NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 6 February 1923

6 FEBRUARY 1923

It was agreed at the Lausanne Conference to look at reopening talks at a future date, rather than there being a permanent rupture of the process. It was also confirmed that Turkey had said that they would be agreeable to the ending of the Capitulations of the Ottoman Empire.

George Sigerson resigned from the Irish Senate after the Irregulars threatened to burn down his house due to his involvement with the institution.

The house of John Russell, the Sub-Sheriff for County Louth, was destroyed by arsonists who allowed him just ten minutes to gather possessions before the property was completely gutted. Tinode House in County Wicklow, the residence of Colonel Eustace, was also destroyed by arsonists but they gave the owners no chance to remove property or to save their dog.