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Rioting occurs in Dublin, Ireland, following a mass stabbing outside a school which injured a woman and three children. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris blames "far-right hooligans" for the unrest.
2023-11-23

UEFA removes the Aviva Stadium in Dublin and the San Mamés in Bilbao as tournament hosts due to a lack of guarantees regarding the admission of spectators as a result of the pandemic. The organization decides to reallocate the matches planned to take place in Dublin to the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg and Wembley Stadium in London, while those in Bilbao will be moved to La Cartuja in Seville.
2021-04-23

The government announces a plan to elevate Donegal to Level 3 out of a five-alert level alongside Dublin effective midnight tomorrow, which means that authorities will tighten restrictions due to an increase in cases; restrictions include a ban on indoor restaurant dining and an advisory for people not to travel outside the county. The measure will remain in place for three weeks until October 16.
2020-09-24

Due to concerns over the spread, the government announces that it will move Dublin to "risk level three" restrictions in its response plan effective at midnight tonight, which means that indoor restaurant dining is banned again in the capital and residents are being advised against all non-essential travel. Meanwhile, indoor visitations are only allowed between one other household, most sporting events will be cancelled, and attendance at weddings and funerals is going to be capped at 25 guests effective September 21.
2020-09-18

A man is shot dead and his car set alight in Walshestown near Balbriggan, Dublin. It is believed the shooting is linked to the 2015–19 Irish gangland feud.
2019-05-21

Thousands of people in Dublin, Ireland, attend the Irish government's commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule.
2016-03-27

Former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland Garret FitzGerald dies in Dublin aged 85.
2011-05-19

Tony Blair is met with a three-hundred person antiwar demonstration and has a small number of individuals throw objects (shoes, bottles and eggs), and encounters an attempted citizen's arrest for war crimes at Eason's in Dublin, Ireland, at his first public book signing for "A Journey"; four are arrested. Clashes between protesters and police lead to the closure of businesses and the Luas tram system.
2010-09-4

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin speaks of "never being so disheartened and discouraged" about how the Church is handling the scandal at a conference in Dublin.
2010-05-11

A man confronts Bishop of Kerry Dr Bill Murphy on the pulpit in the middle of the Gospel at St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney before the Pope's letter can be read and is seized by members of the congregation, while protesters walkout during Mass at St Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin.
2010-03-21