NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 9 February 1923

9 FEBRUARY 1923

Liam Deasy, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the IRA, agreed to aid in the unconditional surrender of the Irregulars in exchange for his death sentence being commuted. The Irish Free State agreed to suspend all planned executions of members of the Irregulars pending political developments.

The result of the Whitechapel and St George’s by-election in London was announced, resulting in a Labour gain from the Liberals. It had been called following the death of Charles Mathew who had died after just 85 days as an MP, one of the shortest periods served in modern British political history. The result was:

Labour : Harry Gosling – 8,398 votes 57.0% +16.8%
Liberal : James Kiley – 6,198 votes 42.1% +4.7%
National Prohibition Party : S. M. Holden – 130 votes 0.9% New

Majority 2,200