Documentary on One

2.00pm RTÉ Radio 1

This afternoon’s edition looks at a story that is stranger than ction – that of Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, James Everett, who in November 1950 made a decision that rippled across the nation, divided opinion and shook the government to its very core.

We hear about the so-called Battle of Baltinglass, which broke out after Everett’s decision to appoint a new sub-postmaster in the area.

The story that followed involved anarchy, bitterness and a divide in the community, a tale that nally gets told by those who lived it.