NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 27 January 1923

January 27, 2023 admin 100 Years Ago

27 JANUARY 1923

Winston Churchill confirmed that he was not intending to rejoin the Unionist Party, saying about the rumours that “this statement is quite untrue and unfounded. I am still continuing the rest which I was ordered by my doctors, and have not given any thought whatever to the political situation. I should also like to contradict the rumours that I am seeking to stand for various seats. These rumours are all equally without foundation”.

The Reparation Commission refused to grant a moratorium to Germany siding with France and Belgium.

Telegraph wires connecting Dublin and parts of the South of Ireland were cut, including disruption to Cork, Limerick and Tralee. A passenger train from Dublin to the West of Ireland was derailed and wrecked.

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