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See also:	2000 in Northern Ireland Other events of 2000 List of years in Ireland

The following lists events that happened during the year2000 in Ireland.

• President:Mary McAleese
• Taoiseach:Bertie Ahern (FF)
• Tánaiste:Mary Harney (PD)
• Minister for Finance:Charlie McCreevy (FF)
• Chief Justice:
  • Liam Hamilton (until 1 June 2000)
  • Ronan Keane (from 1 June 2000)
• Dáil:28th
• Seanad:21st

• 3 February – The gangsterJohn Gilligan was extradited from the UK to Ireland on drug trafficking and murder charges.
• 11 February – TheBritish government suspendeddevolution in Northern Ireland.

• 10 April
  • TheDublin Area Rapid Transit rail system was extended southwards fromBray toGreystones and northwards fromHowth Junction toMalahide.
  • The ambulance service regulator, thePre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, was established.
• Spring – The AmericanClive Cussler's National Underwater and Marine Agency discovered the wreck ofRMS Carpathia (sunk in 1918) 190 kilometres west ofFastnet Rock.^[1]

• 5 May –The People in Need Trust held its seventh event.
• 6 May – TheProvisional Irish Republican Army began decommissioning its weapons.
• 30 May – Devolution returned to Northern Ireland.

• 6 July – The Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000 came into effect abolishing the so-called "holy hour" between 2 pm and 4 pm on Sundays when pubs had been forced to close their doors.^[2]

• 12 December – PresidentBill Clinton of the United States arrived inDublin beginning hislast international trip as President. He met PresidentMary McAleese,TaoiseachBertie Ahern, and gave a speech inDundalk.^[3]
• 13 December – Bill Clinton met the political leaders of Northern Ireland.

• 7 February – TheChester Beatty Library opened in its new premises in the grounds ofDublin Castle.
• 31 October – BoybandWestlife scored their seventh straight UK number one, becoming the only artists in UK chart history to achieve this.
• December – The quarterly cultural magazineThe Dublin Review was launched by Brendan Barrington.
• John Banville's novelEclipse was published.
• Anne Enright's novelWhat Are You Like? was published.

Shelbourne won the double of theLeague of Ireland Premier Division and theFAI Cup for the first time in their history.They then knocked out Macedonian sideSloga Jugomagnat inthe first round of the2000–01 UEFA Champions League qualifiers. Their 1–0 win inSkopje was the first away win in a European tie by a League of Ireland side for eighteen years.Rosenborg of Norway knock Shelbourne out 4–2 on aggregate in the second qualifying round.

• Kilkenny won theAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
• Kerry won theAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

• Murphy's Irish Open was won byPatrik Sjöland (Sweden).

• 14 January –Jonathan Afolabi, footballer
• 26 January –Heather Payne, footballer
• 28 January –Aaron Connolly, footballer^[4]
• 1 February –Gavin Kilkenny, footballer
• 21 February –Michael O'Sullivan, jockey (d. 2025)
• 25 March –Conor Coventry, English-born footballer
• 4 May –Ciaran Booth, English-born rugby union player
• 6 July –Michael Obafemi, footballer
• 28 July –Lee O'Connor, footballer
• 7 August –Jordanne Jones, actress
• 7 August –Jaze Kabia, footballer
• 24 September –Neil Rock, cricketer
• 16 October –David Rawle, actor
• 2 November –Demi Isaac Oviawe,Nigerian-born actress

• 15 January –Alf Ringstead, footballer (b. 1927)
• 28 January –Tony Doyle, actor (b. 1942)
• 1 February –Patrick Shanahan,Fianna FáilTD (b. 1908)
• 2 February –Francis Stuart, writer (b. 1902)
• 13 February –F. X. Martin, priest and historian (b. 1922)
• 25 February –Tom McEllistrim,Fianna FáilTD (b. 1926)
• 6 March –Jonathan Philbin Bowman, journalist and radio presenter (b. 1969)
• 20 April –John Carthy, shot dead by theGarda Síochána (b. 1972)
• 7 June –Mona Tyndall, missionary sister and development worker (b. 1921)
• 10 June –Frank Patterson, tenor (b. 1938)

• 10 July –Denis O'Conor Don, hereditary chief of theO'Conor Don sept (b. 1912)
• 14 August –John Boland, seniorFine Gael politician (b. 1944)
• 18 October –James Gill, cricketer (b. 1911)
• 8 November –Brian Boydell, composer, professor of music atTrinity College Dublin (b. 1917)
• 18 November –Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh,physicist (b. 1933)
• 21 November –Paddy Flanagan, cyclist (b. 1941)
• 26 November –Paddy Donegan, formerFine GaelTD and Cabinet Minister (b. 1923)
• 15 December –Paddy Barry,Cork hurler (b. 1928)

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