1980 Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey gave his infamous ‘as a community, we are living beyond our means’ television address. Unknown to the public at the time, he owed the AIB £1.143m owing to persistent personal overspending. 1929 Brian Friel, Ireland’s leading playwright, was born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone. 1916 1913 The disastrous Allied Gallipoli campaign ... Read more
