Events
- 8 January - The Council of State meets for the first time when President Douglas Hyde tests the constitutionality of the Offences Against the State Bill.
- 15 January - Gas rationing ends in Dublin for the first time since 1942.
- 15 February - At the Mansion House, Dublin, a plan is drawn up which will see John A. Costello elected Taoiseach.
- 18 February - Despite having been returnned as leader of the largest party in the general election Éamon de Valera is voted out of office as Taoiseach by Dáil Éireann, the Irish parliament, after 16 years and John A. Costello is elected to succeed him as the country's second prime minister.
- 25 February - The Minister for Health, Noel Browne, announces his emergency drive against tuberculosis.
- 27 February - The government asks Aerlínte Éireann to postpone its inaugural transatlantic service due to high costs.
- 7 March - The Minister for External Affairs, Seán MacBride, recommends an economic or customs union between the two parts of Ireland.
- 11 March - A fire at Shannon Airport destroys the control tower.
- 16 March - Seán MacBride represents Ireland at the Marshall Aid conference in Paris.
- 4 April - Captain E. G. Hitzen hands over a flag surrendered during the 1916 Easter Rising. He also discusses his capture of Éamon de Valera.
- 18 June - A 36-foot shark is spotted off the coast of County Donegal.
- 7 September - In Ottawa Taoiseach John A. Costello announces the government intends to repeal the 1936 External Relations Act, thus severing the last constitutional link with Britain.
- 13 September - 500 people attend a commemoration of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 on the hills overlooking Belfast.
- 17 September - The body of W. B. Yeats is re-buried at Drumcliffe, County Sligo, "Under bare Ben Bulben's head".
- 22 September - Taoiseach John A. Costello is presented with an honorary doctorate of law from the Jesuit Fordham University, New York.
- 17 October - At the request of the British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, the Minister for Finance (Ireland), Seán MacBride, and the Minister for External Affairs, Patrick McGilligan, meet representatives from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to discuss the repeal of the External Relations Act.
- 17 November - The Republic of Ireland Act 1948, which involves the repeal of the External Relations Act, is introduced in Dáil Éireann.
- 21 November - Tánaiste William Norton and the Lord Mayor of Dublin refuse to share a platform with Fianna Fáil deputy Seán MacEntee following controversial remarks he made about partition.
- 25 November - The Republic of Ireland Bill is passed in Dáil Éireann.
- 21 December - President Seán T. O'Kelly signs the Republic of Ireland Bill at a ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin. Taoiseach John A. Costello and members of his government are also present.
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