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<p class="contextmenu internal_Caption">The first Anglias on the assembly line at the Ford factory on the Marina in Cork in 1959. From 'Ford boxes’ shipping crates to Fordsons soccer team, the car company inserted itself deeply into Cork's consciousness. Irish Examiner Archive</p>

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1984 Revisited: Ford's was so rooted in Cork that its closure was unthinkable

1984 was a seminal year in Ireland. Forty years on, our writers look back at some of the scandals and stories that made the headlines and helped shape the Ireland of today

<p class="contextmenu Body Body">Its originator was Kevin O’Higgins, the first minister for home affairs in the new free State. O’Higgins was a man considered, in his legislative habits, to be a touch authoritarian. Picture: An Cosantoir magazine</p>

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1984 Revisited: Calling last orders on the holy hour

<p>Sandra Griffen, Alma Bonnie, Karen Gearon, and Mary Manning with anti apartheid activist Nimrod Sejake and Tommy Davis in 1985. Picture: RollingNews.ie</p>

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1984 Revisited: How Irish activists took a stance against apartheid

1984 Revisited: Sea drama leads to massive arms haul

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1984 Revisited: Sea drama leads to massive arms haul

John Fenton with the Cup 3/9/1984

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1984 Revisited: Cork hurlers evoke comparisons with French

BLAST Brighton 7

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From the archives: IRA tries to kill Maggie Thatcher

1984 Revisited: Sinn Féin MP Gerry Adams shot by loyalists

S 1984 Revisited: Sinn Féin MP Gerry Adams shot by loyalists

1984 was a seminal year in Ireland. Forty years on, our writers look back at some of the scandals and stories that made the headlines and helped shape the Ireland of today

Thu, 04 Jan, 2024

1984 Revisited: Teen girl’s death in a graveyard lifted lid on Ireland’s hypocrisy

S 1984 Revisited: Teen girl’s death in a graveyard lifted lid on Ireland’s hypocrisy

1984 was a seminal year in Ireland. Forty years on, our writers look back at some of the scandals and stories that made the headlines and helped shape the Ireland of today

Wed, 03 Jan, 2024

1984 Revisited: Ronald Reagan's visit to Tipp 'brought the might of America to Ballyporeen'

S 1984 Revisited: Ronald Reagan's visit to Tipp 'brought the might of America to Ballyporeen'

1984 was a seminal year in Ireland. Forty years on, our writers look back at some of the scandals and stories that made the headlines and helped shape the Ireland of today

Tue, 02 Jan, 2024

1984 Revisited: The dystopian predictions largely failed to materialise...

S 1984 Revisited: The dystopian predictions largely failed to materialise...

1984 was a seminal year in Ireland. Forty years on, our writers look back at some of the scandals and stories that made the headlines and helped shape the Ireland of today

Mon, 01 Jan, 2024

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