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Even The Date Of The General -election Depends Upon The

by-elections. It is clear that there must be a General Election soon, because- no Government could hope to carry on successfdlly =with at - -best a majority of - three. the......

The Labour And Republican Groups Have Had A Certain Success

in invoking Article 47 of the Constitution in order to suspend the enforcement of the Electoral Amendment Bill. The Governor-General felt bound to withhold his assent from the......

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T HE recent narrow victory of Mr. Cosgrave's Govern- men t obviously did not bring safety to the Irish Fr= State. The issue was only postponed. This accounts for the......

If Balancing Electors Have Been Inclined To Think That The

Republicans intend to modify their policy in the interests of peace, Mr. F. Aiken, the Chief Whip of Fianna Fail, has taught them better. " Our object," Mr. Aiken has declared,......