NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 9 April 1923

9 APRIL 1923

Lord Derby, the Secretary of State for War, began an inspection tour of the police forces of Northern Ireland.

The French press reported that the British, French and Belgian Governments had reached an agreement over the French occupation of the Ruhr Valley.

Armed robbers broke into the house of the Coroner in Dublin who was investigating the murder of Mr Bondfield.

Nine members of the Irregulars were killed at Glencar by Irish Free State troops.