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See also:	1996 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1996 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year1996 in Ireland.

• President:Mary Robinson
• Taoiseach:John Bruton (FG)
• Tánaiste:Dick Spring (Lab)
• Minister for Finance:Ruairi Quinn (Lab)
• Chief Justice:Liam Hamilton
• Dáil:27th
• Seanad:20th

• 24 January – The international body^[which?] proposed six principles of democracy and non-violence ('theMitchell principles') as conditions for entry to all-party talks in Northern Ireland.
• 5 February – TheFootball Association of Ireland appointedMick McCarthy as manager of theIrish football team.
• 9 February – A largeProvisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) bomb exploded in theLondon Docklands area, nearCanary Wharf, injuring around forty, and marking the end of a 17-month IRA ceasefire.^[1][2]
• 11 March – The Hepatitis Tribunal opened in Dublin.
• 26 April – The fifthPeople In Need Telethon was held.
• 7 June – Detective GardaJerry McCabe was shot dead by thePIRA inAdare, County Limerick.
• 17 June – TheFifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland was signed into law, repealing the absolute constitutional prohibition of divorce.
• 26 June – Crime reporterVeronica Guerin was shot dead in her car in Dublin.
• 4 August – TheProceeds of Crime Act, 1996 was signed into law providing for the seizure of the suspected proceeds of organised criminal activity.^[3][4]
• 11 September – A new £100 note depictingCharles Stewart Parnell was issued, with a red-and-brown front and a green-and-yellow back, to replace the 68-year-old £100 note.
• 25 September – The lastMagdalene asylum closed, inWaterford.^[5]
• 11 October – TheCriminal Assets Bureau Act, 1996 was signed into law providing for the creation of theCriminal Assets Bureau.^[6][4]
• 31 October – The new Irish language television stationTnaG was launched.
• 29 November – It was revealed thatDunnes Stores paid £208,000 for an extension to MinisterMichael Lowry's house.
• 13 December – On the opening day of a Dublin summit, EU leaders achieved a breakthrough in the argument over preparations for a single European currency.
• 23 December – French film-makerSophie Toscan du Plantier was murdered outside her holiday home inSchull, County Cork.^[7]
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  • Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud was the first in Dublin to be awarded twoMichelin stars.

• 1 February –Martin McDonagh's black comedyThe Beauty Queen of Leenane was premiered by theDruid Theatre Company inGalway.
• 11 February – The television drama seriesBallykissangel first aired. It was made byBBC Northern Ireland and set in a rural Irish community.
• 18 May – Ireland won theEurovision Song Contest for the seventh time withThe Voice, sung byEimear Quinn and composed byBrendan Graham.
• 7 August –Marie Jones' playStones in His Pockets was premiered in Belfast.
• 26 September –Enda Walsh's playDisco Pigs was premiered by theCorcadorca Theatre Company at the Triskel Arts Centre inCork.^[8]
• 31 October – Ireland's first Irish language television station,Teilifís na Gaeilge (TnaG), was launched. On 3 November the soap operaRos na Rún was first aired on the channel.
• 6 November – The filmMichael Collins was shown in Cork and Dublin.
• The following novels were published:
  • Evening Class byMaeve Binchy.
  • Reading in the Dark bySeamus Deane.
  • Headbanger byHugo Hamilton.
  • Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married byMarian Keyes.
  • The Story of the Night byColm Tóibín.

• St Patrick's Athletic won theLeague of Ireland.
• Shelbourne won theFAI Cup.

• 9 March –Steve Collins, "The Celtic Warrior", successfully defended hisWorld Boxing Organizationsuper middleweight title againstNeville Brown at theGreen Glens Arena,Millstreet, County Cork.^[9]

• Meath beatMayo in theAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, after a replay, to win their first title since 1988.

• Murphy's Irish Open was won byColin Montgomerie (Scotland).

• Wexford beatLimerick in theAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final. It was their first senior All-Ireland since 1968.

• SwimmerMichelle Smith won three gold medals and one bronze in the Atlanta Olympics.

• 3 January –Cian Lynch, hurler (Patrickswell,Limerick)
• 24 January –Seán Finn, hurler (Bruff,Limerick)
• 26 January –Gary Cully, boxer
• 2 February –Paul Mescal, actor
• 5 May –Mark McKenna, actor and musician
• 29 May –Tom Morrissey, hurler (Ahane,Limerick)
• 23 October –Lyra Valkyria, professional wrestler
• 28 October –Una Raymond-Hoey, cricketer
• 16 November –Brendan Murray, singer
• 6 December –Ann Skelly, actress
• 31 December –Barry Nash, hurler (South Liberties,Limerick)

• 8 January –Joyce McCartan, community activist.
• 12 February –James Camlin Beckett, historian.
• 18 February –Cathal Ó Sándair, writer (born 1922).
• 9 March –Ollie Walsh,Kilkenny hurler (born 1937).
• 5 April –Gerry L'Estrange, member of theSeanad,Fine GaelTD.
• 22 April –Molly Keane, novelist and playwright (born 1904).
• 24 April –Tomás de Bhaldraithe, Irish language scholar and lexicographer (born 1916).
• 9 June –Patrick Flynn,Liberal Party of CanadaMP (born 1921).
• 10 June –Peter Raftery, diplomat.
• 26 June –Veronica Guerin, journalist, murdered by drug dealers (born 1958).

• 9 July –Christopher Casson, actor (born 1912).
• 16 July –Joe Dunn,Jacob's Award-winning documentarian for theRadharc television programme, broadcasting educator, publisher, author (born 1930).^[10][11]
• 6 August –Havelock Nelson, composer and pianist (born 1917).
• 18 August –Charles Mitchel, actor and television newsreader, read the firstTelefís Éireann news bulletin in 1961 (born 1920).
• 25 August –Erskine Barton Childers, diplomat writer and broadcaster, son ofPresident Childers (born 1929).
• August –Kathleen Mills, camogie player (born 1923).
• 11 November –Liam Naughten, Fine Gael politician,Cathaoirleach ofSeanad Éireann from 1995 until his death. (born 1944).
• 24 November –Michael O'Hehir, sports commentator and journalist (born 1920).

• Seán 'ac Dhonncha, traditional singer (born 1919).

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