Literature
- Colm Tóibín is awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Award for his novel The Master.
- John Banville wins the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sea.
- Academy for Entrepreneurship on Citiwest Business Campus, Dublin, designed by De Blacam & Meagher.
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