1990 in Ireland
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See also: 1989 in Ireland, other events of 1990, 1991 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.
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[edit] Events
- January 1 - The Northern Ireland Fair Employment Act becomes law.
- April 3 - There is all-party support for the Government bill to abolish the death penalty for capital murder and replace it with lengthy prison sentences.
- April 26 - The Labour Party selects Mary Robinson as its candidate in the presidential election.
- June 20 - Circulation begins of the IR£1 coin as a replacement for the note of the same denomination.
- July 2 - Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, addresses a joint session of both houses of the Oireachtas.
- July 24 - The IRA kills three policemen and a nun in a bomb attack near Armagh.
- August 24 - Brian Keenan is released after 1574 days in captivity in Beirut.
- September 28 - Centenary of People's Park, Dún Laoghaire celebrated
- October 24 - The IRA kills 6 soldiers and a civilian in bomb attacks at Derry and Newry.
- October 25 - Presidential candidate Brian Lenihan denies that he tried to contact President Hillery to stop the dissolution of the Dáil in 1982. This is in spite of a taped interview where he confirms that he did.
- October 31 - An Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Brian Lenihan is sacked from the government over the telephone call controversy.
- November 9 - Mary Robinson is elected the seventh President of Ireland.
- December 3 - Mary Robinson is inaugurated as President of Ireland. Dr. Patrick Hillery bows out after 14 years as Head of State.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa opens at the Abbey Theatre.
- Jim Sheridan's film The Field is shown
- John McGahern's novel Amongst Women is published
[edit] Sports
- Group Stage
- Republic of Ireland 1-1 England
- Republic of Ireland 0-0 Egypt
- Republic of Ireland 1-1 Netherlands
- Republic of Ireland qualify for the knock out stage
- Knockout stage
- Northern Ireland did not qualify for the 1990 world cup
- Football St Patrick's Athletic won the Football League of Ireland
- Football Bray Wanderers won the FAI Cup beating non league St Francis FC in the first everLansdowne Road final
- Ireland (David Feherty, Ronan Rafferty, Philip Walton) win the Dunhill Cup.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- 21 January - Patrick Mulligan, Bishop of Clogher 1970-1979 (b.1912).
- 17 February - Brendan Corish, Irish Labour Party TD and former leader, Cabinet Minister and Tánaiste (b.1918).
- 6 April - Peter Doherty, footballer (b.1913).
- 8 May - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich, Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland 1978-1990 (b.1923).
- 12 June - Terence O'Neill, Fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (b.1914).
- 3 August - Thomas Dunne, Fine Gael TD and MEP (b.1926).
- 19 October - Jerry Cronin, Fianna Fáil TD Cabinet Minister and MEP (b.1925).
