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Wikipedia: The Emergency (Irish: Ré na Práinne) was an official euphemism used by the Irish Government during the 1940s to refer to its position during World War II. The state was officially neutral during World War II, but declared an official state of emergency on 2 September 1939, and enacted the Emergency Powers Act the following day. This gave sweeping new powers to the government for the duration of the Emergency, such as internment, censorship of the press and correspondence, and the government control of the economy.
![[A memorial erected in Dublin in 1991 to members of the Irish mercantile marine lost during The Emergency]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WW2_merchant_seamen_memorial_s.jpg "A memorial erected in Dublin in 1991 to members of the Irish mercantile marine lost during The Emergency")
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