March 15 1924
A meeting of the Management Committee of the Irish League was held in the College Street Rooms last evening. Mr John Blair presided in the absence of Mr F W McKee, who is in Scotland in connection with the arrangement of Inter-League games for next season.
A letter was read from Belfast Celtic intimating the intention of that club to return to football next season.
Belfast Celtic, who withdrew from the Irish Football League in 1920, primarily due to how it felt it was being treated by the Irish Football Association (IFA) over violent incidents at matches, returned in 1924 but ultimately withdrew permanently from the league in 1949.
Dublin Engineers’ Anger over Shannon Scheme
Dublin engineers are up in arms against what they regard as the monopoly given to the great engineering firm of Messrs Siemens, Berlin, for the harnessing of the Shannon to supply electrical power and light to the Free State.
In a series of interviews published yesterday, these engineers point out from the action of the Free State government it would almost appear as if the engineering profession was non-existent in Ireland. It was suggested that the government should have a scheme or schemes drawn up not only in reference to the Shannon but to all the other rivers in the Free State, with the object of exploring and ascertaining their capabilities. Tenders should then be invited for the whole work, and a fair field provided for all intending contractors.
The general manager of the Dublin United Tramways Company recalled that he was professionally engaged on the Shannon with a well-known engineer, Professor Forbes, and that he knew the river well. He was perfectly satisfied it was not capable of being developed on commercial lines to supply the whole of the Free State. Undoubtedly, he said, the Shannon was a river of great possibilities, a great asset to the state, and ought to be explored from the source with a view to utilising it.