1989 in Ireland - Events

Events

• January 2 - Dundalk, County Louth celebrates its 1200 year heritage.
• February 12 - Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane is shot dead by loyalists,
• March 21 - Three Irish soldiers on United Nations duty are killed in a landmine explosion in southern Lebanon.
• April 3 - Belfast-born Alex Higgins beats Stephen Hendry to win the British Benson and Hedges snooker championship.
• April 4 - The Windmill Lane Consortium says that if it gets the franchise it will be on the air within 9 to 12 months with its station TV3.
• June 16 - Ray McAnally, one of the country's most versatile actors, dies suddenly.
• June 22 - An order is signed creating the University of Limerick, the first university founded since the foundation of the state; later in the day Dublin City University is created.
• June 29 - Charles Haughey resigns as Taoiseach. He remains on in a caretaker capacity.
• August 19 - 10,000 people march from Dublin city centre to the British Embassy calling for British withdrawal from Northern Ireland.
• September 4 - Century Radio goes on the air for the first time.
• October 19 - Three of the Guildford Four are released in London. Paul Hill is immediately re-arrested.
• December 21 - Aer Rianta's 5,000,000th passenger is presented with a holiday to Florida.