Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 7ú lá de mí Aibreán, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh.
I 2000 rinne ionsaí ar Michael Smith, an tAire Cosanta, ó ardoifigeach airm de bharr na áis a bhí ann do na trúpaí.
I 2017 bhí daonra sa tír seo nach mór 5 milliún arís, an chéad uair ón ghorta.
I 2002 tháinig nuacht iontach chuig an chontae mar dúradh go mbeadh a lán airgid ag teacht chuig spórt timpeall an chontae. Bhí 2.5 milliúin euro ag teacht isteach mar dheontais agus scaipthe idir club éagsúla.
I 2010 bhí daoine ar bís mar tháinig an nuacht amach go mbeadh ionad seirbhísí ag teacht isteach sa M7 ag Cnocán an Éin Fhinn. Dúradh go mbeadh an costas timpeall 12 milliúin euro agus go mbeadh níos mó ná 300 post ann idir tógáil agus nuair a raibh sé críochnaithe.
Sin Westlife le Fool Again – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 2000.
Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1962 bhuail Mick Jagger agus Keith Richards le Brian Jones don chéad uair I Londain. Bhí sé ag seinm giotár le banna ceoil Alexis Korner, Blues Incorporated. Agus gan mhoill tháinig siad le chéile mar The Rolling Stones.
I 1985 chan Wham! I mBéising don chéad uair agus bhí sé am mór mar bhí siad an chéad bhanna cheoil ón iartharach chun seinm sa tSín. Chan siad os comhair 12,000 duine.
Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh aisteoir russle crowe sa Nua Shéalainn I 1964 agus rugadh amhránaí Anne-Maire sa Bhreatain ar an lá seo I 1991 agus seo chuid de a 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 7th of April, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh
2000: Defence minister michael smith was subjected to an attack by a senior army officer over facilities provided for troops.
2017: Ireland was heading towards a population of five million for the first time since the Famine.
2002 – Sports communities around the county would benefit from a large injection of funding. 2.5 million euro in grants would spread across various clubs in the county.
2010 – Excitement was building with the news of a Motorway Services Area proposed for the M7 at Birdhill. The€12m project would create about 150 jobs during construction and a further 110 jobs when it is completed.
That was Westlife with Fool Again – the biggest song on this day in 2000.
Onto music news on this day In 1962, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met Brian Jones for the first time at Ealing Jazz Club in West London. Jones, who went under the name Elmo Lewis, was playing slide guitar with Alexis Korner’s band, Blues Incorporated. Shortly afterward, they formed the Rolling Stones.
In 1985, Wham! performed in Beijing, a groundbreaking moment that made them the first major Western band to appear in communist China. They sang before an audience of 12,000 in the city’s Peoples’ Gymnasium.
And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – actor Russell Crowe was born in New Zealand in 1964 and singer Anne-Marie was born in the UK on this day in 1991 and this is one of her songs.
I’ll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.
