NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 29 May 1923

29 MAY 1923

Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, was formally elected Leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party.

Laming Worthington-Evans was appointed as the Postmaster General.

Éamon de Valera stated that the Republic of Ireland could no longer successfully be defended by arms.

Hugh Pollock, the Minister of Finance, submitted his Budget Statement in the Northern Ireland Parliament.