March 25

1981 The government and Dáil Éireann condemned the decision of the IRFU to send an Irish national rugby team to South Africa. 1957 The Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community (EEC). 1996 Mary Lavin, short-story writer (notably of ‘Tales from Bective Bridge’) and novelist, died. 1987 Lord Justice Gibson, of the Northern Ireland ... Read more

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