Events from the year 1953 in Ireland.
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See also: | 1953 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1953 List of years in Ireland |
A combination of his gradually deepening alcoholism and his habit of making derogatory remarks about senior politicians in his newspaper columns led to his forced retirement from the civil service in 1953. (He departed, recalled a colleague, "in a final fanfare of f***s".)