From the Archives: January 23rd, 1933
A snap general election gave Fianna Fáil its first overall Dáil majority in spite of this eve-of-poll editorial urging a vote against Éamon de Valera’s party
From the Archives: April 18th, 1949
The country was declared a republic on this date – Easter Monday – with 21-gun salutes fired from O’Connell Bridge in Dublin, from Dún Laoghaire pier, and in Cork city centre
Fiji to remove Union Jack from flag
The Pacific country’s prime minister say ‘symbols of the coloniser’ must be removed from its national identity
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