Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 31ú lá de mí Iúil, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh.

I 1992 dhíbir 3 duine ón Bhreatain a raibh sna Cluichí Oilimpeacha de bharr gur theip siad an tástáil drugaí.

I 1999 tháinig Telecom amach ag rá go raibh siad chun a ainm a athrú go dtí Eircom agus go mbeadh an costas 6.5 milliún punt.

I 2006 lá iontach don Aonach Urmhumhan mar gur tháinig sé amach go bhfuair siad 3 milliúin euro chun ionad cuairteoirí a dhéanamh suas sa Chaisleán sa bhaile. Nuacht iontach a bhí ann de bharr go raibh a lán plean ann chun an Caisleán agus na bhfearann a dhéanamh suas.

I 2012 bhí comhairle baile Teampall Mór ar barr an liosta chun deireadh a chur leo de réir an chathaoirleach Martin Grey. Bhí moladh ann chun deireadh a chur le 25 comhairle baile I gcruinniú comh-aireachta.

Sin Ronan Keating le When You Say Nothing At All – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 1999.

Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1969 thosaigh Elvis Presley a dturas cheol san Óstán Idirnáisiúnta Las Vegas agus chan sé ann ar feadh ceithre sheachtain. Bhí sé a chéad seó beo ó 1961.

I 1999 fuair Christina Aguilera a chéad uimhir a haon I Meiriceá lena hamhrán Genie In A Bottle. Shroich sí uimhir a haon sa Bhreatain chomh maith. D'fhan sí ag barr na cairteacha I Meiriceá ar feadh cúig sheachtain agus bhuaigh sí Grammy an bhliain sin chomh maith.

Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh J.K. Rowling sa Bhreatian I 1965 agus rugadh amhránaí Fatboy Slim sa Bhreatain ar an lá seo I 1963 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 31st of July, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh

1992: 3 British Olympic competitors have been expelled from the games after failing drug tests.

1999: Telecom announced that its rebranding name change to Eircom will cost them £6.5m.

2006 - A great day for Nenagh with the announcement that €3m is to be spent on a visitors’ centre for Nenagh Castle. A milestone in the long-running Castle saga sees plans for a major overhaul of the Castle and its grounds finally coming to fruition for those behind the Castle Project. 

2012 - TEMPLEMORE town council was strongly suspected to be "top of the list" of those to be abolished, according to Chairman of Templemore Traders Association Mr. Martin Grey. Proposals to abolish twenty-five of the country's eighty town councils were brought up in the end-of-term Cabinet meeting. 

That was Ronan Keating with When You Say Nothing At All – the biggest song on this day in 1999

Onto music news on this day In 1969 Elvis Presley kicked off a four week run at the Las Vegas International Hotel, (his first live show since 1961).

1999 Christina Aguilera scored her first US No.1 single with 'Genie In A Bottle', also No.1 in the UK. The song spent 5 weeks at No.1 on the US chart and won Aguilera the Best New Artist Grammy for the year.

And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – writer J.K. Rowling was born in the UK in 1965 and DJ Fatboy Slim was born in the UK on this day in 1963 and this is one of his songs.

I'll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 30ú lá de mí Iúil, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh.

I 1982 dúradh leis an cheardchumann CIE go raibh siad chun pinsean níos fearr a bheith acu ag dul ar aghaidh.

I 1985 bhí an buiséad a tháinig an rialtas amach leis go dona agus de bharr sin chaill 20 mhíle duine a bpost.

I 1999 má raibh tú ag dul chuig an phictiúrlann bhí tú ag piocadh idir Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, 10 Things I Hate About You agus Notting Hill.

I 2012 bhí Durlas chun ionad cúram nua a fháil nuair a tháinig an rialtas amach le pacáiste. Ní raibh a fhios ag daoine an raibh sé chun a bheith tógtha ar shuíomh nó an raibh sé chun a bheith san ospidéal phobal.

Sin Yazz & The Plastic Population le The Only Way Is Up – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 1988.

Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 2003 chan The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, The Guess Who, Justin Timberlake, The Flaming Lips, Sass Jordan agus The Isley Brothers cheolchoirm charthanachta I Toronto chun cruthú go raibh an chathair sábháilte ó SARS.

I 2006 tháinig Shakira amach lena amhrán Hips Don't Lie agus shroich sí uimhir a haon sa Bhreatain agus d'fhan sí ann ar feadh ceithre sheachtain.

Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh Finneas O'Connell I Meiriceá I 1997 agus rugadh aisteoir Lisa Kudrow I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1963 agus seo chuid de na rudaí a rinne sí.

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 30th of July, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh

1982: CIE Unions were told that they woudl recieve better pensions

1985: Bad government budgeting led to the loss of 20,000 jobs

1999 – Heading to the cinema would have meant picking from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, 10 Things I Hate about You and Nothing Hill. 

2012 - THURLES was to get a state-of-the-art primary care centre under a stimulus package announced by the Government. It wasn't known if the centre would be built on a greenfield site or whether it could be housed in the Community Hospital. 

That was Yazz and The Plastic Population with The Only Way Is Up – the biggest song on this day in 1988

Onto music news on this day In 2003 The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, The Guess Who, Justin Timberlake, The Flaming Lips, Sass Jordan and The Isley Brothers played a benefit concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to prove that the city is safe from SARS.

2006 Shakira feat Wyclef Jean started a four week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Hips Don't Lie.’

And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – Music Producer Finneas O'Connell was born in America in 1997 and actress Lisa Kudrow was born in America on this day in 1963 and this is some of the stuff she has done.

I'll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 29ú lá de mí Iúil, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh.

I 1976 tháinig an nuacht amach go raibh an príosún I bPortlaoise ag gearradh siar ar daoine ag teacht chuig an áit.

I 1988 rinne nach mór 10 míle duine iarratas ó 3 ilchríoch don phost a bhí 50 punt gach seachtain agus iad ag traenáil mar gharda.

I 2003 fuair daoine muisiriún mór ar feirm timpeall Béal Átha Gabhann. Tháinig sé amach go raibh sé 9 n-orlach agus tháinig Tommy Dooley abhaile leis agus fuair sé é air fheirm a sheanathair. Cheap daoine go raibh sé an muisiriún is mó a fuair duine riamh – ach ní raibh siad ábalta é a thástáil mar ith duine é.

I 2012 bhí Baile na gCailleach mar óstach den Fhéile Cut Loose a bhí lán de ghéine, buataisí agus bandána agus bhí a lán ceol tíre ann I gcomparáid leis an Novena chuig Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

Sin Elton John agus Kiki Dee le Don't Go Breaking My Heart – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 1976.

Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1968 rinne The Beatles taifead ar a amhrán Hey Jude a raibh seacht nóiméad don chéad uair.

I 1973 chan Led Zeppelin don tríú huair I Madison Square Garden ag deireadh den turas ceol a raibh 33 dáta.

Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh Joey Essex sa Bhreatain I 1990 agus rugadh aisteoir Will Wheaton I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1972 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 July, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh

1976: Portlaoise jail introduced cutback on jail visits.

1988: Almost 10,000 people from 3 continents applied for the £50 a-week garda training jobs.

2012 - Holycross, normally more renowned for hosting the annual Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help in September, but it boasted a pilgrimage of a different kind when disciples of country and western music would don their Stetsons and jeans, boots and bandanas for the Cut Loose Festival. 

 2003- A giant mushroom found on a farm near Silvermines this week has caused a bit of a stir. The mushroom, which measured a massive 9 inches across, was brought home by four-year-old Tommy Dooley who found it on his grandfather's farm at Kilboy. Could it have been a record for a mushroom? Hard to know as the evidence was eaten. 

That was Elton John and Kiki Dee with Don't Go Breaking My Heart – the biggest song on this day in 1976

Onto music news on this day In 1968 The first recording session of The Beatles seven-minute epic ‘Hey Jude’ took place.

1973 Led Zeppelin played the last of three nights at Madison Square Garden, New York at the end of a 33-date North American tour.

And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – Joey Essex with born in the UK in 1990 and actor Will Wheaton was born in America on this day in 1972 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.

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 28ú lá de mí Iúil, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh.

I 1984 tháinig an rialtas amach le plean chun treoirlíne a thabhairt isteach ionas go mbeadh na fórsaí slándála a bheith ábalta gach rud a fheiceáil ar ghuthán.

I 1990 bhí na tiománaí bus ag bagrach stailc I nGaillimh, agus dá mbeidís chun é a dhéanamh bheadh tionchar ar 10 míle paisinéirí.

I 2011 bhí moladh conspóideach ann agus de bharr sin bhí dhá shuí cúirte chun a bheith aistrithe chuig teach cúirte níos mó san Aonach Urmhumhan. Dhún siad na tí cúirte I Ros Cré agus Buiríos Uí Chéin agus ní raibh na daoine sásta faoi.

I 2012 bhí cinnteacht ó Alan Shatter chuig an Choláiste Garda I dTeampall Mór ag an pharáid. Roimhe sin tháinig an nuacht amach go raibh na daoine a raibh ag baineadh amach céime na daoine deireanach chun a bheith ann agus ní raibh a fhios ag daoine an mbeadh todhchaí ag an choláiste.

Sin Irene Cara le Fame – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 1982.

Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1964 chuaigh The Beatles chuig an tSualainn don dara huair agus chan siad ag dhá cheolchoirm I Stócólm. I rith an chéad cheolchoirm fuair Paul McCartney agus John Lennon turraing leictreach ó mhicreafón.

I 1987 tháinig Kylie Minogue amach le hamhrán a scríobh Gerry Goffin agus Carole King. Tháinig sí amach leis an amhrán The Loco-Motion san Astráil mar a chéad amhrán.

Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh Harry Kane sa Bhreatain I 1993 agus rugadh amhránaí Soulja Boy I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1990 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 28th of July, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh

1990: A threatened strike by bus drivers in Galway, which would have effected 10,000 passengers was deffered.

1984: The goverment planned to introduce legal guidelines on telephone tapping by security forces.

2011 - Under the highly controversial proposals, the two local court sittings were to be transferred to the larger courthouse in Nenagh. The decision by the Court Service to close the courthouses in Roscrea and Borrisokane was  met with angry reaction. 

2012 -Templemore's Garda Training College was given a much-needed boost of confidence following assurances by Justice Minister Alan Shatter at a passing out parade of new Garda Reserve Recruits. It was reported to be the final group of 126 student Gardai who graduated from the Garda College, there were fears for the future of the Garda College and its impact on Templemore. 

That was Irene Cara with Fame – the biggest song on this day in 1982

Onto music news on this day In 1964 On their second visit to Sweden, The Beatles played two shows at an ice hockey arena, the Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm. During the first show, both Paul McCartney and John Lennon received mild electrical shocks from ungrounded microphones.

1987 Kylie Minogue released a cover version of the Gerry Goffin and Carole King penned song 'The Loco-Motion' in Australia, as her debut single.

And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – Footballer Harry Kane was born in the UK in 1993 and rapper Soulja Boy was born in America on this day in 1990 and this is one of his songs.

I'll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.

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