Events from the year 1945 in Ireland. Incumbents President: Douglas Hyde (until 24 June 1945) Seán T. O'Kelly (from 25 June 1945) Taoiseach: Éamon de Valera (FF) Tánaiste: Seán T. O'Kelly (FF) (until 14 June 1945) Seán Lemass (FF) (from 14 June 1945) Minister for Finance: Seán T. O'Kelly (FF) (until 14 June 1945) Frank Aiken (FF) (from 19 June 1945) Chief Justice: Timothy Sullivan Dáil: 12th Seanad: 5th Events 1 January – most public transport came under the control of Córas Iompair Éireann. 12 January – the people of Ireland donated £1,000,000 to the starving people of Italy. 13 April – Dáil Éireann sat for 20 minutes to express sympathy and pay tribute to US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who died the previous day. The House was then adjourned. 27 April – the Fine Gael party nominated Seán Mac Eoin as their presidential election candidate in opposition to the Minister for Finance Seán T. O'Kelly. 2 May In one of the most controversial episodes of his premiership, Taoiseach Éamon de Valera called to the German Ambassador to express his sympathy following the death of Adolf Hitler. In the last Irish shipping loss due to World War II, motor fishing trawler Naom Garvan caught a naval mine in her trawl off Helvick Head, Dungarvan; all three crew were lost. 7 May – reports of a German surrender brought students of Trinity College Dublin onto the roof of the university singing the English and French national anthems. A riot ensued following the burning of the Irish tricolour. 11 May – Government censorship of the media was lifted. 16 May – Éamon de Valera replied in a radio broadcast to Winston Churchill's criticism of Irish neutrality. 18 May – Éamon de Valera announced £12 million food and clothing aid programmed for Europe. 22 May – Irish Legal Terms Act signed into law. 25 June – Seán T. O'Kelly was inaugurated as the second President of Ireland. July – Rannóg an Aistriúcháin, the Oireachtas translation service, published Litriú na Gaeilge: Lámhleabhar an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil ("Irish orthography: a handbook of the official standard"). 24 July – John F. Kennedy visited Dublin as a journalist and met the Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera. He filed a story for the New York Journal-American on 29 July entitled, "Eamon de Valera Seeks to Unite All Ireland: Eire Premier Answers Dillon on Constitutional Rights". 21 August – two nationalist