Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 29ú lá de mí Aibreán, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh.
I 1977 bhí na Aontachtaí ag iarradh labhair leis na dílsigh chun stop a chur agus aistarraing na hoibrithe ar feadh cúpla lá.
I 1994 bhí an banc taisce chun moladh a thabhairt chuig an rialtas go mbeadh an bhainc náisiúnta sa tír ábalta cheannaigh ceannas den acmhainn stát.
I 1997 dhún an tionad snámha I nDurlas de bharr gur tharla loitiméireacht leis an chostas timpeall 3 mhíle punt. Chuaigh an drong isteach ón bhfuinneog sín agus thóg siad na soicéad ón mballa agus chaith siad an múchtóir dóiteáin agus an scipéad airgid isteach sa linn snámha.
I 2011 tar éis 92 bhliain bhuaigh An Caiseal RFC agus bhí Brendan O’Connor mar chaptaen den fhoireann an bhliain sin agus d’ardaigh sé an corn nuair a bhuaigh siad I gcoinne Cork Con.
Sin Spandau Ballet le True – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 1983.
Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 2001 chuir Rod Stewart cheist chun a móideanna pósta a athnuachan. Dúirt sé go raibh sé ag teastáil de bharr go raibh na ngealltanas a rinne sé níos mó ná 600 bhliain d’aois agus nach raibh siad ag shroich 35 bhliain d’aois.
I 2007 shroich The Arctic Monkeys uimhir a haon lena halbam Favourite Worst Nightmare. Bhí siad ar barr na cairteacha ar feadh trí sheachtain. Bhí an t-albam ainmnithe don Mercury Prize an bhliain sin agus bhuaigh siad an t-albam is mó ag The Brit Awards an bhliain tar éis.
Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh aisteoir Jerry Seinfeld I Meiriceá I 1954 agus rugadh aisteoir Daniel Day-Lewis sa Bhreatain ar an lá seo I 1957 agus seo chuid de na rudaí a rinne sé.
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 29th of April, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh
1977: the united unionist action council called on the norths loyalist workers for a total stoppage and withdrawal of labour from mid night on monday next.
1994: the trustee savings bank was expected to submit formal proposals to government that the national irish bank should be allowed to buy control of the state asset
1997 – THURLES Swimming Pool was forced to close as a result of an act of vandalism costing in the region of £3,000. The gang gained access tby a skylight, They then set about pulling sockets from the wall and threw the fire extinguisher, and cash register into the pool.
2011 – HAIL the conquering Kings of Cashel. On the greatest day in the clubs 92 year history team captain Brendan O’Connor from Cashel RFC , got to finally lift the Munster Junior Cup defeating sixteen time winners Cork Con 23 – 20
That was Spandau Ballet with True – the biggest song on this day in 1983.
Onto music news on this day In 2001 Rod Stewart asked for a change in wedding vows bringing them up to-date and to be treated like a dog licence. Stewart said ‘a change is needed because they’ve been in existence for 600 years when people used to live until they were only 35’.
2007 Arctic Monkeys started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with their second album Favourite Worst Nightmare. The album was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Prize and won Best British Album at the 2008 Brit Awards.
And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – actor and comedian Jerry Seinfeld was born in 1954 and actor Daniel Day-Lewis was born on this day in the UK in 1957 and this is some of the stuff he has done.
I’ll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.
