In 1849, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Clarendon, later foreign secretary under four prime ministers, denounced The Tablet as "one of the most offensive and virulent newspapers in Europe".
The Tablet had been annoying British politicians since its launch nine years earlier.
Frederick Lucas wrote in his first editorial: "Ireland is governed with fatal disregard of all the plainest rules of justice and prudence"
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Spotted on a laneway off Fitzwilliam Square. Has anyone called for the name of the laneway to be changed? What about Grafton Street, Westmor...
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