1996 in Ireland - Events

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 Football Association of Ireland appoint Mick McCarthy as the Republic of Ireland national football teams manager.
  • February 9 - A large Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes in the London Docklands area, near Canary Wharf, injuring around forty, and marking the end of a 17-month IRA ceasefire.
  • March 11 - The Hepatitis Tribunal opens in Dublin.
  • June 6 - President Mary Robinson meets Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London.
  • June 7 - Detective Garda Jerry McCabe is shot dead by the IRA in Adare, County Limerick.
  • June 17 - Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland signed into law, repealing the absolute constitutional prohibition of divorce under terms of the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1995.
  • June 26 - Crime reporter Veronica Guerin is shot in her car in Dublin.
  • September 25 - Last Magdalene asylum in the Republic closed.
  • 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 argument over preparations for a single European currency.

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