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The High Court of Ireland convicts Slovak man Jozef Puška of Ashling Murphy's murder. Puška faces a mandatory life sentence.
2023-11-9

Ireland reports 174 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This is the highest number of reported cases since early May.
2020-08-8

Irish citizens vote in a referendum on the proposed Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018 to repeal the 1983 Eighth Amendment constitutional ban on abortion by 66.4% to 33.6%.
2018-05-26

Puerto Rico fails to make a scheduled payment of US$58 million to service its debts of $72 billion. Moody's considers the commonwealth in default.
2015-08-3

The counting of votes for yesterday's referendum occurs with the Republic of Ireland becoming the first country to adopt same sex marriage by referendum.
2015-05-23

In two referendums, voters in the Republic of Ireland reject government proposals to abolish Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the country's parliament, but support plans to create a Court of Appeal.
2013-10-5

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

Queen Elizabeth II starts her first state visit to the Republic of Ireland, the first visit of a British monarch since Ireland's independence from the United Kingdom in 1921. Elizabeth is also the first British monarch to visit Ireland since George V's state visit in 1911.
2011-05-17

Ireland's Fine Gael Deputy Leader and Finance Spokesperson Richard Bruton, brother of former Taoiseach John Bruton, is sacked after publicly declaring his lack of confidence in Fine Gael's leader Enda Kenny.
2010-06-14

A starving Grey Seal claiming to be from London Zoo is found in Skerries, Ireland. The Irish Seal Sanctuary asks the UK and Europe for help identifying it.
2010-04-7