1982 in Ireland - Events

Events

  • January 21 - Kildare TD, Charlie McCreevy, is expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party for criticising Charles Haughey.
  • February 1 - Corporal punishment is banned in schools in the Republic.
  • March 12 - The country's first crematorium is officially opened at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.
  • April 6 - James Prior launches 'rolling devolution' for Northern Ireland.
  • April 28 - Work begins on the Cork-Dublin natural gas pipeline.
  • May 2 - The Irish Government affirms its neutrality in the Falklands conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina, and opposes European Economic Community sanctions against Argentina (as does Italy).
  • May 10 - Seamus Mallon of the Social Democratic and Labour Party is appointed to Seanad Éireann.
  • May 24 - 20,000 people across the country march in protest at income tax and PRSI changes.
  • June 16 - RTÉ Radio transmits uninterrupted, unabridged, 30 hour dramatised performance of Joyce's novel, Ulysses.
  • July 20 - The Irish Republican Army kills ten servicemen in bomb attacks in Hyde Park and Regent's Park, London.
  • August 16 - The Attorney General Patrick Connolly resigns after a wanted double-murderer is found staying on his property; the ensuing scandal is later described as being "grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented" by Taoiseach Charles Haughey.
  • September 14 - Ireland mourns the death of Princess Grace of Monaco.
  • October 6 - Taoiseach Charles Haughey emerges with a majority of 58 votes to 22 in an open ballot on Charlie McCreevy's motion of no confidence in his leadership.
  • October 15 - Cork Airport celebrates its 21st birthday. The airport has yet to make a profit.
  • October 20 - Polling takes place in the Assembly elections in Northern Ireland.
  • November 2 - Former leader of the Labour Party, Michael O'Leary, joins the Fine Gael Party.
  • November 4 - The government loses a confidence motion in the Dáil by 82 votes to 80. President Hillery dissolves the Twenty-Third Dáil.
  • December 1 - Dublin's Grafton Street officially opens as a pedestrianised street.
  • December 3 - Patrick Hillery is installed as President of Ireland for a second term.
  • December 6 - Ballykelly disco bombing: The Irish National Liberation Army kills seventeen people in a bomb attack at the Droppin Well Inn, Ballykelly, County Londonderry.
  • Rice Bridge replaces Redmond Bridge in Waterford City.

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