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2015 in Ireland

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Events during the year 2015 in Ireland.

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President Michael D. Higgins

Events

January

  • 12 January – It was reported that defence co-operation between the Irish and British armies is to be formalised and increased in scope when the Irish Minister for Defence and the British defence secretary sign a historic memorandum of understanding at a ceremony in Dublin by the end of January. New developments will include the Irish Army training British soldiers in peacekeeping operations, and surplus British Army equipment being donated to the Irish.[1]
  • 14 January – A red-alert weather warning was issued by Met Éireann as Storm Rachel struck the country.[2]
  • 18 January – Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, revealed his homosexuality on radio, thus becoming the first openly gay government minister in Ireland.[3][4]

February

March

  • 3 March – The Government confirmed it would lock away for 75 years any statements it received from victims of child sexual abuse (almost twice the normal length), prompting criticism from survivors.[12]
  • 13 March – A new political party, Renua, was launched.[13]
  • 26 March – Kathleen Hayes Rollins Snavely became the oldest Irish-born person to have ever lived. She died on 6 July aged 113 years, 140 days.[14][15]

April

May

June

July

September

  • 23 September – The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, visited Dublin, where he was presented with a hurley and sliotar, and was greeted by a thousand Indian people at a gathering in Ballsbridge.[32]

October

  • 2 October – The postal service, An Post, told the public not to post any mail owing to a staff dispute, then stated that staff might be dismissed if no post arrived for them to sort.[33]
  • 10 October – Carrickmines fire: A chip pan fire swept through a halting site in Carrickmines, County Dublin, killing 11 Travellers including five adults, five children, and an unborn child.[34][35] The Taoiseach Enda Kenny ordered flags to fly at half-mast on the days of the victims' funerals.[36] A letter of condolence from Pope Francis was read to mourners at one funeral for five of the victims.[37] Hundreds of Travellers, including relatives of the victims, had an audience in the Vatican with the Pope on 26 October.[38]
  • 11 October – Garda Tony Golden was among two people who died in a shooting in Omeath in County Louth.
  • 12 October – The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin told a synod of bishops in Rome that Irish people "struggle to understand abstract moral principles" while remaining capable of understanding that people need to be happy and to belong. He also claimed that the recent debate about same-sex marriage in Ireland was conducted by laypeople in language that belonged to the Roman Catholic Church, concepts he described as "traditionally our language: equality, compassion, respect and tolerance."[39][40]

November

December

  • Multiple floodings took place across the country during December, causing widespread damage.
  • 7–13 December – Heavy rain and strong winds affected the northwest causing bad flooding to Athlone, Carrick-on-Shannon and parts of County Galway.
  • 28 December–1 January 2016 – More flooding took place across the country causing serious damage.
  • 29 December – The controversial[clarification needed] Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2015 became law.[42]
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Arts, literature and sciences

Sports

Association football

International friendly matches
4 June 2015 Republic of Ireland  0 – 0  Northern Ireland Dublin, Ireland [44][45][46]
13:00 Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 50 (closed-door match)
Referee: Paul McLaughlin (Ireland)
7 June 2015 Republic of Ireland  0 – 0  England Dublin, Ireland [47][48]
13:00 Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 43,486
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)[49]
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D
29 March 2015 Group D Republic of Ireland  1 – 1  Poland Dublin, Ireland [50]
19:45 Shane Long 90+1' Report Sławomir Peszko 26' Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jonas Eriksson, (Sweden)
13 June 2015 Group D Republic of Ireland  1 – 1  Scotland Dublin, Ireland [51]
17:00 Jonathan Walters 38' Report John O'Shea 47' (o.g.) Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 49,063
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
7 September 2015 Group D Republic of Ireland  1 – 0  Georgia Dublin, Ireland
19:45 Jonathan Walters 69' Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 27,000 [53][54][55]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
8 October 2015 Group D Republic of Ireland  1 – 0  Germany Dublin, Ireland [56]
19:45 Shane Long 71' Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 50,064
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Cricket

Gaelic games

2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
  • 6 September – Kilkenny 1–22 – 1–18 Galway
2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
  • 20 September – Dublin 0–12 – 0–9 Kerry

Hockey

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Deaths

January to July

July to December

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Val Doonican
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Maureen O'Hara
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References

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