Calls for capital punishment after Birmingham bombings - On This Day in 1974
The predicted backlash against the bombers started yesterday as workers walked out of Midlands factories
Birmingham pub bombings condemned - On This Day in 1974
The bombings resulted in the deaths of 21 people with over 200 more injured
Terrible tragedy takes place in taxi - On This Day in 1924
The driver was startled by the sound of two revolver shots as he passed near the village of Ballyboden
Public mourns Cardinal Logue’s death - On This Day in 1924
Cardinal Logue’s name will always be prominently associated with the religious annals of Ireland
R101 to accommodate a hundred passengers - On This Day in 1924
The building of the R101 was expected to be completed by the end of 1926
The untimely death of President Childers - On This Day in 1974
Erskine Childers, the fourth President of Ireland, died suddenly, after being in office for just under 18 months
Border projects to be studied - On This Day in 1974
Commissioner George Thomson, ordered a special urgent study on the economic problems resulting from the Community’s Internal frontiers
50 years on from the Birmingham bombings, remembering the 21 victims
50 years on from the Birmingham Bombings - Cormac Moore
Women “take-over” Derry paper - On This Day in 1974
The women said that the building had been taken over as one of a series of protests against “the concentration camps in Northern Ireland”
Ulster not confined to a creed - On This Day in 1924
Loyal service was given by Ulstermen of all denominations and of all classes
“No Food” say Maze Men over Conditions - On This Day in 1974
Republicans in Long Kesh went on hunger strike and protests were held following the death of Hugh Gerard Coney
Free State amnesty - On This Day in 1924
No useful purpose would be served by the institution or continuance of prosecutions in respect of crimes committed, between December 1921 and May 1923
Ireland would not follow Britain out of the EEC - On This Day in 1974
Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave said Ireland would have to choose between the dynamic markets which the EEC offers and a British market which would probably be stagnating
Boundary Commission convene - On This Day in 1924
After a lengthy delay of almost two years, the Irish Boundary Commission finally convened in London
Electing Coolidge - On This Day in 1924
100 years ago, as with today, Americans went to the polls to elect a president