Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 26ú lá de mí Bealtaine, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh.
I 1978 tháinig an nuacht amach go raibh a dhá oiread daoine a fuair bás sa tí gach bliain ó thimpiste I gcomparáid le daoine a fuair bás ar na bóthair.
I 1989 bhí an Taoiseach ag dul chuig tromlach an Dáil in ainneoin cúig phointe a chailliúint.
I 1997 ghoid timpeall 500 punt ón Oifig an Phoist I Muine Gall. Dúradh gur tháinig dhá dhuine óg timpeall aois 20 isteach chuig an áit sa tráthnóna agus tháinig an mháistreás phoist amach agus rith siad.
I 1998 tháinig an nuacht amach go raibh custaiméirí I dteach tábhairne I mBuiríos Ó Luigeach timpeall 4 a chloig ar maidin nuair a chuaigh na Gardaí ann. Dúradh go raibh daoine sa teach tábhairne timpeall 3 ar maidin agus an lá tar éis bhí siad ann timpeall 1 ar maidin. Bhí fíneáil ag an úinéir de míle punt agus ní raibh a ceadúnas aige a thuilleadh.
Sin Billie Piper le Day & Night – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 2000
Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1979 fuair Blondie a dara huimhir a haon sa Bhreatain lena amhrán Sunday Girl. Tháinig an t-amhrán ón albam Parallel Lines agus bhí sé an t-albam a dhíol an chuid is mó I 1979.
I 1994 phós Michael Jackson agus Lisa Marie Presley. Scair siad an bhliain tar éis I 1995. Bhuail siad lena chéile nuair a chuaigh Lisa chuig roinnt cheolchoirm de Michael Jackson I Las Vegas.
Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh Molly Mae-Hague sa Bhreatain I 1999 agus rugadh amhránaí Stevie Nicks I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1948 agus seo chuid de amhrán.
Beidh mé ar ais libh amárach le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo.
Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 26th of May, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh
1978: twice as many people died in irish houses every year from accidents than were being killed on the roads according to a shock report.
1989: the taoiseach was heading towards a likely dail majority despite a five point drop in hiw own rating.
1997 – Approximately £500 was taken from Moneygall Post Office. Two youths, aged between 18 and 20, entered the premises from the rear late eveing, they were disturbed by the postmistress and fled on foot.
1998 – GARDAI discovered customers in a Borrisoleigh pub at 4.06 a.m. when they called at the premises. The court heard that Gardai discovered people on the premises when they called at 2.46 a.m. and on the following morning at 1.09 a.m. The owner was fined £1,000 and had his publican’s licence endorsed after the court heard of a number of breaches of the licensing laws.
That was Billie Piper with Day and Night – the biggest song on this day in 2000
Onto music news on this day In 1979 ‘Sunday Girl’ gave Blondie their second UK No.1 hit single. The track was taken from the group’s ‘Parallel Lines’, which went on to become the biggest selling album of 1979.
1994 Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley. The couple divorced in 1995. They had first met when the seven-year-old Presley attended several of Jackson’s concerts in Las Vegas
And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – Molly May-Hague was born in the UK in 1999 and singer Stevie Nicks was born in America on this day in 1948 and this is one of her songs.
I’ll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.
