NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 12 February 1923

12 FEBRUARY 1923

Liam Lynch, the Chief of the Republican Staff, issued a proclamation in Dublin saying that the war in Ireland would continue until the country’s independence was fully recognised. There was though a limited voluntary surrender of members of the Irregulars in County Cork.

Catholic bishops in Ireland called for an end to the violence in the country and criticised the tactics of the Irregulars.

The US House of Representatives ratified the war repayment debt agreement between the UK and the US by a majority of 191 to 44.