Edition 249 of Century Ireland with all the news from 100 years ago.
The main stories include:
National Army begins recruitment drive to combat 'campaign of destruction'
26 January 1923, Dublin - Long queues of young men were reported outside centres in Dublin in response to an urgent appeal for new recruits to the national army
Labour Party condemns Free State policy of reprisals as uncivilised
Dublin, 1 February 1923 - The Labour Party yesterday moved a motion calling upon Dáil Éireann to condemn the ‘policy and practice of reprisals as immoral, unjust, and unlawful’ and ‘that it ought not to be tolerated in a civilised community.’
(Photo: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothéque nationale de France)
Sigerson resigns from Seanad amid continued attacks on politicians’ homes
Dublin, 6 February 1923 - The esteemed scientist and writer, Dr. George Sigerson, has resigned his membership of Seanad Éireann owing to threats to burn his house and property.
Real costs of partition to become clear when customs barriers are erected
Dublin, 26 January 1923 - The North East Boundary Bureau, established last year by the provisional government to collect evidence in support of redrawing the new Irish border, has highlighted the difficulties that would arise from the erection of a fiscal frontier between the north and south of the island.
(Photo: National Library of Ireland, NPA PERS85)
Belfast, 1 February 1923 - Lord Edward Carson of Duncairn has been re-elected as President of the Ulster Unionist Council.
(Photo: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540)
Three young Tullamore men executed by Free State in Birr castle
Tullamore, 27 January 1923 - Three young men from Tullamore, Co. Offaly, were executed at Birr Castle yesterday morning.
New, improved GPO to be rebuilt on O’Connell Street
Dublin, 27 January 1923 - The Postmaster General, Mr. JJ Walsh TD, has said the building of a General Post Office on the ruins in O’Connell Street would start as soon as possible.
(Photo: National Library of Ireland, Ke 121)
Tensions rise in Ruhr as Germans opt for passive resistance to French occupation
The Ruhr, 5 February 1923 - Tensions in the Ruhr and Rhineland regions continue to rise.
The latest source of local antagonism concerns the arrest and expulsion of officials for refusal to cooperate with the French occupying forces.
