By Lar Joye The first police forces in Ireland were created under the Peace Preservation Act of 1814 by Sir Robert Peel (who for three years was MP for Cashel, […]
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Read More →BY TONY CANAVAN Oireachtas 1919–2019 goes on-line The Oireachtas Library and Research Service recently launched an on-line ‘Bibliography of Parliament 1919–2019’. The bibliography aims to be an authoritative but not […]
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