1995 in Ireland

Events

*January 27 - An Taoiseach, John Bruton, and Gerry Adams hold their first formal discussions.
*February 2 - President Mary Robinson addresses a joint session of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
*February 15 - English soccer hooligans riot at Lansdowne Road during a friendly between the Republic of Ireland and England. The match is abandoned. Ireland were 1-0 up. There was over 70 injuries, most of them were English. The English fans were escorted out of Dublin by members of the Irish Army.
*February 22 - The British Prime Minister, John Major, and the Irish Taoiseach, John Bruton, launch the framework document regarding Northern Ireland.
*March 7 - Sir Patrick Mayhew, Northern Ireland Secretary, sets out the conditions for Sinn Féin to join all-party talks, including 'the actual decommissioning of some arms.'
*March 19 - Dublin boxer Stephen Collins beats world champion Chris Eubank to win the WBO super middleweight championship title.
*May 19 - Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh make a visit to Northern Ireland. On the same day U.S. President Bill Clinton approves a visa for Gerry Adams to enter the United States.
*May 25 - The last edition of "The Irish Press" is published.
*May 31 - The Prince of Wales begins his first official visit to Dublin.
*June 4 - Ireland qualifies for the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup.
*August 13 - Gerry Adams tells a rally in Belfast that the IRA 'haven't gone away.'
*September 9 - David Trimble becomes leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.
*September 13 - The Cabinet agrees the wording of the Constitutional Amendment on divorce.
*November 1 - Fianna Fáil TD Brian Lenihan dies aged 64.
*November 11 - Neil Blaney, the longest serving member in the Dáil, is buried on the Fanad Peninsula.
*November 21 - South Africa's deputy-President, FW de Klerk, addresses the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation at Dublin Castle.
*November 24 - In a referendum, the people of the Republic vote narrowly to allow divorce.
*November 26 - A recount in the Divorce Referendum reveals that a majority of the electorate has voted in favour of divorce.
*November 30 - American President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary spend the day in Northern Ireland.
*December 1 - 80,000 cheer President Bill Clinton at College Green in Dublin. Afterwards he attends a state dinner at Dublin Castle.
*December 12 - Plans for a £200 million light rail transit system in Dublin are announced. Eventually to be called Luas, it is to connect the city centre with Howth, Blackrock and Bray when complete.
*December 16 - A tribunal is established to compensate victims of Hepatitis C.
*December 21 - Jack Charlton retires as manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team.

Arts and literature

*October 5 - Seamus Heaney is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
* Sebastian Barry's "The Steward of Christendom" is produced for the first time.

port

Gaelic football

*September 17 - Dublin are the All-Ireland football Champions following victory over Tyrone. Peter Canavan is unlucky to be on the losing side following his personal haul of 11 points in the final. Charlie Redmond is the Dubs hero having scored the goal that eventually saw Dublin through.

Golf

*Murphy's Irish Open is won by Sam Torrance (Scotland).

Hurling

*Under new manager Ger Loughnane, Clare win the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship for the first time since 1914.

occer

*15 February - The international between the Republic of Ireland and England is abandoned in the first half after far-right England fans rip out seating in the West Stand of Lansdowne Road and hurl them onto the pitch. The Gardaí eventually take control of the situation and randomly attack the England fans. Fifty people are injured altogether. The home side had been leading 1-0 through a David Kelly score when the match was stopped.

Deaths

January to June

*5 February - Desmond Foley, Gaelic footballer and hurler and Fianna Fáil TD (b.1940).
*14 March - Gerard Victory, composer (b.1921).
*30 March - Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1940 near Dunkirk, France (b.1911).
*30 March - John Lighton Synge, mathematician and physicist (b.1897).
*3 April - Jeremiah Newman, Bishop of Limerick.
*14 April - Brian Coffey, poet and publisher (b.1905).
*7 June - Joseph Tomelty, actor and playwright.
*14 June - Rory Gallagher, guitarist (b.1948).
*25 June - Ernest Walton, physicist, 1951 Nobel Prize for Physics (b.1903).
*27 June - Gordon Wilson, peace campaigner (b.1927).

July to December

*4 July - Sean Fallon, Fianna Fáil politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1992 until his death. (b.1937)
*12 July - Muriel Gahan, promoter of country crafts.
*19 July - Paddy Keaveney, Independent Fianna Fáil TD (b.1929).
*1 August - Austin Bourke, chess player.
*23 August - Johnny Carey, soccer player and manager (b.1919).
*21 September - Frank Hall, journalist and satirist (b.1921).
*27 September - Sean Conway, Fianna Fáil senator.
*1 November - Brian Lenihan, Snr, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and Seanad Éireann member (b.1930).
*8 November - Neil Blaney, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and MEP (b.1922).
*6 December - Coslett Quin, Irish scholar and linguist.
*8 December - Philip Lawrence, London-based headmaster stabbed to death outside the gates of his school when he went to help a pupil being attacked by a gang (b.1947).
*18 December - Colville Deverell, cricketer and politician (b.1907).
*19 December - P. A. Ó Síocháin, journalist, author and lawyer (b.1905).
*25 December - James Boucher, cricketer (b.1910).

Full date unknown

*Niall Ó Dónaill, Irish language lexicographer and writer (b.1908).