18th April, 1941

An action like this does more for Irish Unity than any words of politicians...

Moya Woodside

Belfast Blitz writer & birth control campaigner

One encouraging piece of news is that in spite of, enmity between North and South and the almost total lack of petrol in Eire, fire brigades come up from Drogheda, Dundalk and even from Cork to help in putting out the blaze.

An action like this does more for Irish Unity than any words of politicians. I hear that the brigades were widely cheered in towns and villages in Ulster as they passed through going back. Their arrival too, of a large detachment of AFS from Glasgow complete with equipment makes us conscious of a comforting solidarity with Britain.