1996 in Ireland

Events

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.

January 8 - Joyce McCartan, community activist.
February 12 - James Camlin Beckett, historian.
February 18 - Cathal Ó Sandair, writer.
April 5 - Gerard L'Estange, farmer, member of the Seanad from 1954 to 1965, Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Longford Westmeath from 1965 to 1987
April 22 - Molly Keane, novelist and playwright.
April 24 - Tomás de Bhaldraithe, Irish language scholar and lexicographer.
June 10 - Peter Raftery, diplomat.
July 9 - Christopher Casson, actor.
July 16 - Joe Dunn, Roman Catholic priest and broadcaster.
August 6 - Havelock Nelson, composer and pianist.
August 18 - Charles Mitchel, actor and Teilifís Éireann's first newsreader.
August 25 - Erskine B. Childers, diplomat, son of President Childers
October 4 - Humphrey Atkins, fifth Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
November 24 - Michael O'Hehir, sports commentator and broadcaster.