NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 10 May 1923

May 9, 2023 admin 100 Years Ago

10 MAY 1923

Lord Salisbury, the Lord President of the Council, said that the Cabinet had agreed to a considerable increase in funding for the Air Force.

The Court of Appeal, in the O’Brien case, held that the Home Secretary’s order of deportation to Ireland was illegal. The case related to Art O’Brien, an Irish republican, who was rounded up and sent from Liverpool to Ireland.

William Thomas Cosgrave, the President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, said that peace negotiations in Ireland had broken down.

King George and Queen Mary visited the Pope.

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