2009 in Ireland
2009 in Ireland has seen the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank, the loss of thousands of jobs at the Dell plant in Limerick and the Waterford Crystal plant in Waterford as unemployment breaks state records and extreme weather conditions disrupt schools, air and road traffic but not students who protested on the streets of Dublin in numbers of around 15,000 or workers who followed them in numbers of 120,000.
Taoiseach Brian Cowen described 2009 as his most challenging of his career in politics.[1]
Incumbents
Events
January
February
March
- 2 March – The left door of the helicopter carrying politician Martin Cullen fell off at a height of 150 metres. No one was injured [26]
- 5 March – A number of items belonging to the Michael Jackson go on view in County Kildare.[27]
- 6 March – The Court of Criminal Appeal dismisses an appeal by Joe O'Reilly against his conviction for the murder of his wife, Rachel Callely, in October 2004.[28]
- 7 March – Two gunmen open fire on soldiers in County Antrim. Two are killed and two injured while two civilian pizza delivery men, one Polish, are seriously injured. The Real IRA later claim responsibility.
- 13 March – Five people are hospitalised after a freak gas explosion destroys a house and closes Saint Anne's Square in the Temple Road area of Dublin.[29]
April
May
June
July
August
September
- 1 September – At a civic reception Muhammad Ali is made the first Honorary Freeman of Ennis. Ali visits the birthplace of his great grandfather, Abe Grady, who left the town in the 1860s.[74] Ali later sends a letter of thanks to the people of Ennis.[75]
- 5 September – Apprentice jockey Jamie Kyne from Claregalway, County Galway is killed in a fire at his flat in Yorkshire, UK.[76][77]
- 6 September – Derry businessman Paul Houston is beaten to death whilst on holiday in Alvor, Portugal.[78]
- 9 September – The body of Shane O'Halloran, a 24-year-old Irishman who went missing after falling off a cruise ship in Australia, is recovered from the Brisbane River.[79]
- 13 September – The Dublin Bikes Scheme is launched.[80]
- 14 September – Ireland's 2008 Olympic bronze medalist boxer Darren Sutherland is found dead in London at the age of 27.[81] Hundreds of people attend his funeral one week later in Navan, County Meath.[82]
- 16 September – 21 people are injured, three seriously, after a collision involving a Luas tram and a double-decker bus on Dublin's O'Connell Street, the worst accident to date involving the Luas service.[83][84][85][86]
- 17 September – A fisherman dies after falling overboard whilst fishing for crabs and lobsters and becoming entangled in some ropes off Wexford.[87]
- 18 September – A man's corpse is found in a waste recycling facility near Listowel, County Kerry.[88]
- 18–20 September – The three-day Global Irish Economic Forum is held in Farmleigh House.[89]
- 20 September – The Government announces that a national postal code is to be introduced in 2011.[90][91]
- 20 September – A female tourist dies with serious head injuries after falling off Skellig Michael.[92][93]
- 21 September – Lisa Cummins and 16-year-old Owen O'Keefe set new records for swimming the English Channel.[94]
- 22 September – President Mary McAleese opens the National Ploughing Championships in Athy, County Kildare.[95]
- 27 September – The presence of swine influenza in Irish pigs is confirmed for the first time.[96]
- 30 September – Thousands of people protest in Dublin in relation to Colm McCarthy's An Bord Snip Nua proposals.[97]
October
- 19 October – River Suir Bridge opens to traffic as part of the N25 Waterford Bypass. The 230 metre main span is the longest single bridge span in the Republic.
- 30 October – Youths attack drivers on the M50 motorway by throwing bottles, stones, shoes and other items at cars in order to rob them of tyres for a Halloween bonfire.
November
- Ongoing: Mass Floods across Ireland, the most affected are the south coastal counties and cities such as Cork City, the worst hit, this flooding is still ongoing.
- 1 November – The Gaelic Athletic Association celebrates its 125th anniversary.[153]
- 6 November – Tens of thousands of people march across eight Irish cities in protest at government cutbacks.[154][155]
- 7 November – A street in Belfast disappears into a large hole.[156]
- 7 November – A body is found belonging to Michael O'Brien from Templeogue in Dublin, who disappeared on 3 November whilst surfing around Ko Pha Ngan island in Thailand.[157]
- 9 November – Sligo is heavily flooded.[158]
- 10 November – A boy, aged three, is injured and killed at the port in Drogheda.[159]
- 12 November – Passage West in County Cork is heavily flooded.[160]
- 13 November – John McFarlane is sentenced to at least twenty years in prison at the Old Bailey in London for the murder of Dublin mother Mary Griffiths at her Suffolk home.[161]
- 14 November – The Papal ban on discussion of the ordination of women priests is challenged by Willie Walsh, Bishop of Killaloe, during his address to the Association of European Journalists in Dublin.[162][163][164]
- 14 November – Scoil Mhuire Community School in Clane, County Kildare removes security cameras from student toilets following a two-day protest by parents and students.[165]
- 17 November – Brian Hennessy, a 23-year-old postal worker, is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of Sharon Whelan and her two daughters, Zara and Nadia, in Roscon, County Kilkenny in the early hours of Christmas Day of 2008.[166]
- 19 November – The FAI makes an official complaint to FIFA and requests a replay, after France qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa the previous night with a goal resulting from a double handball by their striker and team captain Thierry Henry.[167] FIFA and the French Football Federation refuse.[168] The incident attracts comment globally.[169] Fans protest outside the French embassy in Dublin.[170] The match had been watched by Ireland's highest television audience of 2009 and the highest audience for any sporting event in the country since 1995.[171]
- 20 November – The Progressive Democrats political party is officially dissolved.[172]
- 25 November – Budget Travel, Ireland's largest tour operator, ceases trading.[173]
- 25 November – Shopkeeper John Deasy is stabbed to death during a robbery in Arklow.[174][175]
- 26 November – The Murphy Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin is published.[176]
- 26 November – An outbreak of measles occurs in Galway.[177]
- 27 November – It is announced that Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has been allocated Research and Innovation in the European Commission.[178]
- 30 November – The Health Service Executive begins an expected two-month swine influenza vaccination programme in the nation's primary and secondary schools designed to combat the 2009 flu pandemic.[179]
- 30 November – It is announced that Monaghan's former army barracks is to be converted into an educational campus in a €20 million project intended to accommodate a primary and secondary Gaelscoileanna as well as a higher education institute.[180]
December
- 1 December – St. James's Hospital in Dublin reports a 20% increase in newly-diagnosed HIV patients for 2009, the highest annual increase ever.[181]
- 1 December – A woman's body is recovered from the sea off the coast of County Wexford, having fallen overboard from a Stena Line ferry the previous night.[182]
- 2 December – Whitechurch, County Cork's Father Tadhg O'Donovan apologises for branding the Office of the Revenue Commissioners "the biggest shower of bastards on the planet" in an article published in Irish Daily Star. The remarks earn him a meeting with his archbishop.[184] He is ordered to cease all commercial activity and embark on "a period of prayer and personal reflection".[185]
- 2 December – More than 1,200 students at NUI Maynooth sign a petition to university management objecting to the appointment of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to the position of Honorary Adjunct Professor to the university's School of Business and Law. It follows a letter of protest signed by 36 members of academic staff the previous week.[186]
- 2 December – Sinn Féin Vice President Mary Lou McDonald is "a bit taken aback" to find her Nissan Micra has been set on fire in Seville Place, Dublin city.[187]
- 3 December – A speech by Paul McCartney in Brussels attracts the ire of Irish Farmers' Association President Padraig Walshe, who accuses the ex-Beatle of "leading a flawed campaign against meat that is contradictory on climate change".[188] MEP for the East constituency Mairead McGuinness had earlier described the event as "a media circus without the animals".[189]
- 3 December – The Sisters of Mercy announce they are to contribute property and money worth €128 million following the publication of the Ryan Report in May.[190]
- 6 December – The body of 31-year-old Noel Gill from County Mayo is recovered from a river in Rotterdam, Netherlands, having last been seen returning home from watching the France vs Republic of Ireland 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification Play-Off.[191]
- 6 December – The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food confirms the slaughter at an undisclosed location of approximately 25–30 horses, some of whom are healthy, despite attempts by Irish Horse Welfare Trust to save as many as possible. The horses had been taken from a County Kilkenny farm.[192]
- 7 December – Bishop Dermot O'Mahony resigns as patron of The Irish Pilgrimage Trust after his response to child sexual abuse was described as "worse than that of any other living auxiliary bishop of Dublin".[193]
- 7 December – Former prison officer Dillon O'Brien is imprisoned for four years on charges of smuggling alcohol, drugs and mobile phones into Mountjoy Prison, with Judge Katherine Delahunt saying his crime was "at the very high end of the scale".[194]
- 7 December – The funeral of Liam Clancy, the last of Ireland's first pop stars, at St Mary's Church in Dungarvan is attended by hundreds of mourners, including both aides-de-camp of the Taoiseach and President of Ireland, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen and various musicians and artists.[195]
- 8 December – Four new Luas stations are opened in Dublin by Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey as the Red Line is expanded to Dublin Docklands.[196]
- 9 December – Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan delivers the nation's Budget for 2010.[197][198][199][200]
- 9 December – The Irish Bishops Conference apologises for the sexual abuse suffered by its children after spending the first day of its winter conference in Maynooth examining the Murphy Report.[201]
- 10 December – In what is described as a landmark case, the Supreme Court of Ireland rules that a gay man, identified as "A", who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple shall have access to the resulting boy child, overturning the original High Court decision.[202][203][204] GLEN expresses concern at the Supreme Court's rejection of the lesbian couple as a "de facto family".[205]
- 11 December – Kenyan police launch a murder investigation after 68-year-old Limerick priest Jeremiah Roche is killed during an overnight attack in Kericho.[206][207][208]
- 11 December – Backbench Green Party TD Paul Gogarty is condemned and forced to apologise for his use of unparliamentary language after he yells "Fuck you, Deputy Stagg, fuck you" at veteran Labour Party TD Emmet Stagg during the Budget 2010 debate on the Social Welfare Bill.[209][210][211][212][213][214]
- 13 December – Two gardaí are injured in a traffic collision in County Donegal.[215] 24-year-old Garda Gary McLoughlin dies the following day.[216] Taoiseach Brian Cowen pays tribute and politicians attend his funeral in County Leitrim on 16 December.[217][218][219]
- 15 December – The Supreme Court of Ireland dismisses the appeal of 43-year-old mother of two Mary Roche seeking to have three frozen embryos belonging to her estranged husband Thomas Roche released to her for implantation in her womb, a case which highlights the lack of legislation concerning in vitro fertilisation.[220][221] The court also rules that embryos are not recognised or protected as "unborn" under the Constitution of Ireland.[222]
- 15 December – The funeral of renowned broadcaster and music collector Ciarán Mac Mathúna is attended by hundreds of mourners, including both aides-de-camp of the Taoiseach and President of Ireland, Director-General of RTÉ Cathal Goan, poet Séamus Heaney and various musicians and colleagues.[223]
- 16 December – 78-year-old priest Thomas Naughton is given a three-year prison sentence for his sexual abuse of an altar boy while he served in Blessington, County Wicklow.[224]
- 17 December – Pope Benedict XVI accepts the resignation of Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray who was criticised by the Murphy Report for his behaviour concerning child sexual abuse.[225][226][227][228]
- 18 December – Father Seán Sheehy withdraws from work in his parish of Castlegregory after shaking the hand of a convicted sex offender in a Listowel court days earlier.[229] Bishop of Kerry William Murphy disassociates himself from Sheehy and his actions.[230]
- 18 December – Ireland's first motorway to link two cities is opened several months ahead of schedule between Dublin in the east and Galway in the west.[231][232]
- 23 December – Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Jim Moriarty resigns, the second bishop to do so following the publication of the Murphy Report.[233][234][235] He is followed within 36 hours by Dublin's two remaining serving auxiliary bishops, Eamonn Walsh and Raymond Field.[236]
- 25 December – St Mel's Cathedral, Longford is destroyed when a fire sweeps through the building.[237]
Literature
Sport
Boxing
GAA
- 2009 All-Ireland Hurling season
- Semi-finals:
- Final:
- Kilkenny 2–22 Tipperary 0–23, Croke Park, 6 September 2009, 3:30 pm GMT[249]
- 2009 All-Ireland Football season
- Semi-finals:
- Final:
- Cork 1-09 versus Kerry 0–19, Croke Park, Sunday 20 September 2009, 3:30 pm GMT [250]
Golf
Sailing
Soccer
- 29 January – UEFA announces that the new Lansdowne Road would host the 2011 Europa League Final, the new title for the UEFA Cup.[254]
- Premier Division Winner; Bohemians
- First Division Winner; UCD
- A Division Winner; Salthill Devon
- Promoted to Premier Division; Sporting Fingal
- Relegated to First Division; Bray Wanderers, Derry City^
- FAI Ford Cup; Sporting Fingal
- FAI EA Sports Cup: Bohemians
- ^Derry where removed on 7 November for braking FAI rules and regulations, they're future in even the first division is yet to be decided, recently promoted sporting fingal are in danger too.
- 29 May – Republic of Ireland 1–1 Nigeria (London, UK)
- 6 June – Republic of Ireland 1–1 Bulgaria (Sofia, Bulgaria)
- 12 August – Republic of Ireland 0–3 Australia (Thomond Park, Limerick)[255]
- 8 September – Republic of Ireland 1–0 South Africa (Thomond Park, Limerick)[256]
- First ever Irish-based senior international matches to be played in the Mid-West and the first to be played outside Dublin in twenty-four years.[257] Training in County Tipperary.[257]
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- World Cup 2010 Qualifiers
^ Football Association of Ireland made an official complaint claiming it was a handball, which it clearly was.
Rallying
Rugby union
- 7 February – Ireland 30 – 21 France
- 15 February – Italy 9 – 38 Ireland
- 28 February – Ireland 14–13 England
- 14 March – Scotland 15 – 22 Ireland
- 21 March – Wales 15–17 Ireland
- 12 April – Muster and Leinster reach the semi finals.[265][266]
- 2 May – Leinster beat Munster 25–6 in the Heineken Cup semi-final at Croke Park in front of a world-record 82,208 attendance for a club match.[267]
- 23 May – Leinster beat Leicester in the Heineken cup final, the 4th time an Irish province has done so.
- 10 October – Munster and Leinster begin their Heineken Cup season, with Leinster defending a title and Munster looking to win back the crown.
Deaths
- 2 January – Tony Gregory, 61, Independent TD sitting in Dáil Éireann.[268]
- 27 January – Connie Buckley, 93, former Cork hurler and oldest surviving All-Ireland-winning captain.[269]
- 7 February – Joe Haverty, 72, former Irish soccer player.[270]
- 12 February – Hugh Leonard, 82, playwright.[271]
- 15 February – John Rackard, 80, member of the famous Rackard hurling brothers from Wexford.[272]
- 18 February – Nell McCarthy, retired camogie player, manager and former president of the Camogie Association of Ireland.[273]
- 27 February – Joe Bruton, 99, prominent farmers' rights campaigner, journalist and father of Fine Gael politicians John and Richard Bruton.[274]
- 8 March – Anna Manahan, 84, Tony Award-winning actress of stage and screen.[275]
- 5 March – Patrick Cummins, 88, former Fianna Fáil TD
- 9 March – Frank Stockwell, 80, former Galway Gaelic footballer.[276]
- 23 March – Billy Rackard, 79, former Wexford hurler.[277]
- 7 April – Paddy O'Hanlon, barrister and SDLP politician (b.1944)
- 17 April – Kevin McConnell, 84, former Meath Gaelic footballer.[278]
- 19 April – Tony Kett, 57, Fianna Fáil Senator.[279]
- 27 April – Karl Mullen, 82, former Rugby Union player and Grand Slam-winning captain of 1948.[280]
- 28 April – Pearse Wyse, 81, Former Progressive Democrats founding member and former Lord Mayor of Cork.[281]
- 5 May – Philomena Garvey, 83, former golfer.[282]
- 9 May – David Marcus, 85, literary editor.[283]
- 12 May – Roger Ryan, former Tipperary hurler.[284]
- 20 May – Alan Kelly, Sr., 72, former Ireland international goalkeeper.[285]
- 27 May – E. D. "Ned" Doyle, 90, military figure and analyst.[286]
- 31 May – Danny La Rue, 81, entertainer known for his singing and drag impersonations.[287]
- 1 June – Vincent O'Brien, 92, race horse trainer.[288]
- 13 June – Michael Collins, former Wexford hurler.[289]
- 28 June – Rita Keane, 86, traditional singer.[290]
- 29 June – Sheila Cloney, 83, leader of the Ne Temere decree incident or "Fethard Boycott".[291]
- 11 August – Nuala Fennell, 73, Fine Gael politician.[292]
- 16 August – Paul Healion, 31, cyclist.[293]
- 5 September – Jamie Kyne, 18, jockey.[76]
- 8 September – Stephen White, Louth Gaelic footballer included in the Team of the Century in 1984.[294]
- 14 September – Darren Sutherland, 27, boxer, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist.[295][296]
- 17 September – Frank Deasy, 49, Emmy Award-winning screenwriter.[297][298]
- 22 September – Edward Delaney, 79, sculptor—Thomas Davis and Wolfe Tone memorials in Dublin.[299]
- 6 October – Aengus Finucane, 77, priest, Chief Executive of Concern Worldwide (1981–1997).[300]
- 10 October – Stephen Gately, 33, Boyzone singer.[301]
- 11 October – Peter Callanan, 74, politician, member of the Seanad (since 1997).[302]
- 27 October – Frank Brady, Jr., association footballer.[303]
- 1 November – Seán Mac Fionnghaile, 57, actor, cancer.[304]
- 2 November – Beverley O'Sullivan, 28, singer and actress.[305][306]
- 17 November – Paul "Skinny" Kelly, 43, musician—Paranoid Visions.[307]
- 23 November – Pat Quinn, 74, founder of Quinnsworth and the first person to bring The Rolling Stones to North America.[308][309][310]
- 4 December – Liam Clancy, 74, folk singer.[311][312]
- 6 December – Pat Carolan, former Meath Gaelic footballer.[313]
- 11 December – Ciarán Mac Mathúna, broadcaster and music collector.[314]
- 14 December – Snip Nua, 1 (b.2008).
- 20 December – Joan Brosnan Walsh, actress (Fair City), motor neurone disease.[315]
- 30 December – Dermot Nally, 82, civil servant, sudden death.[316]
- 31 December – Cahal Daly, 92, Catholic priest (Primate of All Ireland 1990–1996).[317][318][319][320]
- 31 December – Justin Keating, 79, humanist and Labour Party politician (Minister for Industry and Commerce, 1973–1977).[321]
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