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See also:	1989 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1989 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year1989 in Ireland.

• President:Patrick Hillery
• Taoiseach:Charles Haughey (FF)
• Tánaiste:Brian Lenihan (FF)
• Minister for Finance:Albert Reynolds (FF)
• Chief Justice:Thomas Finlay
• Dáil:
  • 25th (until 25 May 1989)
  • 26th (from 29 June 1989)
• Seanad:
  • 18th (until 5 July 1989)
  • 19th (from 1 November 1989)

• 2 January – The town ofDundalk celebrated its 1,200-year heritage.
• 12 February –Belfast solicitorPat Finucane was shot dead byunionists.
• 20 March – Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan of theRoyal Ulster Constabulary were killed by theProvisional Irish Republican Army. An inquiry concluded in 2013 that a member or members of theGarda Síochána (police) probably colluded in the ambush.^[1]
• 21 March – Three Irish soldiers onUnited Nations duty were killed in a landmine explosion in southernLebanon.
• 19 April – Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act provided forlegal separation of married couples.^[2]
• 21 April – ThePeople In Need Telethon was broadcast for the first time.
• 11 May – At a meeting inMalahide Castle betweenTaoiseachCharles Haughey and visiting Nicaraguan PresidentDaniel Ortega, Haughey promised Ortega support at theEuropean Council of Ministers for aid and investment for his country despite an earlier telephone call from U.S. secretary of stateJames Baker urging Haughey to take a tough position against Ortega over democratic standards in Nicaragua.^[3]
• 22 June – An order was signed creating theUniversity of Limerick, the first university founded since the foundation of the state; later in the dayDublin City University was created.
• 29 June – Charles Haughey resigned as taoiseach, remaining on in a caretaker capacity.
• 19 August – Ten thousand people marched fromDublin city centre to theBritish Embassy calling for British withdrawal from Northern Ireland.
• 14 September – The biggest group parachute jump over an urban area in Ireland was performed by 14 parachutists atDrumcondra in Dublin from an altitude of three thousand feet to celebrate the centenary of the first parachute jump in Ireland in 1889, which was performed by LondonerPercival Spencer who jumped from two thousand feet in front of 25,000 people, also in Drumcondra.^[4]
• 24 September – At least 70 people were injured in a train crash inClaremorris.
• 19 October – Three of theGuildford Four were released from prison inLondon.Paul Hill was immediately re-arrested.
• 26 November – The first edition ofThe Sunday Business Post newspaper was published in Dublin.
• 21 December –Aer Rianta's five millionth passenger was presented with a holiday toFlorida.
• Unknown date – The Irish Pride bakery was founded with the merger of Western Pride, Lydon House, Country Crust, and other bakeries.

• 4 April – The Windmill Lane Consortium said that if it got the franchise^{[clarification needed]} it would be on the air within 9 to 12 months with its television station,TV3.
• 1 September – Contemporary music radio stationAtlantic 252 (part owned byRTÉ) went on air for the first time from thelong waveClarkstown radio transmitter inCounty Meath (with studios inTrim).
• 4 September – Independent pop music stationCentury Radio went on the air for the first time.
• 14 September – British children's stop-motion animated seriesPostman Pat premiered in Ireland onNetwork 2.
• 18 September – The television soap operaFair City began onRTÉ One.
• 10 November – The filmMy Left Foot was released, directed byJim Sheridan.Daniel Day-Lewis andBrenda Fricker wonAcademy Awards for their performances.
• MidWest Radio began broadcasting as a licensed station inCounty Mayo.
• John Banville's novelThe Book of Evidence was published.

• 11 October –Ireland beatNorthern Ireland 3–0 in a World Cup qualifier in Dublin.
• 15 November – Ireland won 2–0 in Malta to secure qualification for theWorld Cup for the first time.

• TheAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship final ended on a scoreline ofCork 0–17Mayo 1–11

• TheCarroll's Irish Open golf tournament was won byIan Woosnam (Wales).

• TheAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final ended on a scoreline ofTipperary 4-24Antrim 3–9.

• 8 January –Ian Bermingham, association football player.
• 3 March –Barry O'Rorke, Gaelic footballer and hurler.
• 17 March –Patrick Curtin, Gaelic footballer (died 2015).
• 9 June –Chloë Agnew, singer.
• 12 June –Nickie Quaid, hurler (Effin,Limerick).
• 11 July –Rachael Blackmore, jump jockey.
• 4 August –Michael Murphy, Gaelic footballer.
• 14 October –Barry Hennessy, hurler (Kilmallock,Limerick).
• 28 December –Jessie Buckley, actress and singer.
• 31 December –Brian Gregan, sprinter and athlete.

• 24 January –Michael Scott, architect (born 1905).
• 27 January –Dónall Mac Amhlaigh, writer (born 1926).
• January –Jackie Wright, comedian (born 1905).
• 11 March –Simon Curley, cricketer (born 1917).
• 7 April –Frank Cluskey, former leader of theLabour Party (born 1930).
• 3 May –John Mackey,Limerick hurler (born 1913).
• 15 June –Ray McAnally, actor (born 1926).
• July –Eddie Gannon, association footballer (born 1921).
• 3 August –Dominic Behan, songwriter, novelist and playwright (born 1928).
• 10 August –H. Montgomery Hyde,barrister, author andUlster UnionistMP (born 1907).
• 12 September –Seamus Twomey, twicechief of staff of theProvisional Irish Republican Army (born 1919).
• 4 November –Vivian Mercier, literary critic (born 1919).
• 14 December –Gerry Healy, BritishTrotskyist leader (born 1913).
• 22 December –Samuel Beckett,Nobel Prize in Literature 1969, playwright, novelist and poet (born 1906).
• Full date unknown –Hugh T. Baker, cricketer (born 1906).

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