Deputy political editor, Elaine Loughlin, continues her weekly trawl through the archives and highlights some of the major political events which were making the headlines this week in years gone by. 1944June 1:1968June 5: Senator Bobby Kennedy was assassinated. 1972June 5: The country was left without any news as RTÉ reporters went on strike. 2009June 5: Fine Gael became the largest party in local government with the Green Party losing 15 councillors in the 2009 elections. 2019June 1:* 'On The Plinth' coverage continues each week in Tuesday's Irish Examiner (in print and online).

Source: Irish Examiner May 31, 2021 15:26 UTC