Sources: BBC RTÉ
Ireland reports its first three cases of the B.1.617 variant originally detected in India, with two of the three cases linked to travel. 2021-04-19
Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan confirms that the Republic has detected the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom as the country reports more than 1,000 for the first time in two months. 2020-12-25
The government of Ireland lifts a 90-year ban on the sale of alcohol on the religious holiday of Good Friday. 2018-03-30
The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC), Ireland's police Ombudsman, is revealed to have been bugged, with emails, wi-fi and phone systems at its Dublin headquarters also accessed illegally and internationally. 2014-02-10
Voters in the Republic of Ireland take part in a referendum to decide whether the Seanad Éireann (Irish Senate) – the upper house of their parliament – should be abolished, and reforms made to the Court of Appeal. 2013-10-4
The analogue television service in the Republic of Ireland is switched off at 10.00am. 2012-10-24
Former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland Garret FitzGerald dies in Dublin aged 85. 2011-05-19
A public civil partnership between a same-sex couple takes place in Dublin, the first time this has happened in Ireland. 2011-04-5
A four-year Canadian inquiry concludes that a "cascading series of errors" led to the bombing of Air India Flight 182 which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean south of Ireland on 23 June 1985, killing all 329 people on board. 2010-06-17