Ar An Lá Seo - 21-08-2025

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 21ú lá de mí Lúnasa, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 1981 bhí buachaill an-socair agus é ina gcoladh sa chúl den charr nuair a bhí dhá dhuine á ghoid an carr taobh amuigh de a thí. I 1992 bhí dochtúirí a raibh ag obair sa phríosún ag iarradh ardú pá de 40% ón Roinn Dlí agus Cirt dá obair páirtaimseartha. I 1971 an téama den Scoil Samhradh Merriman a d'oscail I gCill Chaoi ná na Lochlannaigh agus Éire. I 1992 bhí na Gardaí ag coimeád a súil ar dhaoine ón chontae a raibh ag dul suas chuig Páirc an Chrócaigh de bharr go raibh rabhadh coireacht ann. Sin Diana Ross le I'm Still Waiting – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 1971. Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1976 chan The Rolling Stones, 10CC, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Toss Rundgren's Utopia agus Hot Tuma ag an Knebworth Festival sa Bhreatain agus bhí na ticéid níos lú ná 5 punt. I 1997 tháinig Oasis amach lena tríú h-albam Be Here Now agus ag an am bhí sé an t-albam a dhíol is tapúla riamh le níos mó ná 350 míle ar an chéad lá. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh aisteoir Loretta Devine I Meiriceá I 1948 agus rugadh amhránaí Kelis I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1979 agus seo chuid de amhrán. Beidh mé ar ais libh amárach le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo. Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 21st of August, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh 1981: A schoolboy kept very calm as 2 car thieves stole his father's car from outside the family home as he was fast asleep in the back seat. 1992: Prison doctors were demanding a 40 percent pay rise from the department of Justice for part-time work. 1971: The theme of the 1971 Merriman Summer School which opened in Kilkee was "The Vikings and Ireland" 1992: Gardaí were on alert after a crime warning was issued as Clare fans headed to Croke Park. That was Diana Ross with I'm Still Waiting – the biggest song on this day in 1971 Onto music news on this day In 1976 The Rolling Stones, 10CC, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Todd Rundgren's Utopia and Hot Tuna all appeared at The Knebworth Festival, Hertfordshire, England, tickets £4.50. 1997 Oasis' third album 'Be Here Now', became one of the fastest selling albums ever, shifting over 350,000 units on the first day of release. And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – actress Loretta Devine was born in America in 1949 and singer Kelis was born in America on this day in 1979 and this is one of her songs. I'll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.