5  `."System- "Systemgl\ye-"System--@Times New Roman--- #2 q`cLocal Government       2 qc  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- }2 `LcDublin Castle withdraws all aid to local authorities who had recognised the                     2 `cDil.    2 c  --- %2 `cMore Information        2 c  --- q2 `DcUp until this point, many local authorities (County Councils, Urban                2 } cDistrict   2 `NcCouncils, Rural District Councils and the Poor Law Unions) had passed motions                w2 *`Hcof allegiance to the Dil but continued to correspond with (and thereby                    q2 ?`Dcrecognise) the Local Government Board (LGB) in the Customs House.                   2 ?c   52 \`cThis loss of the grants from         2 \1c  Y2 \44cthe LGB gives rise to severe financial hardship for                 U2 q`1clocal authorities as their grants amounted to one               2 qc- :2 qcfifth of the annual revenue of          C2 `%cthe councils (with approximately four          2 c- D2 &cfifths coming from rates). In another           P2 `.cattempt by Dublin Castle to undermine Sinn Fi             ;2  cn control of local authorities,          y2 `Icunder the provisions of the Malicious Injuries Act, damage to people and                   2 `Qcproperty was charged to local rates (paid for by local property owners). As the                         t2 `Fcdamage done by the IRA, the British Army and the RIC mounted, so did t                    2 che   a2 `9cnumber of claims and, with it, pressure on local rates.              2 c   t2 `FcMcCluskey indicates that some local authorities in Tyrone, even after                     z2 #`Jcrecognising the Dil, continued to work with the LBG and, more generally,                      X2 9`3cadherence to the boycott of the LBG was quite often               2 9c  42 9cobserved in the breach.           2 9c   z2 U`JcSee Chapter 2 of Hughes (2016) for an extended discussion of this issue.                   2 Uc  @"Calibri--------- 2 u`cSee Dec   2 uc- 2 uc21   2 uc- 2 uc20/5.  ---  2 uc  ---  2 `c  --- c2 `cBack    2 c @Times New Roman---c- @ !*`- "Arial--ccbbaa