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- Dublin greets KennedyJune 27th, 1963
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On This Day »
February 8th, 1950FROM THE ARCHIVES: His fellow contributors to The Irish Times were regular butts of Myles na Gopaleen’s Cruiskeen Lawn column. In this case, it was a piece by journalist Kies van Hoek. –
JOE JOYCE
FROM THE ARCHIVES: High society in England was agog in early 1891 with what became known as the Royal Baccarat Scandal involving the then Prince of Wales in illegal gambling and a major cad, Sir William Gordon-Cummings, in allegations of cheating. The Irish Times’s London correspondent relayed the breaking news with obvious relish. – JOE JOYCE