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This is a list of events that occurred during the year2014 in Ireland.

• President:Michael D. Higgins
• Taoiseach:Enda Kenny (FG)
• Tánaiste:
  • Eamon Gilmore (Lab) (until 4 July 2014)
  • Joan Burton (Lab) (from 4 July 2014)
• Minister for Finance:Michael Noonan (FG)
• Chief Justice:Susan Denham
• Dáil:31st
• Seanad:24th

• 1 January
  • New Year's Day (public holiday).^[1][2]
  • TheProtection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 came into effect, defining whenabortions may be performed.^[3]
  • The age of eligibility to receive theState pension rose to 66 years.^[4]
  • The exceptionally stormy season begun in December continued with violent gales, heavy rain, high tides, and heavy flooding all over the country, with power supplies cut off to as many as 5,000 customers.^[5][6]
• 2 January – The Chief of Staff of theDefence Forces, Lieutenant GeneralConor O'Boyle, apologised to thePresident andCommander-in-Chief,Michael D. Higgins, following acall-in radio programme which discussed a Christmas Evehomily by theArmy's head chaplain, Monsignor Eoin Thynne, who noted the absence of Christian remarks in the President's Christmas message, broadcast on 22 December.^[7][8]

• 3 January – Duringstorm Anne TheRiver Liffey inDublin rose to its highest tide on record. It burst its banks near theGuinness Storehouse andHeuston Station. Some city quays were closed for an hour while pumping was performed. TheEast Link Bridge and Strand Road inSandymount were also closed.^[5]
• 4 January – A very large Irish trade and diplomatic mission travelled to thePersian Gulf region. Over 80 firms sending 100 people on a five-dayEnterprise Ireland mission to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Dubai and Abu Dhabi were led by the Taoiseach,Enda Kenny, accompanied by the Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation,Richard Bruton.^[9][10]
• 6 January –Nollaig na mBan was celebrated on the last day of Christmas.^[11][12]
• 6–7 January – The most prolonged and destructive Irish storm in almost two decades,Superstorm Christine, struck Ireland and did considerable damage, particularly in western and southern coastal parts of the country, on the 175th anniversary of theNight of the Big Wind. The initial assessment of the value of destruction was up to €300m.^[13][14][15]
• 24 January –Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin applied suddenly to the High Court to go into liquidation whenNational Asset Management Agency financial support was withdrawn. Over 300 jobs were to be lost as a result.^[16][17]
• 25–29 January – A large fire broke out after 3 am on 25 January in the recycling plant at the Merrywell Industrial Estate inBallymount, Dublin. Fifteen units of theDublin Fire Brigade and 75 firefighters responded. The blaze was visible inBlessington, 23 kilometres away. Smoke reduced visibility and affected traffic, while residents of surrounding suburbs were advised to shut their doors and windows because of poisons released into the air. The occurrence of a second fire at the same time in a nearby carpet centre raised the question of arson being the cause.^[18] The fire was finally extinguished after five days. Three investigations were conducted by theEnvironmental Protection Agency, by theGardaí, and by the Fire Service.^[19]
• 30 January –An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha, the Irish Dancing Commission, announced a ban effective from 1 March on the use of make-up, false eyelashes, and fake tan on the faces of Irish dancers aged under 10. Artificial carriage aids used to enforce a rigid posture were also banned for safety reasons. Wigs and the use of fake tan on legs were not prohibited.^[20]
• 31 January–1 February – Storm Brigid blew winds reaching 120 km/h and caused flooding along the west coast including inTralee,Limerick, andGalway. Power supplies to thousands of homes were severed, flights fromDublin Airport were cancelled, as were ferry sailings fromRosslare.^[21]

• 1 February – A man inRingsend was found dead after responding to aneck nomination drinking dare.^[22]
• 11 February – Billionaire American property developerDonald Trump bought the five-starDoonbeg golf and hotel complex in County Clare, restyling it the Trump International Golf Links, Ireland.^[23]
• 12 February –Storm Darwin blew down between 5,000 and 7,000 hectares of forest, including as many as 7.5 million trees, according to the Department of Agriculture. This represents less than one per cent of Ireland's forest volume. Just over ten percent of Ireland is covered by forest.^[24]
• 12 February – A vehicle belonging to thePolice Service of Northern Ireland drove acrossthe border intoCounty Donegal.^[25]

• 17 March –Saint Patrick's Day, the national holiday.^[1][26]
• 30 March –Mothering Sunday. Clocks went forward one hour whenIrish Standard Time (IST) began.^[1]

• 7 April – President Higgins departed fromÁras an Uachtaráin with full military honours as he and his wife left for London in preparation forhis state visit to Britain.^[27][28]
• 8–11 April – Michael D. Higgins paid the first state visit by an Irish President to the United Kingdom.^[28][29]
  • 8 April –Queen Elizabeth welcomed President Higgins toWindsor Castle as her guest. Later, Higginsaddressed both Houses of Parliament in Westminster. In the evening, he was the guest of honour at a state banquet in Windsor Castle.^[28][30]
  • 9 April – President Higgins viewed the Colours of the disbanded Irish Regiments at Windsor Castle withPrince Andrew, the Duke of York, visitedUniversity College London Hospital, and was the guest of Prime MinisterDavid Cameron for lunch at10 Downing Street.^[28]
• 21 April –Easter Monday (public holiday).^[1][31]
• 24 April – President Higgins received the Freedom of Cork in the City Hall from Lord Mayor Catherine Clancy.^[32][33][34]
• Late April – TheMolly Malone statue was removed from its original location at the base of Grafton Street to make way for the newLuas tracks which skirt around Trinity College.^[35] It was relocated in July.

• 5 May –May Day andLabour Day (public holiday).^[1][36][37]
• 6 May – The appointment of 36 new ambassadors, 12 of them women, was announced by the Government, including the appointment of an official of theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade as Irish ambassador to the Vatican, an embassy due to reopen in the next few months, following its closure in 2011. This increased the number of Irish ambassadors to 80.^[38]
• 7 May –Minister for Justice and Equality andMinister for Defence,Alan Shatter, resigned as a result of the inquiry bySenior Counsel Séan Guerin into allegations ofGarda Síochána malpractice.^[39]
• 8 May
  • Frances Fitzgerald was appointed Minister for Justice and Equality to replace her colleague, Alan Shatter, andCharlie Flanagan replaced her asMinister for Children and Youth Affairs.Enda Kenny became interim Minister for Defence.^[40]
  • President Higgins departed for a six-day, second official visit to the United States.^[41][42]
• 15 May – TheMinister for Finance,Michael Noonan announced thatBudget Day would probably be on 14 October, or else on the following day.^[43]
• 16 May – The Committee of Social Rights of theCouncil of Europe ruled that, for the first time since the formation of the police force, members of theGarda Síochána could join a labour union and would be allowed to strike.^[44]
• 20 May – TheRosie Hackett Bridge across the River Liffey in Dublin was opened to connectMarlborough Street and Hawkins Street. It is dedicated to public transport including buses and theLuas tram, as well as cyclists and pedestrians.^[45]
• 23 May – Voting took place throughout the country from 7 am until 10 pm inEuropean andlocal elections, as well as in twoby-elections, in theDublin West andLongford–Westmeath constituencies.^[46]
• 25 May – The story of the unrecorded burials of 796 children who died at theBon Secours Mother and Baby Home inTuam, County Galway between 1925 and 1961, which was reported byThe Tuam Herald over the previous two years, gained sensational national and, later, international coverage following publication of a new article in a Sunday newspaper.^[47][48][49]
• 26 May –Tánaiste andMinister for Foreign Affairs and Trade,Eamon Gilmore, announced his intention to resign his position as leader of theLabour Party following the serious collapse of public support for his party in the local and European elections three days before. The resignation takes effect when his successor is chosen.^[50][51][52]

• 2 June – June public holiday.^[1][53]
• 3 June – The counties ofNorth Tipperary andSouth Tipperary were amalgamated into oneCounty Tipperary.^[54][55]
• 7 June – British viewers were amazed, confused and impressed whenSky Sports broadcast ahurling match for the first time.^[56][57][58]
• 13 June – ThePublic Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 was published, making Ireland the first European Union (EU) country to introduce plain cigarette packaging legislation. Stiff tobacco industry resistance to the law is expected and United States business and political lobbies have approached the Taoiseach to warn that its enactment would affect foreign investment in Ireland. Some EU countries are also expected to fight the legislation.^[59]
• 15 June –Father's Day.^[1]

• 4 July –Joan Burtonwas elected leader of theLabour Party, succeedingEamon Gilmore. She was also appointedTánaiste by theTaoiseach,Enda Kenny, following Gilmore's resignation from that position. Burton is the first female Labour Party leader and the third female tánaiste.Alan Kelly was elected deputy Labour Party leader.^[60][61]
• 14 July
  • FormerPresident of Ireland,Mary Robinson was appointed as theUnited Nations Special Envoy for Climate Change.^[62]
  • It was confirmed that planned concerts atCroke Park by the United States singerGarth Brooks were cancelled following the refusal to grant an event licence byDublin City Council for a five-concert series owing to the existence of a binding signed agreement between local residents, theGaelic Athletic Association, and the promoter, that concerts at the venue would be limited to three per year. This limit was already reached during a three-concert series earlier in the year.^[63]
• Undated in July – TheMolly Malone statue was placed in its new location outside the Dublin Tourist Office (formerlySt. Andrew's Church) on Suffolk Street in Dublin.^[64]

• 4 August – August public holiday.^[1][65]
• 5 August – A state of emergency was declared atLetterkenny General Hospital as torrential rain caused flooding for the second consecutive year.^[66]
• 21 August – The post-mortem room of Letterkenny General Hospital was sealed off when the body of a man with suspectedEbola virus disease, who had beenworking in Sierra Leone, was brought there.^[67]

• 11 October
  • 130,000 people marched fromParnell Square toDáil Éireann in Dublin to protest against new water supply charges.^[68]
  • Twoby-election counts were performed following polls on the previous day.Paul Murphy of theAnti-Austerity Alliance won inDublin South-West, whileIndependent candidate Michael Fitzmaurice won inRoscommon–South Leitrim.^[69]
• 14 October – The2015 Budget was announced.^[70]
• 26 October – Clocks went back one hour whenIrish Standard Time (IST) ended and the country changed toGreenwich Mean Time for winter.^[1]
• 27 October –October public holiday.^[1][71]
• 31 October –Hallowe'en.^[1]

• 22 November
  • RevisedIrish Water charges were announced. The cap on charges will now be €60 for a one-adult household and €160 for all other households.^[72]
  • The five-metre cross on the summit of Ireland's highest mountain,Carrauntoohil, was found by climbers to have been cut down with anangle grinder. The steel cross, erected by 100 people in 1976, replaced an older wooden one erected during the 1950s. The cross was re-erected by a large party a week later, on the 29th, against the objections of environmentalists and members ofAtheist Ireland. The anonymous fellers of the cross sent video of their action toTheJournal.ie news provider on 2 December indicating that the incident was a protest against the number of Irish primary schools being run by the Catholic Church.^[73]
• 25 November –Nóirín O'Sullivan was appointed as the 20th Commissioner of theGarda Síochána.^[74]

• 2 December – 350,000 second-level students were out of school as teachers placed pickets in the row over reform of theJunior Cert.^[75]
• 7 December – President Higgins began a nine-day state visit to China where he was scheduled to have meetings with the President,Xi Jinping, the Prime Minister,Li Keqiang, and the Chairman of the National People's Congress,Zhang Dejiang.^[76][77]
• 10 December – Between 30,000 and 100,000 people marched in Dublin to protest againstwater charges being introduced.^[78][79]
• 25 December –Christmas Day (public holiday).^[1][80]
• 26 December –Saint Stephen's Day (public holiday).^[1][81]

• April –Tramp Press launched in Dublin by Lisa Coen and Sarah Davis-Goff as an independent publisher specialising in Irish fiction with the publication of Oona Frawley's debut novelFlight.^[82]
• Emmet Kirwan's playDublin Oldschool was produced.
• Niall Williams' novelHistory of the Rain was published.

International friendly matches

Republic of Ireland  v Serbia

5 March 2014	Republic of Ireland	1 – 2	Serbia	Dublin,Ireland
19:45UTC±0	Shane Long 7'	Report	James McCarthy 47' (o.g.) Filip Đorđević 59'	Stadium:Lansdowne Road Attendance: 37,595 Referee:Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Republic of Ireland  v Turkey

25 May 2014	Republic of Ireland	1 – 2	Turkey	Dublin,Ireland
19:45UTC+1	Jonathan Walters 78'	Report	Ahmet İlhan Özek 17' Tarık Çamdal 75'	Stadium:Lansdowne Road Attendance: 25,191 Referee:Ruddy Buquet (France)

Italy  v Republic of Ireland

31 May 2014	Italy	0 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Fulham,England
19:45UTC+1		Report		Stadium:Craven Cottage Attendance: 22,879 Referee:Michael Oliver (England)

Costa Rica  v Republic of Ireland

6 June 2014	Costa Rica	1 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Chester,USA
20:00UTC-4	Celso Borges 64' (pen.)	Report	Kevin Doyle 17'	Stadium:PPL Park Referee: Raúl Castro (Honduras)

Republic of Ireland  v Portugal

10 June 2014	Republic of Ireland	1 – 5	Portugal	East Rutherford,USA
19:45UTC-4	James McClean 47'	Report	Hugo Almeida 3',37' Richard Keogh 20' (o.g.) Vieirinha 77' Fábio Coentrão 83'	Stadium:MetLife Stadium Attendance: 46,063 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (USA)

Republic of Ireland  v Oman

3 September 2014	Republic of Ireland	2 – 0	Oman	Dublin,Ireland[83]
	Kevin Doyle 20' Alex Pearce 81'	Report		Stadium:Lansdowne Road Attendance: 14,376

Republic of Ireland  v United States

18 November 2014	Republic of Ireland	4 – 1	United States	Dublin,Ireland[84]
19:45UTC±0	Anthony Pilkington 7' Robbie Brady 55',86' James McClean 82'	Report	Mix Diskerud 39'	Stadium:Lansdowne Road Attendance: 33,332 Referee:Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D

Georgia  v Republic of Ireland

7 September 2014Group D	Georgia	1 – 2	Republic of Ireland	Tbilisi,Georgia
20:00UTC+4	Tornike Okriashvili 38'	Report	Aiden McGeady 24, 90'	Stadium:Dinamo Arena Referee:Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Republic of Ireland  v Gibraltar

11 October 2014Group D	Republic of Ireland	7 – 0	Gibraltar	Dublin, Ireland
17:00	Robbie Keane 6',14',18' (pen.) James McClean 46',53' Wes Hoolahan 56'	Report	Jordan Perez 52' (o.g.)	Stadium:Lansdowne Road Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

Germany  v Republic of Ireland

14 October 2014Group D	Germany	1 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Gelsenkirchen, Germany[85]
20:45	Toni Kroos 71'	Report	John O'Shea 90+4'	Stadium:Veltins-Arena Attendance: 51,204 Referee:Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Scotland  v Republic of Ireland

14 November 2014Group D	Scotland	1 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Glasgow, Scotland[86]
19:45UTC+1	Shaun Maloney 75'	Report		Stadium:Celtic Park Attendance: 55,000 Referee:Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

• 11 May – Stage three of the2014 Giro d'Italia started inArmagh and finished inDublin.^[87]

2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

• 7 September – Kilkenny 3–22 – 1–28 Tipperary^[88]

2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final Replay

• 27 September – Kilkenny 2–17 – 2–14 Tipperary^[88]

2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

• 21 September – Donegal 0–12 – 2–9 Kerry^[89]

Irish Grand Nationalsteeplechase

• 21 April –Shutthefrontdoor (Barry Geraghty)

2014 Six Nations Championship

• 2 February – Ireland 28–6Scotland.^[90]
• 8 February – Ireland 26–3Wales.^[90]
• 22 February –England 13–10 Ireland.^[90]
• 8 March – Ireland 46–7Italy.^[90]
• 15 March –France 20–22 Ireland.^[90]

2014 Summer Internationals

• 7 June –Argentina 17–29 Ireland.^[91]
• 14 June –Argentina 17–23 Ireland.^[91]

2014 Autumn Internationals

• 8 November – Ireland 29–15South Africa.^[92]
• 16 November – Ireland 49–7Georgia.^[93]
• 22 November – Ireland 26–23Australia.^[94]

• 2 January –Patrick Heron, 61; author, cancer.^[95]
• 7 January – Joe O'Mahony, 65; formerLimerick F.C. football player, illness.^[96]
• 10 January –Anthony J. Hederman, 92, judge,Attorney General (1977–1981).^[97]
• 15 January –Liam Hogan, 74, formerLimerickhurler, short illness.
• 19 January –Peadar Clohessy, 70, politician,Teachta Dála (TD) forLimerick East (1981–1982 and 1987–1997).^[98]
• 20 January –John Mackey, 96, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofAuckland (1974–1983).^[99]
• 26 January –
  • Ollie Conmy, 74,football player.^[100]
  • Barry Nash, 18; All-Ireland minor handball champion, road traffic accident.^[101]
• 27 January – Shane Hourigan, 44;hurling referee, road traffic accident.^[102]
• 28 January –Ted Nealon, 84; former journalist, broadcaster, andFine Gael party TD forSligo–Leitrim, illness.^[103]
• 29 January – Paddy Whelan, 78; formerIrish Times photographer, suspected heart attack.^[104]
• 30 January
  • John Carty, 63; formerFianna Fáil party TD forMayo.^[105]
  • Seán Flynn, 56; education correspondent with theIrish Times, illness.^[106]
  • Jim Mansfield, 74; businessman, long illness.^[107]
  • Joan Tighe, 91; fashion journalist, short illness.^[108]

• 1 February – Jonny Byrne, 19;Carlow under-21 hurler, drowning.^[109]
• 7 February –Ernie Lyons, 99, motorcycle racer.^[110]
• 8 February –Finbarr Dwyer, 67, accordion player.^[111]
• 11 February –
  • Ronnie Masterson, 87; actress.^[112]
  • Seán Potts, 83; whistle player.^[113]
• 13 February –Tommy Cooke, 99;Limerickhurler and oldest livingAll-Ireland medallist.^[114]
• 14 February –Patrick Scott, 93; artist.^[115]
• 17 February –James McNaughton, 51;Antrim hurler.^[116]
• 18 February – Maigread Murphy, 94; teacher, patron of the arts and widow of sculptorSeamus Murphy.^[117]
• 20 February – Ted Joyce, 90; formerCarlowGaelic footballer.^[118]
• 24 February – Peadar Smith, 85; formerLouth Gaelic footballer.^[119]
• 27 February –Raymond James Boland, 82, Irish-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofBirmingham in Alabama (1988–1993) andKansas City-St Joseph (1993–2005), complications from lung cancer.^[120]

• 3 March – Gerry Collins, 57; formerDublin Gaelic footballer and face ofHealth Service Executive anti-smoking campaign, lung cancer.^[121]
• 4 March –Barrie Cooke, 83, artist.^[122]
• 6 March –Tony Herbert, 94, politician (14th &16thSenator), and hurler (Limerick).^[123]
• 10 March –Eileen Colgan, 80; actress.^[124]
• 11 March –Christine Buckley, 67; institutional abuse survivor and campaigner, cancer.^[125]
• 13 March –Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, 70; entrepreneur and former politician, helicopter crash.^[126]
• 15 March –Paddy Cronin, 88; fiddler, short illness.^[127]
• 17 March –
  • Charlie O'Mahony, 73; formerCork Celtic footballer, long illness.^[128]
  • Paddy McGuigan, 74, songwriter ("The Men Behind the Wire", "Boys of the Old Brigade") and musician (The Barleycorn).^[129]
• 20 March –Shane MacThomais, 46; historian, suddenly.^[130]
• 21 March – Oliver Maloney, 77; formerDirector-General of RTÉ, illness.^[131]
• 25 March –
  • Nicky McFadden, 51; Fine Gael TD, motor neuron disease.^[132]
  • Frank O'Keeffe, 91; formerKerry Gaelic footballer.^[133]

• 3 April –John Ryan, 86; formerLabour Party TD.^[134]
• 22 April –John Hannigan, 75; formerDonegal Gaelic footballer and manager, short illness.^[135]
• 29 April –Daphne Pochin Mould, 93, author and photographer.^[136]

• 15 May –Greg Hughes, 75, Gaelic footballer (Offaly).^[137]

• 4 June –Martin Treacy, 78, retired hurler (Kilkenny).^[138]
• 15 June – Ambrose O'Gorman, 102, oldest priest in Ireland.^[139]
• 25 June – The Very ReverendCyril Haran, 83, priest and Gaelic football manager (Sligo).^[140]
• 27 June –Flor Hayes, 70: Gaelic footballer (Cork), short illness.^[141]
• 28 June –Joe Dooley, hurler (Offaly).^[142]
• 29 June –Dermot Healy, 66, novelist, playwright and poet.^[143]

• 3 July –Tim Flood, 87: former hurler (Wexford).^[144]
• 4 July – Packie McQuaid, former Gaelic footballer (Monaghan).^[145]
• 7 July –Denis Lyons, 78, former Fianna Fáil TD, short illness.^[146]
• 13 July –Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, 75, hereditary peer.^[147]
• 20 July –Thomas Brennan, 74, equestrian.^[148]
• 22 July –Louis Lentin, 80, theatre, film and television director, sudden illness.^[149]

• 8 August –J. J. Murphy, 86, actor (Cal,Angela's Ashes,Game of Thrones)^[150]
• 10 August –Ann Rowan, 85, actress (The Riordans,Father Ted).^[151]
• 16 August –Liam Flood, 71, bookmaker and poker player.^[152]
• 20 August –Eric Barber, 72, association footballer (Shelbourne).^[153]
• 21 August –Albert Reynolds, 81, politician,Taoiseach (1992–1994), TD forLongford–Roscommon (1992–2002).^[154]

• 2 September –James White, 76, politician and hotelier.^[155]
• 12 September –Ian Paisley, formerFirst Minister and founder of theDUP
• 20 September –Billie Barry, dance instructor.^[156]
• 29 September –Hugh Doherty, 93, association footballer (Celtic).^[157]

• 13 October – Gabrielle Reidy, 54, actress, cancer.^[158]
• 19 October –Gerard Parkes, 90, actor.^[159]
• 22 October –Barry McSweeney, Irish scientist, Chief Science Advisor (2004–2005).^[160]

• 4 November –Jack Fitzsimons, 84, architect and activist.^[161]
• 5 November –Séamus Heery, 87, Gaelic footballer (Meath).^[162]
• 8 November –Joe Walsh, 71, former Fianna Fáil TD and long servingMinister for Agriculture.^[163]
• 9 November – Luke Dolan, 108, Ireland's oldest man.^[164]
• 10 November –Brian Farrell, 85, political broadcaster and academic.^[165]
• 13 November –
  • Gus Cremins, 93, Gaelic football player (Kerry GAA).^[166]
  • Paddy MacHugh, firstTelefís Éireann weather forecaster, short illness.^[167]
• 14 November –Michael O'Brien, 81, former Cork senior hurling team coach, long illness.^[168]
• 16 November –Dessie Hughes, 71, racehorse trainer and former jockey, short illness.^[169]
• 19 November –Jeremiah Coffey, 81, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofSale, Australia (1989–2008).^[170]
• 26 November –Anita Notaro, author and former television director, front-temporal dementia.^[171]
• 27 November –Jack Kyle, 88, rugby union player, long illness.^[172]

• 5 December –Jackie Healy-Rae, 83, former Independent TD, long illness.^[173]
• 6 December –Mick Barry, 95,road bowler regarded as the greatest of all time, long illness.^[174]
• 16 December – Andy Kettle, 68, chairman of theDublin County Board, pneumonia.^[175]
• 26 December – Timothy Dowd, 99, detective who ledSon of Sam manhunt.^[176]
• 27 December – Pat Gillen, 89, one of the last surviving IrishD Day veterans.^[177]
• 30 December – Desmond Fisher, 94, journalist, broadcaster and former head ofcurrent affairs with RTÉ.^[178]

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