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Wednesday 23 September 2020
The grenade was then detonated by police.
President-elect Michael D Higgins delayed his inauguration to take part in an event
Armistice Day will be marked tomorrow, 100 years on from the cessation of hostilities.
The memorial which came about after a number of years of fundraising is worth about €70,000.
The US President will visit Europe to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.
More than 500 people died when the RMS Leinster was sunk by three torpedoes in 1918.
36 people died in two separate attacks just 10 days before Christmas in December 1917.
Strict new Covid-19 measures are now in effect in the capital – here’s what they mean for you.
Over 500 people were killed when the boat sank, just a month before the First World War ended.
Of the 36 people who died in the bombings, only four bodies were found.
In December 1917 a ship detonated in Nova Scotia, unleashing a blast equivalent to about 3,000 tonnes of TNT.
The battle began on 1 July 1916.
“Is Germany going to treat Ireland differently from Poland?”
David Toms discusses a memorable occasion in 1927 featuring a Dublin selection and Scotland at Milltown.
In September of 1917 a factory in Arklow blew up and killed 27 people.
And the most popular ones on Twitter too.
New photos published by the Open University show how soldiers played football throughout the war.
The new NLI exhibition features letters from those who served in the war.
A remembrance ceremony was held this afternoon in Glasnevin Cemetery.
The Open University has ‘colourised’ some photos from the time.
The two commemorative stamps are to mark the centenary of World War One.
The World War 1 Roadshow ‘Europe Goes to War, Ireland’s Part’ is on at Trinity College next Saturday.
Leaders will meet at Ypres in Belgium, which was destroyed in World War I.
A memorial service will be held next weekend, organised by a group collating the names of all those Irish who survived the war.
No? One Labour TD believes that more should be done to commemorate Redmond, an East Clare MP who died in World War I.
New radio doc explores life in Templemore for prisoners during WWI: “Prisoners were free to walk to Mass every Sunday and could purchase cigarettes and chocolate.”
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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