1998 in Ireland

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See also: 1997 in Ireland, other events of 1998, 1999 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.

1 Events
2 Arts and literature
3 Sports
4 Births
5 Deaths

[edit] Events

January 1 - The VECs of the towns of Bray, Drogheda, Sligo, Tralee and Wexford are abolished.
January 9 - British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam, visits loyalist prisoners in the Maze prison. Afterwards loyalists agree to attend the Stormont talks.
January 14 - The Planning Tribunal opens in Dublin Castle.
February 20 - Sinn Féin is excluded from the Northern Ireland talks for two weeks. Protests in Belfast follow.
February 27 - Republic of Ireland qualifies for entry into the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union.
February 28 - the actor and comedian Dermot Morgan dies suddenly in London.
March 15 - Former Fine Gael Minister Hugh Coveney dies in a fall from a cliff in County Cork.
April 10 - Good Friday: the British and Irish governments and all the political parties in the Northern Ireland (except the Democratic Unionist Party sign the Belfast Agreement.
May 7 - The Irish under-16 football team wins the European Championship.
May 19 - John Hume and David Trimble join U2 on stage in Belfast as they make a direct appeal to young voters in Northern Ireland to vote 'yes' in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement.
May 22 - The Good Friday Agreement is endorsed in a referendum by people north and south of the border.
June 25 - The people of Northern Ireland go to the polls to elect a new Assembly.
August 6 - Olympic gold medalist Michelle Smith is banned from competition for four years for tampering with a drug test.
August 15 - 29 people die in a bomb explosion near the centre of Omagh, County Tyrone, caused by the Real IRA.
September 3 - President Clinton of the United States visits Omagh and views the bomb damage.
September 20 - TV3 goes on the air.
October 16 - John Hume and David Trimble are announced as the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.
November 30 - Unemployment falls by 20% with the number of people in work rising by 100,000.
December 10 - John Hume and David Trimble are presented with the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
December 12 - Members of the Labour Party and Democratic Left agree to merge
December 24 - Gay Byrne broadcasts his final radio show from St. Stephen's Green.
December 31 - The Punt is traded for the last time as the Euro currency is launched.

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[edit] Sports

St Patrick's Athletic won the Football League of Ireland
Cork City FC won the FAI Cup
Shelbourne's home UEFA Cup tie against Rangers is moved to England due to fears of sectarian trouble. Despite taking a 3-0 lead, Shels lose 3-5.