Events in the year 1970 in Ireland. Incumbents President: Éamon de Valera Taoiseach: Jack Lynch (FF) Tánaiste: Erskine H. Childers (FF) Minister for Finance: Charles Haughey (FF) (until 7 May 1970) George Colley (FF) (from 9 May 1970) Chief Justice: Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh Dáil: 19th Seanad: 12th Events 10 January – Huge anti-apartheid demonstrations took place as Ireland played South Africa in rugby union. 10 January – President Éamon de Valera and his wife Sinéad celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. 11 January – The Sinn Féin party split into Provisional and Official wings over a disagreement on abstentionism. February – A rock from the surface of the moon brought to earth by the crew of the Apollo 11 mission was displayed to the public at the United States embassy in Ballsbridge. 29 March – Irish language pirate radio station Saor Raidió Chonamara began broadcasting. 3 April – Garda (policeman) Richard Fallon was murdered on duty in Dublin, the first policeman killed in the Republic of Ireland during The Troubles. 16 April – Ian Paisley won a by-election to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland. 21 April – The Alliance Party was founded in Northern Ireland. 22 April – Taoiseach Jack Lynch presented a budget in the absence of the Minister for Finance, Charles Haughey, who was injured, supposedly in a riding accident. 4 May – The Minister for Justice, Mícheál Ó Móráin, resigned from the government citing ill-health. The Taoiseach stated in the Dáil (parliament) on 7 May, "I wish to state that Deputy Ó Moráin's condition is not unassociated with the shock he suffered as a result of the killing of Garda Fallon". 6 May – Arms Crisis: The Minister for Finance, Charles Haughey, and the Minister for Agriculture, Neil Blaney, were asked to resign by the Taoiseach. He accused them of an attempted illegal importation of arms for use by the Provisional IRA. Kevin Boland, the Minister for Local Government, resigned in sympathy with them. 27 May – Captain James Kelly, Albert Luykx, and John Kelly were arrested and charged with conspiracy to import arms. 28 May – Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney appeared in the Bridewell Court in Dublin charged, along with Albert Luykx and Captain James Kelly, with conspiracy to import arms. 31 May – The racehorse Arkle was put down at the home of his owner, Anne, Duchess of Westminster. 4 June – Kevin