December 10
Published in On this Day listing- 1920 Martial law was proclaimed in counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary.
- 1998 John Hume, leader of the SDLP, and David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1974 Four Protestant clergymen met with Provisional IRA leaders in Feakle, Co. Clare. Over a week later, the IRA declared a ceasefire.
- 1948 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly meeting in Paris.
- 2013 An Irish delegation, which included President Higgins and the three Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strikers, attended South Africa’s state memorial service in honour of Nelson Mandela.
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