1982 in Ireland

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1 Events
2 Arts and literature
3 Sports
4 Births
5 Deaths

[edit] Events

January 21 - Kildare TD, Charlie McCreevy, is expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party for criticising Charles Haughey.
February 1 - Corporal punishment is banned in schools in the Republic.
March 12 - The country's first crematorium is officially opened at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.
April 6 - James Prior launches 'rolling devolution' for Northern Ireland.
April 28 - Work begins on the Cork-Dublin natural gas pipeline.
May 2 - The Irish Government affirms its neutrality in the Falklands conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina, and opposes European Economic Community sanctions against Argentina (as does Italy).
May 10 - Seamus Mallon of the Social Democratic and Labour Party is appointed to Seanad Éireann.
May 24 - 20,000 people across the country march in protest at income tax and PRSI changes.
July 20 - The Irish Republican Army kills ten servicemen in bomb attacks in Hyde Park and Regent's Park, London.
August 16 - The Attorney General resigns after a wanted double-murderer is found staying on his property, the ensuing scandal is later described as being "grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented" by Taoiseach Charles Haughey.
September 14 - Ireland mourns the death of Princess Grace of Monaco.
October 6 - An Taoiseach Charles Haughey emerges with a majority of 58 votes to 22 in an open ballot on Charlie McCreevy's motion of no confidence in his leadership.
October 15 - Cork Airport celebrates its 21st birthday. The airport has yet to make a profit.
October 20 - Polling takes place in the Assembly elections in Northern Ireland.
November 2 - Former leader of the Labour Party, Michael O'Leary, joins the Fine Gael Party.
November 4 - The government loses a confidence motion in the Dáil by 82 votes to 80. President Hillery dissolves the Twenty-Third Dáil.
December 1 - Dublin's Grafton Street officially opens as a pedestrianised street.
December 3 - Patrick Hillery is installed as President of Ireland for a second term.
December 6 - The Irish National Liberation Army kills 17 people in a bomb attack at the Droppin Well Inn, Ballykelly, County Londonderry. See Ballykelly disco bombing.

[edit] Arts and literature

Maeve Binchy's novel Light a Penny Candle is published.
Frank McGuinness's first play, Factory Girls, is produced at the Peacock, Dublin.
Graham Reid's play The Hidden Curriculum is produced.

[edit] Sports

[edit] Football

Football World Cup

Group stage

Northern Ireland 0-0 Yugoslavia

Northern Ireland 1-1 Honduras

Northern Ireland 1-0 Spain

Northern Ireland qualify for the quarterfinals of the World Cup

Second group stage

Northern Ireland 2-2 Austria

Northern Ireland 1-0 France

Northern Ireland are knocked out at the quarter final stage of the World Cup

The Republic of Ireland did not qualify for the 1982 world cup

[edit] Rugby

The Ireland rugby team wins the Triple Crown Ireland for the first time since 1949 by beating Scotland 21-12 on 21 February, having already beaten Wales and England.