In December 1919, during the Irish War of Independence, a group of twenty IRA men destroyed the printing works of the paper, angered at its criticism of the Irish Republican Army's attacks on members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and British government officials.
En decembro de 1919, durante a guerra de independencia irlandesa, un grupo de vinte membros do Irish Republican Army, destruíron as imprentas do diario, enfadados polas críticas recibidas tralos ataques aos membros da policía metropolitana de Dublín e os oficiais do goberno británicos.