NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 30 March 1923

30 MARCH 1923

The Consolidated Fund Act and the Unemployment Insurance Act received Royal Assent in the Lords.

There was a debate on education in the House of Commons with concerns about the size of classes, the number of teachers and training.

Coal was struck in County Tyrone, thought to be the largest seam in the UK.

A large number of Irregulars were arrested in Ireland with the organisation starting to struggle financially.