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The Court of Justice of the European Union rules that Apple Inc. must pay €13 billion (US$14.3 billion) to the government of the Republic of Ireland as compensation for extraordinarily low taxes levied by Ireland against Apple.
2024-09-10

The Government of Ireland temporarily suspends the use of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine following reports from the Norwegian Medicines Agency regarding serious blood clots developing in four people who received the vaccine, one of whom later died.
2021-03-14

The government also agrees to tighten the lockdown measures including keeping schools closed but allowing Leaving Cert students to attend three days per week and also suspending non-essential construction projects. These measures will remain in place until the end of January.
2021-01-6

Leo Varadkar becomes the first gay Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland.
2017-06-14

The Department of Justice releases a letter sent on 10 March from then Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan in which he warns them of the recording of phone calls at Garda stations.
2014-04-1

In his Christmas Day message, Seán Brady, the controversial head of Ireland's Catholic hierarchy, calls upon his flock to continue their opposition to abortion. In the wake of the death of Savita Halappanavar, the Indian dentist recently denied an abortion of her dying foetus by Ireland's conservative laws, the country's government is once again to attempt to legislate for the 1992 X Case in the coming year, with Ireland the only remaining EU state to outlaw the procedure.
2012-12-25

President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins calls for an investigation into the death of Savita Halappanavar to meet the needs of a "concerned public" as Savita's husband Praveen continues his battle against Ireland's government and the Health Service Executive (HSE) to hold a sworn, public inquiry into her death, which he believes occurred due to her being denied an abortion.
2012-11-21

Voters in Ireland go to the polls for a referendum on whether the Irish government can approve the European Fiscal Compact.
2012-05-31

The United Nations Committee Against Torture calls for the Government of Ireland to set up a statutory inquiry into allegations of poor treatment of women committed to the Magdalene Laundries.
2011-06-6

Tens of thousands of people march through Dublin in protest at the Irish government's austerity measures.
2010-11-27