NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 30 April 1923

30 APRIL 1923

The Prince of Wales unveiled the statue erected in Brussels as a memorial of Belgian aid given to the British during the First World War.

David Lloyd George, the former Prime Minister, said at a meeting of Young Liberals in Manchester that there were thousands of working men who were supporting socialist candidates who would support Liberal candidates should that choice be offered to them. He added that voters weren’t interested in the domestic quarrels of any political party.

Despite the suppression of most of the activity of the Irregulars in Ireland, there were two terrorist incidents reported in the press. One was the destruction of a signal cabin in Dublin which injured 17 train passengers when the bomb went off, whilst the other was the blowing up of the premises of Edward Lee & Co drapers in Rathmines.