1996 in Ireland

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January 24 - The international body proposes six principles of democracy and non-violence ('the Mitchell principles') as conditions for entry to all-party talks in Northern Ireland.
February 5 - The FAI appoint Mick McCarthy as the Republic of Ireland national football teams manager.
February 9 - The IRA ends its ceasefire by exploding a huge bomb at Canary Wharf in London.
March 11 - The Hepatitis Tribunal opens in Dublin.
May 18 - Ireland wins the Eurovision Song Contest for the seventh time with the song The Voice.
June 6 - President Mary Robinson meets Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London.
June 7 - Detective Garda Jerry McCabe is shot dead by the IRA in Adare, County Limerick.
June 26 - Crime reporter Veronica Guerin is shot in her car in Dublin.
October 31 - Ireland's first Irish language television station, Teilifís na Gaeilge (TnaG) launched.
November 6 - Michael Collins film is shown in Cork and Dublin.
November 25 - Michael O'Hehir, broadcaster and sports commentator, dies aged 76.
November 29 - It is revealed that Dunnes Stores paid £208,000 for an extension to Minister Michael Lowry's house.
December 13 - On the opening day of a Dublin summit, EU leaders achieve a breakthrough in the row over preparations for a single European currency.

Olympic Games: Swimmer Michelle Smith wins three gold medals and one bronze in the Atlanta Olympics.
St Patrick's Athletic won the Football League of Ireland
Shelbourne won the FAI Cup

8 January - Joyce McCartan, community activist.
12 February - James Camlin Beckett, historian.
18 February - Cathal Ó Sándair, writer (b.1922).
5 April - Gerard L'Estange, member of the Seanad, Fine Gael TD.
22 April - Molly Keane, novelist and playwright (b.1904).
24 April - Tomás de Bhaldraithe, Irish language scholar and lexicographer (b.1916).
10 June - Peter Raftery, diplomat.
26 June - Veronica Guerin, journalist, murdered by drug dealers (b.1958).
9 July - Christopher Casson, actor.
16 July - Joe Dunn, Roman Catholic priest and broadcaster.
6 August - Havelock Nelson, composer and pianist (b.1917).
18 August - Charles Mitchel, actor and television newsreader, read the first Telefís Éireann news bulletin in 1961 (b.1920).
25 August - Erskine B. Childers, diplomat, son of President Childers.
August - Kathleen Mills, camogie player (b.1923).
24 November - Michael O'Hehir, sports commentator and journalist (b.1920).
Sean 'ac Donncha, traditional singer (b.1919).
Erskine Childers, writer and broadcaster (b.1929).