'Examiner' at 180 - 1970-1979: Political scandal and the Troubles dominated the news

US President Richard Nixon and Éamon de Valera at Aras An Uachtarain during a States visit, Dublin, Ireland, circa October 1970. Picture: Independent News and Media/Getty Images

Political scandal was the defining nature of the beginning of the new decade, both at home in Ireland and abroad.

The “Arms Crisis” began when Taoiseach Jack Lynch fired Charles Haughey and Neill Blaney from the cabinet following allegations they were involved in running guns to nationalists in the North.