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1995 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1995 in Ireland.

Incumbents

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Events

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  • 27 January – Taoiseach, John Bruton, and Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams held their first formal peace discussions.
  • 2 February – President Mary Robinson addressed a joint session of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
  • 15 February – English football hooligans rioted at Lansdowne Road stadium in Dublin during a friendly match between Ireland and England. The match was abandoned with Ireland 1–0 ahead. There were over 70 injuries, most of them English. The English fans were escorted out of Ireland by the Army.
  • 22 February – The British Prime Minister, John Major, and the Taoiseach, John Bruton, launched a peace framework document for Northern Ireland.
  • 7 March – Sir Patrick Mayhew, Northern Ireland Secretary, set out the conditions for Sinn Féin to join all-party peace talks, including "the actual decommissioning of some arms."
  • 19 March – Dublin boxer Steve Collins beat world champion Chris Eubank to win the World Boxing Organization super middleweight championship title.
  • 19 May – Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh made a visit to Northern Ireland. On the same day US President Bill Clinton approved a visa for Gerry Adams to enter the United States.
  • 25 May – The last edition of The Irish Press newspaper was published.
  • 31 May – The Prince of Wales began his first official visit to Dublin.
  • 4 June – Ireland qualified for the quarterfinals of the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
  • 13 August – Gerry Adams told a rally in Belfast that the Irish Republican Army (IRA) "haven't gone away."
  • 9 September – David Trimble became leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.
  • 13 September – The Cabinet agreed the wording of a Constitutional Amendment on divorce.
  • 25 September – The Censorship of Publications Board removed a ban on the sale of Playboy magazine, following the magazine's appeal against the prohibition. The National Women's Council of Ireland protested against the removal of the ban, which had existed since 1961.[1]
  • 1 November – Fianna Fáil party teachta dála (member of parliament) Brian Lenihan died aged 64.
  • 2 November – A new blue-coloured £50 note featuring former president Douglas Hyde was issued.
  • 11 November – Neil Blaney, the longest serving member of the Dáil, was buried on the Fanad Peninsula in County Donegal.
  • 21 November – South Africa's deputy-President, F. W. de Klerk, addressed a Forum for Peace and Reconciliation at Dublin Castle.
  • 24 November – In the divorce referendum, citizens voted narrowly to allow divorce. A vote recount two days later confirmed the result.
  • 30 November – American President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary spent the day in Northern Ireland.
  • 1 December – President Bill Clinton addressed both Houses of the Oireachtas in Dublin.[2] Afterwards, he addressed 80,000 people in College Green. Later, he attended a state dinner at Dublin Castle.
  • 12 December – Plans for a £200 million light rail transit system in Dublin were announced. Eventually to be called Luas, it was to connect the city centre with Sandyford, Tallaght and Ballymun.
  • 16 December – A tribunal was established to compensate victims of Hepatitis C.
  • 21 December – Jack Charlton retired as manager of the Irish football team.

Arts and literature

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Sport

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Association football

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  • 15 February – A match between Ireland and England was abandoned in the first half after some of the England fans ripped out seating in the West Stand of Lansdowne Road stadium and hurled it onto the pitch. Ireland had been leading 1–0 before the match was stopped.

Boxing

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Gaelic football

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Golf

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Hurling

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Births

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Deaths

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January to June

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July to December

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Full date unknown

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Censors lift ban on Playboy". Sun-Journal. Associated Press. 27 September 1995. p. 3A. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ^ President of the United States, Joseph R Biden Jr to address joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas Houses of the Oireachtas, 2023-04-05.
  3. ^ "Release dates for "Father Ted"". IMDb. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  4. ^ Corr, Alan (4 January 2011). "In Ted We Trust". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  5. ^ Smyth, Gerry (1997). The Novel and The Nation: Studies in the New Irish Fiction. London: Pluto Press.
  6. ^ "Steve Collins". BoxRec. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2012.