Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 18ú lá de mí Lúnasa, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh.
I 1989 chuireadh 12 British Airways eitilt ó Éirinn chuig an Bhreatain de bharr gur chuaigh 60% de a fhoireann chábáin ar stailc.
I 2000 bhí an rialtas fórsáilte chun an t-áras I gCiarraí leis an chostas de 1.5 milliún punt a úsáid mar rud turasóireacht. Thóg siad an t-áras ó mhangaire drugaí.
I 2007 dhiúltaigh pleanáil do chomhairle chontae Tiobraid Árann do stáisiún cumhachta i Faiche Ró. Dúirt an chomhairle an fáth ar dhiúltaigh siad é ná go raibh sé romhór, bhí sé an costasach agus an iompair de na rudaí.
I 2013 bhí an luas den bhanda leathan san Aonach Urmhumhan chun méadú ó 8MB chuig 70MB gach soicind. Dúradh go raibh an luas chun méadú chuig 100MB i dhá bhliain. Bhí Eircom ag obair ar scéim de 500 milliúin euro agus go raibh an tAonach Urmhumhan an tosaíocht.
Sin Mel C le I Turn To You – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 2000.
Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1982 tháinig sé amach gur ainmnigh Learpholl ceithre shráid tar éis The Beatles. John Lennon Drive, Paul McCartney Way, George Harrison Close agus Ringo Starr Drive.
I 1992 shaolaigh Courtney Love iníon darbh ainm Frances Bean Cobain agus de bharr sin bhí Kurt Cobain mar athair anois.
Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh aisteoir Edward Norton I Meiriceá I 1969 agus rugadh aisteoir Patrick Swayze I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1952 agus seo chuid de na rudaí a rinne sé.
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 18th of August, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh
1989: 12 British Airways flights from Ireland to ENgland were cancelled after 60percent of their cabin crew went on strike.
2000: The government was being pressed to use the £1.5 million Kerry mansion seized from a notorious Dutch Drug Dealer as a tourist resource.
2007 - SOUTH Tipperary County Council was refused planning permission for a proposed energy plant near the village of Rosegreen. The Council cited the rural location, the size of the project, the quantity of raw materials proposed, and transport problems as reasons for its decision.
2013 – Broadband speeds in Nenagh are set to increase from around 8MB to up to 70MB per second by the end of this month. Speeds should further increase to around 100MB over the next two years. Eircom is working on a national €500 million broadband scheme, in which Nenagh has been prioritised.
That was Mel C with I Turn To You – the biggest song on this day in 2000
Onto music news on this day In 1982 The City of Liverpool named four Streets after the fab four: John Lennon Drive, Paul McCartney Way, George Harrison Close and Ringo Starr Drive.
1992 Kurt Cobain became a father when his wife Courtney Love gave birth to a daughter, Frances Bean Cobain.
And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – actor Edward Norton was born in America in 1969 and actor Patrick Swayze was born in America on this day in 1952 and this is some of the stuff he has done.
I'll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.
