Events
- 11 January - John Hume and Gerry Adams have a surprise meeting in Belfast.
- 6 March - The British SAS kills three unarmed members of the IRA in Gibraltar.
- 7 March - It is agreed that a millennium fountain called the Anna Livia Fountain is to be built on O'Connell Street in Dublin.
- 16 March - Milltown Cemetery attack: Three men are killed and 70 are wounded in a gun and grenade attack on mourners in Milltown Cemetery during the funerals of three IRA members.
- 19 March - 5,000 people turn out for an anti-apartheid rally at the GPO in Dublin.
- 22 March - Tributes are paid to Aran Islands-born poet Máirtín Ó Direáin at his funeral in Dublin.
- 16 April - The Irish National Lottery launches its national live draw.
- 15 June - The IRA kills six British soldiers in a bomb attack in Lisburn.
- 19 June - The Royal Canal officially reopens for leisure purpose between Leixlip and Maynooth.
- 10 July - Dublin celebrates its official 1,000th birthday.
- 18 July - Nelson Mandela, the jailed anti-apartheid leader, is awarded the freedom of the City of Dublin.
- 11 August - The Department of Health launches an information booklet as the number of AIDS cases increases dramatically.
- 28 August - Leopardstown Racecourse celebrates its 100th birthday.
- 12 September - Archbishop Thomas Morris resigns as Archbishop of Cashel and is replaced by Dermot Clifford.
- 8 October - A tax amnesty brings in over £500 million.
- 17 October - The IRTC is established to regulate radio and television services outside the RTÉ umbrella.
- 26 October - The case of Norris v. Ireland is decided by the European Court of Human Rights, ruling the existence of laws in the Republic of Ireland criminalising consensual gay sex to be illegal.
- 16 November - Minister for Finance Ray MacSharry is appointed Ireland's new EC Commissioner.
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