The Irish financial crisis
Morgan C Jones, actor and satirist from Dublin, announces a "you're fired" protest against the government for Dáil Éireann on Thursday.
Sources: The Irish Times
Sources: The Irish Times
Citizens of Ireland vote in a snap election to elect the 174 members of the 34th Dáil Éireann.
David Kelly, the "grand old man of Irish acting", dies in Dublin.
Dublin's main thoroughfare O'Connell Street is shut following an explosion from a gas leak.
Brian Cowen, the Taoiseach, claims in Dáil Éireann that he is "not clinging to power".