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With the Republican members conspicuous by their absence (they refused to take an oath of allegiance to George V and therefore cannot sit), the new Dail Eireann (Irish Chamber of Deputies) met for the first time...
Owing to the complexities of proportionate representation, final results of the Irish election of a new Dail Eireann were considerably delayed...
...rebel chief had been arrested the Free State Government issued a statement showing the extent of de Valera's guilt in events since the Free State was set up (Jan., 1922). Chief among the accusations : he refused to abide by results of a general election; suggested proclaiming the Dail Eireann an illegal assembly; stated that members of the Government were rebels against Sinn Fein; was concerned in the assassination of Deputy Sean Hales and in the attempted assassination of Deputy Speaker O'Maelle; was responsible for military action undertaken by Sinn Fein; also responsible for wholesale destruction, execution, burning...
There were nominated at Dublin, capital of the Irish Free State, some 400 candidates for 153 seats in the Dail Eireann or Irish Chamber of Deputies. All parties put up scores of candidates and in spite of the ?150 deposit required there were no withdrawals...
...valedictory speech to the Dail Eireann, President William T. Cosgrave pointed out that the Lower House had passed 43 acts. He thanked the Deputies for the unfailing courtesy and cooperation which they had given to the Government. The greatest work of the first Oir eachtas was the adoption of the Free State Constitution...