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Events
- January 24 - The international body proposes six principles of democracy and non-violence ('the Mitchell principles') as conditions for entry to all-party talks in Northern Ireland.
- February 5 - The FAI appoint Mick McCarthy as the Republic of Ireland national football teams manager.
- February 9 - The IRA ends its ceasefire by exploding a huge bomb at Canary Wharf in London.
- March 11 - The Hepatitis Tribunal opens in Dublin.
- May 18 - Ireland wins the Eurovision Song Contest for the seventh time with the song The Voice.
- June 6 - President Mary Robinson meets Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London.
- June 7 - Detective Garda Jerry McCabe is shot dead by the IRA in Adare, County Limerick.
- June 26 - Crime reporter Veronica Guerin is shot in her car in Dublin.
- October 31 - Ireland's first Irish language television station, Teilifís na Gaeilge (TnaG) launched.
- November 6 - Michael Collins film is shown in Cork and Dublin.
- November 25 - Michael O'Hehir, broadcaster and sports commentator, dies aged 76.
- November 29 - It is revealed that Dunnes Stores paid £208,000 for an extension to Minister Michael Lowry's house.
- December 13 - On the opening day of a Dublin summit, EU leaders achieve a breakthrough in the row over preparations for a single European currency.
Arts and literature
- Seamus Deane's Reading in the Dark is published.
Sport
Gaelic football
- Meath GAA beat Mayo in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, after a replay, to win their first title since 1988.
Golf
- Murphy's Irish Open is won by Colin Montgomerie (Scotland).
Hurling
Wexford GAA beat Limerick GAA in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final. It is their first senior All-Ireland since 1968.
Olympics
- Swimmer Michelle Smith wins three gold medals and one bronze in the Atlanta Olympics.
Soccer
- St Patrick's Athletic won the Football League of Ireland
- Shelbourne won the FAI Cup
Births
Deaths
January to June
- 8 January - Joyce McCartan, community activist.
- 12 February - James Camlin Beckett, historian.
- 18 February - Cathal Ó Sándair, writer (b.1922).
- 9 March - Ollie Walsh, Kilkenny hurler (b.1937).
- 5 April - Gerard L'Estange, member of the Seanad, Fine Gael TD.
- 22 April - Molly Keane, novelist and playwright (b.1904).
- 24 April - Tomás de Bhaldraithe, Irish language scholar and lexicographer (b.1916).
- 9 June - Patrick Flynn, Liberal Party of Canada MP (b.1921).
- 10 June - Peter Raftery, diplomat.
- 26 June - Veronica Guerin, journalist, murdered by drug dealers (b.1958).
July to December
- 9 July - Christopher Casson, actor.
- 16 July - Joe Dunn, Roman Catholic priest and broadcaster.
- 6 August - Havelock Nelson, composer and pianist (b.1917).
- 18 August - Charles Mitchel, actor and television newsreader, read the first Telefís Éireann news bulletin in 1961 (b.1920).
- 25 August - Erskine B. Childers, diplomat, son of President Childers.
- August - Kathleen Mills, camogie player (b.1923).
- 11 November - Liam Naughten, Fine Gael politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1995 until his death. (b.1944).
- 24 November - Michael O'Hehir, sports commentator and journalist (b.1920).
Full date unknown
- Sean 'ac Donncha, traditional singer (b.1919).
- Erskine Childers, writer and broadcaster (b.1929).
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