NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 21 March 1923

21 MARCH 1923

Following opposition from the Government, Earl Beauchamp withdrew his Parliamentary Election Bills which would have introduced the principle of the alternative vote.

The results of the national strike vote of members of the Builders Unions were published, with 42,606 voting to accept the terms and 140,952 voting against.

The Irregulars tried to destroy the residence of Maurice Healy, the brother of the Governor-General of the Irish Free State Tim Healy, saying that it was a reprisal for recent executions in Cork. The occupants were able to put the fire out after the arsonists had fled, restricting the damage to two rooms.