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.
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