`[CORK EXPLOSION — GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS ATTACK LINKED TO BRITISH ULTIMATUM]`
That was the banner by six o'clock.
The first twenty-four hours were over. The King had done what he said he would do.
Ireland had one day left.
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The last day passed quickly.
The emergency services worked in Cork through the night. The investigators added a third scene to the first two. Security agencies chased every lead they had and some they didn't, because none of them were sure anymore which was which.
The government met again, and again. The Defence Forces moved things quietly in the dark that the news was asked not to film. The Department of Foreign Affairs was on the phone to every capital it could reach.
