Abstract
Chapter 2 analyses the evolution of events in Ireland in the immediate post-war period, 1919–20. It considers the hierarchy of the British government’s agenda following the Armistice and the growth of the republican movement under Sinn Féin. During this period, the press and British government reconsidered the Irish question in the context of the Irish War of Independence (or Anglo-Irish War), which involved a guerrilla war between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and British Crown security forces. Here, concerns of global opinion were recognised as violence and the fear of more violence took precedence in press coverage. At this time, some within the press suggested a federal status solution along with calls for a dominion-type solution as the fourth Home Rule Bill made its way through Parliament.
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