1983 - Gerry Adams elected Uachtarán Sinn Féin
40 years ago this week at the 1983 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in Dublin’s Mansion House, Gerry Adams was elected President of Sinn Féin.
Source: anphoblacht.com
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Five controversies that rocked RTÉ before the Ryan Tubridy pay scandal
The scandal over payments to RTÉ stars is the daddy of all controversies for the national broadcaster, but there have been others. Here is a flavour of five more major controversies.
Source: independent.ie
The 'Magnificent Seven' swim to freedom
Fifty years ago on 17 January 1972 seven Republican internees escaped from the British prison ship, HMS ‘Maidstone’, moored at the coal wharf in Belfast docks, and swam to freedom. They achieved fa...
Source: anphoblacht.com
Rodney Rice: Brilliant broadcaster shone light on politics in Ireland and around the world
RODNEY Rice was on just his second day working for RTÉ when the call went out for someone to report on Northern Ireland's fledgling civil rights movement.
Source: irishnews.com