NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 25 February 1923

25 FEBRUARY 2023

The Irish Free State announced that they would be creating a customs barrier along their border with Ulster.

The Army Estimates suggested that there would be a reduction in military spending, but the number of men in the army would be increased.

Eight miners were killed in a coal mine accident in Medomsley, with six of the dead aged between 16 and 18.