THE REVOLUTION PAPERS - PART 99
1948-1949
THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND ACT
John A. Costello cuts the last link to the British Commonwealth
Newspapers:
- Irish Weekly Independent, 11 September 1948
- Irish Times, 3 December 1948
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Contents and articles:
Timeline of events
Review of the Press
Also in the news during 1948
'The road to the republic': John A. Costello announces that Ireland will become a republic and leave the British Commonwealth
'A neutral nation once again': the Irish government decides against joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation