Rationing 1947). Tea was still on ration until 1952. In 1953 rationing of sugar and eggs ended, and in 1954, all rationing finally ended when cheese and meats came off ration. Sugar was again rationed in 1974 after Caribbean producers began selling to the more lucrative United States market. Many centralized planned economies introduced a peacetime rationing system due to food shortages in the postwar period. North Korea and China did so in the 1970s and 1980s, Communist Romania during the 1980s, the Soviet Union in 1990–1991, and from 1962-present in Cuba. A good example of this system was Poland. In
Members of the 26th Dáil Members of the 26th Dáil This is a list of members who were elected to the 26th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These TDs (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 1989 general election on 15 June 1989 and met on 29 June 1989. The 26th Dáil was dissolved by President Mary Robinson, at the request of the Taoiseach Albert Reynolds on 5 November 1992. The 26th Dáil lasted 1,259 days, and saw a change of Taoiseach from Charles Haughey to Albert Reynolds. There were no by-elections during the 26th Dáil. Government coalition parties