fore of driving that change in order to build a new, united Ireland, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald has said in her address to the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis 2018 in Belfast. Free article
Irish unity offers solution to Brexit problems - Professor tells Ard Fheis
16 June 2018
A leading human rights professor has said that special status for the north within the EU is required to protect people's rights and that Irish unity offers the best solution to the problems of Brexit. Free article
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