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January 1 - Most traffic in the Ireland comes under the control
of Córas
Iompair Éireann.
January 12 - The people of Ireland donate £100,000 to the
starving people of Italy.
April 13 - Dáil Éireann sits for 20 minutes to
express sympathy and pay tribute to US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who died
yesterday. The House is then adjourned
May 2 - In one of the most controversial episodes of his
premiership, TaoiseachÉamon de
Valera calls on the German Ambassador to express his sympathy
following the death of Adolf Hitler.
May 7 - Reports of a German surrender bring students of Trinity College Dublin onto the roof
singing the English and French national anthems. A riot ensues
following the burning of the Irish tricolour.
December 3 - Oranges go on sale in Ireland for the first time
since the end of World War II.
December 14 - The Nuremberg Trials hear the story of
German plans to create a revolution in Ireland during the War.
December 25 - In his presidential address President Seán T.
O'Kelly asks the youth of Ireland to make a particular effort
to restore the Irish language.
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