Weatherday: 'We had red carpets laid for us'
The wild wind of last night has died to a moderate westerly breeze.
Cloudy but dry today with some sun breaks. Highest temperature 7deg.
On this day in 1922, Michael Collins formally took possession of Dublin Castle from the Viceroy of Ireland, on behalf of the new Provisional Government of Ireland.
Headline: A comment in Michael Collins's recollection of the event.
