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On 23 April 1920 – this week one hundred years ago – one of Cork's principal streets got a name change to provide another outlet for the public outpouring of grief arising from the murder of Tomás MacCurtain.
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A walkover election for Sinn Féin, and Cork deputy mayor fears for his life In our weekly column Echoes of Our Past, Richard Forrest looks at what was in the news 100 years ago Echoes of the past_WEB Richard Forrest THE nominations for the southern Irish parliament take place today and it looks like Sinn Féin candidates will be returned unopposed, the Echo reported on May 14, 1921. The party did not nominate any candidates and the Unionists are in such a minority that an attempt to gain a seat would be useless. The only exception being the candidates for Dublin University (Trinity College)...
Goodbody analysts Eamonn Hughes and Barry Egan have said returns on equity (ROEs) could be 10pc better at AIB and Bank of Ireland – and even higher at Permanent TSB – if regulators stopped viewing mortgage risk through the lens of the 2008 crash. But Mr Campa believes the legacy of the crisis in EU regulatory risk weighting is “eroding over time naturally”. Business Newsletter Enter email address Sign Up “The impact of the previous crisis into the risk management is likely to be eroding away. It’s more an assessment of what is the risk-return reward.” Low profitability is an iss...
Cork woman suspected of being informer had hair hacked off with wool shears What was in the news 100 years ago today, by Richard Forrest of Cork City Library Mount Joy prison. The chief clerk was held up on his way from the bank and robbed of a bag containing the wages of the prison employees. Richard Forrest Attack on woman The house of a woman farmer near Castletownbere was broken into by eight masked men, the Echo reported on Saturday, March 5, 1921. She was robbed of £35 and dragged into the yard where her hair was cut with wool shears. The motive appears to be that she visited the poli...