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
Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil attacks on Sinn Féin ‘giving succour’ to opponents of change in North, says Gerry Adams
29 September 2017
Only motivation for attacks by Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil is their electoral fear of the growth of Sinn Féin Free article
UVF intimidates Catholic families from south Belfast homes
29 September 2017
Severed pig’s head and racist and Nazi graffiti also left at Inverary Community Centre Free article
Sinn Féin parliamentary delegation arrives in Catalonia for Sunday’s independence referendum
29 September 2017
‘What has the Government in Madrid to fear from a democratic vote on the future of Catalonia by the people of Catalonia?’ – Lynn Boylan MEP Free article
Is unionism up for genuine power-sharing? – October issue out now
29 September 2017
H-Blocks POW Laurence McKeown reviews escape movie 'Maze' Free article
‘Release inquest funding,’ MP Francie Molloy says at Belfast High Court protest
27 September 2017
‘It is unacceptable that families of victims have been waiting for over 40 years for inquests into the deaths of their loved ones’ Free article
50 Irish-language secondary school students study opportunities at European Parliament
27 September 2017
‘The pupils will get the opportunity to see for themselves the role the Irish language plays in the European Parliament as a working language of the EU’ Free article
Palestinian resistance icon Leila Khaled and Martina Anderson MEP at European Parliament solidarity event
27 September 2017
The image or Leila Khaled wearing a kaffiyeh and carrying an AK47 has become an internationally-recognised image of revolution Free article
Thomas Ashe centenary marked in Clonakilty, County Cork
26 September 2017
Thomas Ashe died as a result of force-feeding five days into a hunger strike in Mountjoy Jail in 1917 Free article
Solidarity with the Mayors of Catalonia from Mayor of the City of Dublin
26 September 2017
‘I urge you to find a political solution to Catalonia’s legitimate claims and ask you to stop threats on my fellow Mayors’ – letter to the Prime Minister of Spain Free article
Óglach Diarmuid O’Neill Commemoration, County Cork
26 September 2017
The unarmed Diarmuid O’Neill (27) was shot dead by a Metropolitan Police squad on 23 September 1996 in a raid on his home in Hammersmith Free article
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