Notes for the basketballers! St. Johns

The Free State Government

Once the Civil war was over the pro Treaty party Cumann na Ngaedheal(Society of the Gaels) took over the running of the country.

W.T. Cosgrave became the leader of this new Free State Government.
There was a constitution for the Free State(laws of the country) which laid out the laws of the country.

¡It said that there was 2 houses in the parliament: the Dáil and the Seanad.

¡All members had to take an oath of allegiance.

The new State had a lot of problems with law and order. They needed to make sure the laws were being obeyed. Kevin O’Higgins the Minister for Home Affairs set up a new unarmed police force the Garda Síochána(Guardians of the peace).

¡The court system was reorganised. Local courts were established.

¡Public Safety Acts were introduced to deal with the I.R.A. These gave the Guards more ways to deal with them.