Arts and Literature
- May - Opening of the Irish Museum of Modern Art at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.
- November - Opening of the Dublin Writers Museum.
- Roddy Doyle's novel The Van, last of The Barrytown Trilogy, is published.
- Anne Enright's short story collection The Portable Virgin is published and wins the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
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