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Events from the year1994 in Ireland.

• President:Mary Robinson
• Taoiseach:
  • Albert Reynolds (FF) (until 15 December 1994)
  • John Bruton (FG) (from 15 December 1994)
• Tánaiste:
  • Dick Spring (Lab) (until 17 November 1994)
  • Bertie Ahern (FF) (from 17 November 1994 until 15 December 1994)
  • Dick Spring (Lab) (from 15 December 1994)
• Minister for Finance:
  • Bertie Ahern (FF) (until 15 December 1994)
  • Ruairi Quinn (Lab) (from 15 December 1994)
• Chief Justice:
  • Thomas Finlay (until 16 March 1994)
  • Liam Hamilton (from 22 March 1994)
• Dáil:27th
• Seanad:20th

• January –The Phoenix magazine revealed that priest and media personalityMichael Cleary (who died last month) fathered at least one child with his long-term partner.^[1]
• 14 April – The Central Bank issued a new £5 note featuringCatherine McAuley.
• 30 April – Ireland won theEurovision Song Contest with the songRock 'n' Roll Kids. Thestepdance showRiverdance performed its world premiere during the interval.^[2]
• 20 May – The fourthPeople In Need Telethon was held.
• 26 May –Jack Charlton, manager of theIrish football team since 1986, was awarded the freedom ofDublin City.
• 6 June – Irish D-DayNormandy landings veterans joined Allied leaders at a 50th commemorative ceremony onOmaha Beach.
• 18 June –Ireland's footballWorld Cup campaign began with a 1–0 win overItaly, one of the favourites to win the tournament.Ray Houghton scored the winning goal.
• 24 June – Ireland's chances of progressing to the last 16 of the World Cup were left hanging in the balance when they lost 2–1 toMexico, withJohn Aldridge scoring the consolation goal.
• 28 June – Ireland qualified for the next stage of the World Cup with a goalless draw againstNorway.
• 4 July – Ireland were knocked out of the World Cup by theNetherlands when they lost 2–0 inOrlando.
• 26 July – TheMinister for Education,Niamh Bhreathnach, pledged the introduction of free third-level education for everyone over the next three years.
• 31 August – TheProvisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) announced a complete cessation of military operations.^[3]
• 1 September –Transition Year was introduced mainstream to secondary schools.
• 6 September –TaoiseachAlbert Reynolds,John Hume andGerry Adams held a historic meeting atGovernment Buildings in Dublin and pledged their commitment to the democratic idea.
• 30 September – Taoiseach Albert Reynolds and members of the Government waited atShannon Airport to greet Russian presidentBoris Yeltsin. He failed to leave the aircraft to meet them andcreated a diplomatic incident.^[4]
• 13 October –Loyalist paramilitary groups announced a ceasefire six weeks after the PIRA.
• 2 October –Ulster Television screened aCounterpoint programme,Suffer the Little Children, beginning the exposure ofCatholic Church sex abuse cases, initially those ofBrendan Smyth involving children.
• 28 October – The inaugural session of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation took place in St. Patricks Hall,Dublin Castle.
• 16 November – TheFianna Fáil-Labour government coalition collapsed.
• 17 November – Albert Reynolds resigned as Taoiseach. However, the Dáil was not dissolved.
• 19 November –Bertie Ahern was elected leader of the Fianna Fáil party.
• 15 December –John Bruton, leader of theFine Gael party, became Taoiseach of the so-called "Rainbow" government in coalition with the Labour and Democratic Left parties.

• 3 January – One ofWarner Bros.'s famous animated seriesAnimaniacs made its debut on Network 2.
• 22 October – TheBoyzone debut music album,Said and Done, was released in Ireland.
• Maeve Binchy's novelThe Glass Lake was published.
• Emma Donoghue's first novelStir Fry was published.
• Paddy Breathnach's filmAilsa (starringBrendan Coyle) was released.
• Colum McCann's short-story collectionFishing the Sloe-Black River was published.

In theWorld Cup Finals in the United States,Ireland reached the last 16 before losing 2–0 to theNetherlands, but on the way picked up their first World Cup finals win inside 90 minutes with a 1–0 victory overItaly.

• Eamonn Coghlan became the first person in the world over 40 years of age to run a sub-four minute (indoor) mile.
• 10 December –Catherina McKiernan won Senior Women's gold in the1994 European Cross Country Championships, the inaugural event of the series.

• 18 September –Down beatDublin 1–12 to 0–13 in theAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship final. It was Down's fifth All-Ireland senior title, and their second in four years.

• Murphy's Irish Open was won byBernhard Langer (Germany).

• Offaly beatLimerick 3–16 to 2–13 to win theAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final for the first time since 1985.

• 20^{[citation needed]} January –Seán Kavanagh, footballer.
• 12 April –Saoirse Ronan, screen actress (born in New York City).

• 1 January –Raymond Crotty, economist (born 1925).
• 19 February –Micho Russell, tin whistle player and collector of traditional music and folklore (born 1915).
• 23 February –Jackie Power,Limerick hurler and Gaelic footballer (born 1916).
• 7 May –Andy McEvoy, soccer player (born 1938).
• 12 May –Alfred Lane Beit, British politician, art collector and philanthropist,honorary Irish citizen (born 1903).
• 13 May –Duncan Hamilton, motor racing driver (born 1920).
• 21 May –Martin Doherty, member of Provisional Irish Republican Army, shot and killed (born 1958)
• 27 May –M. J. Molloy, playwright (born 1914).
• 17 June –Terence de Vere White, lawyer, novelist and biographer (born 1912).
• 27 June –William Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew (born 1905).

• 19 July –Éilis Dillon, author (born 1920).
• 5 August –Gerry O'Sullivan,Labour Party (Ireland)TD, Minister of State andLord Mayor of Cork (born 1936).
• 18 August –Martin Cahill,Dublin criminal, shot and killed (born 1949).
• 23 September –James Brophy, cricketer (born 1912).
• 6 December –Máire de Paor, archaeologist (born 1925).
• 20 December –Stephen Coughlan,Labour PartyTD andMayor of Limerick (born 1910).

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