Arts and Literature
- 28 February – Actor and comedian Dermot Morgan dies suddenly in London.
- 24 December – Gay Byrne broadcasts his final radio show, from St Stephen's Green.
- John Montague becomes the first occupant of the Ireland Chair of Poetry.
- Garry Hynes becomes the first woman to win a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (The Beauty Queen of Leenane) on Broadway.
- Maeve Binchy's novel Tara Road is published.
- Brendan Graham's Great Famine novel The Whitest Flower is published.
- Patrick McCabe's novel The Butcher Boy is published.
- Terence Dolan's A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English is published.
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