Arts and Literature
- February 11 - The television drama series Ballykissangel, made by BBC Northern Ireland and set in a rural Irish community, first airs.
- May 18 - Ireland wins the Eurovision Song Contest for the seventh time with The Voice, sung by Eimear Quinn and composed by Brendan Graham.
- October 31 - Ireland's first Irish language television station, Teilifís na Gaeilge (TnaG), is launched.
- November 6 - The film Michael Collins is shown in Cork and Dublin.
- The following novels are published:
- Maeve Binchy's Evening Class.
- Seamus Deane's Reading in the Dark.
- Colm Tóibín's The Story of the Night.
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