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Events during the year 2022 in Ireland.

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January

  • 1 January – 23,281 cases of COVID-19 were recorded, as health officials warned that the true number of cases was likely to be higher, due to increased pressure on the PCR testing system.[1]
  • 4 January – Minister for Education Norma Foley confirmed that schools would reopen as planned on 6 January, despite rising COVID-19 cases.[2]
  • 6 January
    • The culture minister, Catherine Martin, began a consultation programme inviting opinions concerning the creation of a basic income plan for artists.[3]
    • 23,817 cases of COVID-19 were recorded, as people who received a third or booster vaccine dose began receiving an updated Digital COVID Certificate.[4]
  • 7 January – The body of Shane O'Connor, 17, son of singer Sinéad O'Connor and musician Donal Lunny, was found near Bray after being reported missing by the Garda Síochána (police) the previous day.[5] His mother announced he had taken his own life,[6] following two suicide attempts a week before.[7]
  • 8 January – A record 26,122 cases of COVID-19 were reported.[8]
  • 9 January – A 49-year-old father-of-two was shot dead in Ballyfermot, Dublin.[9]
  • 10 January – The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ireland reached 1,000,000.[10]
  • 12 January – A 23-year-old primary school teacher, Ashling Murphy, was murdered beside the canal in Tullamore.[11]
  • 15 January – A National Lottery jackpot building since June 2021 and worth a record €19 million was won by a ticket sold in Castlebar.[12]
  • 18 January
    • Ashling Murphy's funeral took place and 31-year-old Jozef Puška was arrested on suspicion of her murder.[13] (Puška would be sentenced to life imprisonment in November 2023).[14]
    • A man was charged with the fatal shooting of Michael Tormey in Ballyfermot on 9 January.[15]
  • 19 January
    • The Government agreed a plan to give frontline healthcare workers a once-off €1,000 tax-free payment for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic and also agreed on an extra public holiday on 18 March in remembrance of people who died due to COVID-19.[16]
  • 21 January – Taoiseach Micheál Martin announced the easing of almost all COVID-19 restrictions from 6am on 22 January, with the requirements of vaccine certificates and social distancing to end, restrictions on household visits and capacity limits for indoor and outdoor events to end, nightclubs to reopen and pubs and restaurants to resume normal trading times, while rules on isolation and the wearing of masks would remain.[17]
  • 22 January – Anthony Casserly was sentenced to nine years in prison for his involvement in the murder of Wayne Whelan in 2019.[18]
  • 25 January
    • The Taoiseach said Ireland was advising against non-essential travel to Ukraine, describing a planned Russian military exercise off the Irish coast in February as unwelcome.[19]
    • Fishermen in the south and west of Ireland announced that they would hold peaceful protests to disrupt Russian naval exercises in February, set to take place within traditional Irish fishing areas.[20]
  • 29 January
  • 31 January – Chapters Bookstore in Parnell Street, Dublin, Ireland's largest independent bookshop, closed after trading for 40 years.[25][26] following the announcement of its plan to do so the previous October.[27][28]

February

  • 1 February
    • The Minister for Education confirmed that the 2022 Leaving Certificate would be held with no accredited grades, while the Junior Cycle exam would be held for the first time since 2019.[29]
    • Gardaí in Cork began an investigation after a woman in her 20s sustained serious facial injuries, including a broken jaw, following a random attack as she walked in the city centre.[30] Separately, a woman in her 50s was attacked in St Stephen's Green in Dublin, in broad daylight.[31]
  • 4 February
  • 6 February
    • Gardaí issued an urgent appeal for information, after a 73-year-old pensioner was placed on life support for serious head and upper body injuries following an attack by three burglars in his home in Skreen, County Sligo, on 18 January.[34]
    • A man in his 60s died and another man was injured following a two-van crash in County Kildare, while a motorcyclist in his 50s died after colliding with a car in County Cork.[35][36]
  • 7 February – The FAI confirmed that it would be part of a joint bid with the football associations of Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales to host UEFA Euro 2028.[37]
  • 8 February
    • The Government announced an €8 billion retrofit scheme, which aimed to bring half a million homes up to a B2 energy rating by 2030.[38]
    • The Government approved a list of 33 visits abroad by senior and junior ministers during St Patrick's Day.[39]
    • Two teenage boys were hailed as heroes for going to the aid of a 16-year-old girl who was the target of an assault in Fermoy, Cork. A man in his 30s was arrested.[40]
  • 9 February – Peadar Tóibín named "Soldier F", a soldier accused of murdering two people on Bloody Sunday, in the Dáil.[41]
  • 10 February – The Government agreed a €505 million package of measures to combat the rise in the cost of living, with an increase in the energy rebate to €200 including VAT, a 20% cut to public transport fares and recipients of the fuel allowance to receive an extra €125.[42]
  • 11 February
    • A 12-year-old boy died after the car he was driving was involved in a crash with a lorry in County Limerick.[43]
    • Two people were arrested after a 36-year-old man was stabbed to death in Ballyconnell, County Wicklow.[44]
  • 12 February – The Department of Foreign Affairs urged Irish citizens to leave Ukraine "immediately by commercial means".[45]
  • 14 February – Gardaí began an investigation after an 84-year-old woman and her 79-year-old brother was robbed at knifepoint during a burglary in which a thief threatened to stab them if they did not give him money.[46]
  • 16 February – Met Éireann issued a Status Orange wind warning for seven counties, ahead of the arrival of Storm Eunice.[47]
  • 17 February
    • The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) recommended that the requirement to wear masks in most areas, where currently regulated, should end, while Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan proposed that the NPHET be disbanded and replaced with a smaller monitoring group.[48]
    • Met Éireann issued a number of rain, wind and snow warnings, with a Status Red wind warning for Cork, Kerry, Clare and Waterford, as the country braced for Storm Eunice to batter Ireland with gusts expected to reach 130 km/h, while the Department of Education advised schools in counties with Status Red wind and Orange snow warnings to close.[49]
  • 18 February – Up to 80,000 homes and businesses were without power nationally, as Storm Eunice battered Ireland, with the most extensive damage in west Cork and Kerry. A 59-year-old council worker was killed in County Wexford by a falling tree while out clearing debris.[50]
  • 20 February
    • Met Éireann issued several Status Orange wind warnings for western and northern counties, with strong winds, rain, sleet and localised flooding expected, as Storm Franklin was set to batter Ireland.[51]
    • A woman in her 30s and a 19-year-old man died in two separate road crashes in County Clare and Cork, respectively.[52]
  • 21 February
    • A 22-year-old man died following an accident that occurred during a car rally in County Kerry.[53]
    • Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly accepted recommendations from NIAC that booster vaccines be offered to children aged 12 to 15 years.[54]
    • Over 29,000 homes and businesses were without power, as Storm Franklin battered the country overnight.[55]
  • 22 February
    • The Government agreed to end almost all remaining COVID-19 restrictions from 28 February, with mask wearing in schools, indoor retail settings and on public transport to be voluntary, restrictions in schools to end and testing to be scaled back.[56]
    • Gardaí began an investigation after a man in his 30s suffered serious head injuries in a shooting incident on farmland outside Tallaght. A man in his early 50s was arrested.[57]
  • 24 February
    • The Taoiseach condemned Russia's attack on Ukraine as "an outrageous and moral breach of the most fundamental principles of international law."[58]
    • 36-year-old Keith Conlon who was shot in the head on farmland in Tallaght on 22 February died in hospital.[59]
  • 28 February
    • The majority of COVID-19 restrictions were removed, including the mandatory wearing of masks in retail settings and on public transport and social distancing in schools.[60]
    • A Garda in his early 30s was being treated in hospital after a serious assault in County Cavan, during which a gun was pointed at him and was badly beaten and doused in petrol.[61]
    • Two firefighters were injured following a serious road traffic incident in Ashbourne, County Meath, while responding to an incident.[62]

March

  • 2 March – Alan Kelly announced his resignation as leader of the Labour Party, citing a lack of confidence in his leadership from party colleagues as the reason. He announced he would stay on as leader until a replacement was appointed, and would remain as a TD for Tipperary.[63]
  • 3 March – The Taoiseach launched this year's national population census, Census 2022, planned to take place on Sunday, 3 April.[64]
  • 4 March – President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina tested positive for COVID-19.[65]
  • 5 March
  • 7 March – A man was arrested after driving a truck through the gates of the Russian Embassy in Dublin, in an apparent protest at Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[68]
  • 8 March
    • A convoy of 25 trucks carrying 500 tonnes of aid left Dublin Port on a long journey to the border of Ukraine.[69]
    • 49-year-old Desmond Wisley was charged with causing criminal damage to the gates of the Russian embassy in Dublin on 7 March.[70]
  • 9 March
    • The Government announced a €320 million plan to cut the excise duty on petrol and diesel, with a cut of 20 cent per litre on petrol and 15 cent per litre of diesel.[71]
    • Three men were arrested in connection with the aggravated burglary at the home of 73-year-old Tom Niland in Skreen, County Sligo, on 18 January.[72]
  • 11 March – Two people died, and a third person was injured, in a road crash in County Roscommon.[73]
  • 15 March – President Michael D. Higgins and Taoiseach Micheál Martin paid tribute to Irish citizen and Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, after he was killed outside Kyiv in Ukraine.[74]
  • 17 March
  • 18 March – Rachael Blackmore became the first woman to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup.[80]
  • 20 March
    • Gardaí began a murder investigation after a 36-year-old mother of five was shot dead in Finglas, Dublin.[81]
    • Events were held across the country to mark a national day of remembrance and reflection in honour of the more than 6,600 people who died from COVID-19.[82]
  • 22 March – The World Health Organization said Ireland was among some countries that eased COVID-19 restrictions too "brutally" and were now seeing a spike in cases as a result.[83]
  • 23 March – 27-year-old Derek Boyd was charged in connection with the fatal shooting of his sister Sandra Boyd in Finglas on 20 March.[84]
  • 24 March – Ivana Bacik became the new leader of the Labour Party following the resignation of Alan Kelly earlier in the month.[85]
  • 25 March
  • 26 March – Gardaí began an investigation after a 27-year-old man died and a 75-year-old man was seriously injured following a double stabbing in Cork. A 42-year-old man was arrested.[89]
  • 28 March – 42-year-old John Murphy was charged with the murder of his brother Shane (27) and the attempted murder of his father Weeshie (75) after a double stabbing in Cork on 26 March.[90]
  • 29 March
    • Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said there were no plans for restrictions to be re-introduced, despite the number of COVID-19 cases likely to be "hundreds of thousands" per week, while he said the BA.2 variant now accounted for about 95% of cases in Ireland.[91]
    • Minister for Education Norma Foley announced a major overhaul of the Leaving Certificate which aimed at reducing stress, with new subjects added, students starting fifth year in September 2023 to sit paper one in English and Irish and written exams to be worth no more than 60% of a student's final marks.[92]
  • 30 March – A 16-year-old boy went on trial at the Central Criminal Court, charged with the murder of a 49-year-old Mongolian woman on her way home from work in Dublin city centre on 29 January 2021.[93]
  • 31 March – Disability campaigner Tom Clonan wins the bye-election for the Seanad vacancy caused by Ivana Bacik's move to the Dáil in July 2021.[94]

April

  • 1 April – Atlantic Technological University, comprising the three institutes of technology in the northern and western regions – Letterkenny IT, Galway-Mayo IT and Sligo IT – formally came into operation, under its president Dr. Orla Flynn.[95]
  • 2 April – A man in his 20s died and three other people were injured in a single-vehicle road crash in County Tipperary.[96]
  • 3 April
    • The national population was counted during Census 2022.[97]
    • Gardaí began a murder investigation after a 29-year-old man was shot dead in Finglas, Dublin.[98]
  • 4 April - The HSE announced that its Chief Operations Officer - Anne O'Connor - would be leaving the organisation in June to become managing director of VHI Health and Wellbeing.[99]
  • 6 April
    • The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) recommended a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose for everyone aged 65 and older, and for those aged 12 and older who are immunocompromised.[100]
    • A 45-year-old Ukrainian man who had been living in Ireland for the last 20 years and who had returned to Ukraine to fight in the war was killed,[101] while its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Dáil, urging Ireland to show "more leadership" on the war.[102]
    • The jury in the case of a 16-year-old boy accused of murdering 49-year-old Uransetseg Tserendorj who was stabbed in the neck on her way home from work last year failed to agree on a verdict.[103]
    • Kinder products were recalled due to a link with an outbreak of Salmonella after some of the brand's chocolate eggs were recalled at the weekend.[104]
  • 8 April – Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly announced the establishment of a new COVID-19 advisory group, replacing the National Public Health Emergency Team.[105]
  • 9 April – Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan announced that he would retire on 1 July and would not take up a planned academic position at Trinity College Dublin, following several days of controversy.[106]
  • 11 April
    • A number of hauliers and truckers protesting over spiralling fuel costs were fined for obstructing roads in the docklands area of Dublin, while some left the area mid-morning following a vote.[107]
    • Tánaiste Leo Varadkar condemned a suspected homophobic attack after a 23-year-old man was left seriously injured with a fractured eye socket, a dislocated ankle and other injuries, following an incident in Dublin.[108]
  • 12 April
    • The US government imposed sanctions on the three most senior members of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group and offered rewards of up to $5 million for information leading to their arrests or the financial disruption of the gang.[109]
    • Gardaí began an investigation after the body of a man in his late 30s, named locally as Aidan Moffitt, was found in Sligo.[110]
  • 13 April
    • The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence Simon Coveney and Ireland's ambassador to Ukraine Thérèse Healy visited Ukraine where Coveney met his counterparts, Ukraine foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba and defence minister Oleksii Reznikov, in Kyiv and visited the site of the Bucha massacre the following day. Coveney travelled via Poland and was the first foreign minister on the UN Security Council to visit Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in February. He was also accompanied by a political adviser and a protection team.[111][112][113]
    • A second man, 58-year-old Michael Snee, was murdered in Sligo, as two separate murder investigations were underway with Gardaí probing links to a serial killer. A 22-year-old man was arrested.[114]
  • 14 April – A 22-year-old man, Yousef Palani, was charged with the murders of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee in Sligo, and was also charged with assault causing serious harm, arising out of an incident on Saturday 9 April.[115]
  • 16 April
    • A 48-year-old man died following a serious assault in Limerick.[116]
    • Parents were urgently reminded not to let their children eat any Kinder eggs that they may receive on Easter Sunday due to a significant risk of Salmonella infection.[117]
  • 17 April
    • President Michael D. Higgins and Taoiseach Micheál Martin attended a ceremony held outside the GPO in Dublin to commemorate the 1916 Rising, the first public event to mark the uprising since the COVID-19 pandemic.[118]
    • Gardaí in Dublin arrested a man in his 30s in connection with a serious assault that left a male victim in his 20s in critical condition in hospital.[119]
    • A man in his 20s was serious injured after he was struck by a car in Navan, County Meath.[120]
    • Five people were hospitalised after being injured in a two-car collision in County Waterford.[121]
  • 19 April – Kate Moran, a camogie player in her early 20s, died following an incident during a senior league game in Ardrahan, County Galway.[122]
  • 20 April
    • Businessman and former billionaire Seán Quinn said his home was searched by Gardaí, but that he did not know why.[123]
    • A prison officer at Mountjoy Prison was hospitalised after she was attacked and cut with a homemade knife during a row among ten prisoners.[124]
  • 21 April – A 39-year-old man died following a serious assault in Sligo, but Gardaí believed the death was not linked in any way to the killings of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee.[125]
  • 23 April
    • Gardaí began an investigation after two men were seriously injured in a suspected arson attack at a house in Tallaght, Dublin in the early hours of the morning.[126]
    • A woman in her 50s died after she got into difficulty while swimming off a beach in County Wicklow.[127]
    • The first full-capacity concert at Croke Park since the COVID-19 pandemic took place, with Ed Sheeran kicking off his world tour singing for over 80,000 fans.[128]
  • 27 April
    • The World Health Organization said there would be surges in COVID-19 cases every three months, with Ireland expected to see another surge in four to six weeks.[129]
    • Five members of a prolific criminal gang suspected of a burglary crime-wave across Leinster were arrested following a high-speed chase.[130]
    • It was announced that NUI Galway would be renamed "Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway" in the summer, amid confusion over its proper title.[131]
  • 29 April – 30-year-old Gavin Murphy was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his partner, 24-year-old Jennifer Poole, at her home in Dublin on 17 April 2021.[132]

May

  • 1 May
  • 3 May
    • Taoiseach Micheál Martin described a mock-up on Russian state television of a nuclear attack destroying Ireland and Britain as "very sinister, intimidatory-type tactics by the Russian Federation".[135]
  • 7 May – Thousands of people took part in this year's Darkness into Light event, the first time since 2019 that in-person walks took place to mark the event due to COVID-19.[136]
  • 9 May – Public transport fares were reduced nationally for the first time since 1947 as part of the Government's plans to help ease the cost of living.[137]
  • 10 May
  • 12 May – Singer Brooke Scullion failed to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final 2022.[139]
  • 14 May – Thousands attended a protest rally outside Dáil Éireann, seeking that a new National Maternity Hospital be secular and should be built on state land.[140]
  • 17 May - The Government approved plans to proceed with locating a new National Maternity Hospital at St. Vincent's University Hospital, despite concerns of TDs about the term 'clinically appropriate' in the hospital's constitution, as well as ownership of the land on which it will be built, and what this means for its independence.[141]
  • 18 May – Hundreds of medical scientists took part in industrial action over pay and retention[clarification needed] issues after negotiations with the HSE and Department of Health failed to bring about a resolution, causing significant disruption and service delays in hospitals.[142]
  • 28 May – The first case of the monkeypox virus was confirmed in the east of the country.[143]
  • 29 May – Dublin Airport "sincerely apologised" after passengers experienced significant queues for check-in, bag drop and security screening, with a number of people missing scheduled flights as a result.[144]
  • 30 May – A second case of monkeypox was confirmed in Ireland.[145]

June

  • 1 June
    • Two further cases of monkeypox were confirmed, totalling four.[146]
    • The Environmental Protection Agency published a report confirming that Ireland was "way off course" to meet targets for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.[147]
  • 3 June – Two men aged in their 50s and 60s were killed in a crash on the M50 that led to the northbound route of the motorway being closed for several hours.[148]
  • 4 June – A 44-year-old woman died and her two children were hospitalised after the car in which they were travelling entered the River Lee in Cork city.[149]
  • 5 June – Gardaí and the Road Safety Authority urged the public to exercise caution on the roads for the remainder of the June bank holiday weekend following a number of fatal incidents in recent days.[150]
  • 8 June – More than 131,000 students began their Leaving and Junior Certificate examinations, marking the first full return to traditional written June exams in two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[151]
  • 9 June – Gardaí seized €156,000 worth of cannabis plants being grown in a home in Moate, County Westmeath. A man was arrested and detained.[152]
  • 14 June
    • The Government announced that the minimum wage (€10.50 per hour in 2022) would be replaced with a new "living wage" set at 60% of the median wage in any year (which would be €12.17 an hour in 2022). The living wage would be phased in between 2023 and 2026.[153]
    • President Michael D. Higgins described housing in Ireland as "our great, great failure", saying "It isn't a crisis anymore - it is a disaster."[154]
  • 18 June – A number of protests took place across the country over the cost of living.[155]
  • 20 June
    • Latest figures showed that there were 606 patients in hospital with COVID-19, an increase of 153 from the previous week. HSE Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry said he was "very concerned", while a virologist at UCD said it was too late to reintroduce mandatory mask wearing, adding that the latest wave of infection had been "completely predictable".[156]
    • Gardaí began an investigation after the discovery of two bodies in a house in south Tipperary.[157]
  • 21 June – Gardaí began an investigation after a man's body was discovered on the grounds of RTÉ in Dublin.[158]
  • 23 June
    • Preliminary results of Census 2022 released by the CSO showed that Ireland's population increased by 7.6% in the six years between 2016 and 2022, standing at 5,123,536 people – the first time the population had been over five million since 1851.[159]
    • Allied Irish Banks and its subsidiary, the EBS building society, are hit with record fines totalling €96.7m for their part in the tracker mortgage scandal, where mortgage holders were illegally transferred from tracker mortgages that followed European Central Bank interest rates onto variable rates that benefited the lenders, and which resulted in some mortgage holders losing their family homes.[160]
  • 26 June – The GAA was set to launch a disciplinary investigation following a brawl between players from both sides in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final between penalty winners Galway and losers Armagh at the end of normal time, which saw Galway forward Damien Comer suffer an apparent eye-gouge.[161]
  • 27 June – Paul Reid announced that he would be stepping down from his position as Director-General of the Health Service Executive at the end of the year "to spend time with his family".[162]
  • 28 June
    • It was reported that early work was under way on new legislation which would allow the Government to make mask-wearing mandatory again in certain settings as a precautionary measure in the event of the COVID-19 situation worsening in the winter.[163]
    • The Government agreed to a request from Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan for the Irish Army to be on standby to help with security at Dublin Airport.[164]
    • The Government approved a new €363 million strategy to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.[165]
  • 29 June – The Garda Síochána announced a full review by the Cold Case Unit into the 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.[166]
  • 30 June – The Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 is signed into law, which will allow adopted people to access their birth and early life information.[167]

July

  • 1 July – Armagh footballer Tiernan Kelly received a 24-week ban and three others received one-match penalties following an incident that occurred in the 2022 All-Ireland quarter-final between Armagh and Galway.[168]
  • 4 July – The Government agreed that the 2023 budget would be held on 27 September, two weeks earlier than planned.[169]
  • 5 July – Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan confirmed that planning permission for Dublin's MetroLink would be lodged in September, with an expectation that it could be in operation in the early 2030s at a cost of €9.5bn.[170]
  • 6 July
  • 12 July
    • The Government was to maintain the current television licence but said it would overhaul the system to ensure it was more equitable, relevant and sustainable.[174]
    • The Government won a motion of confidence in the Dáil, with 85 votes in favour to 66 against.[175]
  • 13 July – Met Éireann issued a high temperature advisory for Ireland, with temperatures forecast to reach the high 20s Celsius, and possibly exceeding 30°.[176]
  • 15 July – Met Éireann issued a Status Yellow high temperature warning for Ireland, with "exceptionally" high temperatures possibly up to 32 °C forecast.[177]
  • 17 July
  • 18 July – A temperature of 33 °C was reported at the Phoenix Park in Dublin, the highest temperature ever recorded in Ireland in July and breaking the high temperature records for the 20th and 21st centuries.[180]
  • 19 July – Allied Irish Banks (AIB) announced it would turn 70 of its 170 branches into cashless outlets by October as a result of what it claimed was declining demand for these services. Under the plans, these branches would no longer provide cash or cheque services and ATMs would also be removed. The announcement was heavily criticised by bank customers, political representatives, and GAA clubs.[181]
  • 20 July – The Sick leave Act 2022 became law. The scheme is being phased in over a four-year period. The scheme entitles employees to be paid for limited periods of sick leave, for days on which they would ordinarily work but are incapable of doing so due to illness or injury.[182]
  • 21 July – Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the AIB bank should "reconsider and reflect on" its decision to remove cash facilities at 70 branches around the country.[183]
  • 22 July
    • Allied Irish Bank reversed its decision to end cash services at 70 branches around the country following a backlash to the move from business groups, consumers, farming and rural organisations and politicians.[184]
    • Lisa Smith was sentenced at the Special Criminal Court to 15 months in prison following her conviction on 30 May of membership of the Daesh Sunni terrorist group.[185]
  • 24 July – Munster champions Kerry won the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Connacht champions Galway.[186]

August

  • 3 August – Gardaí began a murder investigation after a 34-year-old man who suffered serious head injuries after an assault by four inmates in his Mountjoy Prison cell died in hospital.[187]
  • 5 August – Gardaí believed that the Kinahan Organised Crime Group was involved in a smuggling operation that saw the seizure of cocaine worth €8.4 million, which was flown into County Longford on a private plane.[188]
  • 9 August – Met Éireann issued a Status Yellow high-temperature warning for Leinster and Munster, warning of "very warm or hot on Thursday 11, Friday 12 and Saturday 13 August with maximum temperatures of 27 to 29 degrees".[189]
  • 11 August – Met Éireann extended its high-temperature warning nationwide.[190]
  • 12 August
    • A temperature of 31.7 °C was reported at Oak Park, County Carlow, breaking the Irish temperature record for August.[191]
    • A woman in her 20s died and a man in his 30s was arrested following an assault at a house outside Athboy in County Meath.[192]
  • 13 August – A man died in hospital from injuries following an assault at a party in Athlone. Two men were arrested.[193]
  • 17 August – Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said people should feel safe on public transport but a decision on a dedicated transport police unit was a matter for the Garda Commissioner and not the Government, following a call from the National Bus and Rail Workers Union for such a move after a number of recent assaults on staff and passengers, including one homophobic assault of a 26-year-old man on a Dublin Bus on 14 August.[194]
  • 19–23 August - The Rose of Tralee Festival was held for the first time since 2019, and was won by Rachel Duffy, the Westmeath Rose.[citation needed]
  • 22 August – A man died in hospital from head injuries from an assault by eight men outside a pub in Monasterevin.[195]
  • 23 August – A senior fellow at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties joined a class action lawsuit in US state of California against Oracle Corporation for allegedly operating a "surveillance machine" tracking five billion people.[196]
  • 24 August – Robert Troy resigned from his role as Minister of State for Trade Promotion following revelations about his failure to declare property interests.[197]

September

  • 2 September – More than 61,000 Leaving Certificate students received their results, which were artificially boosted in order to comply with a commitment made by Minister for Education Norma Foley earlier this year.[198]
  • 3 September
    • A male teenager was critically injured after a serious assault at a nightclub in Clondalkin, Dublin.[199]
    • The HSE issued a drug warning to Electric Picnic festivalgoers after "high strength" MDMA with two times the average dose was found.[200]
  • 4 September
    • Three siblings – Lisa Cash, an 18-year-old girl and twins, and her twin siblings Christy Cawley and Chelsea Cawley aged eight – were stabbed to death at a house in Tallaght, Dublin. A man known to the victims aged in his early 20s, was arrested at the scene after being shot with non-lethal rounds by Gardaí.[201]
    • There were widespread expressions of sympathy and shock at the tragic death of 13-year-old Jack de Bromhead, son of national hunt horse trainer Henry de Bromhead who died in a horse racing accident at Glenbeigh races in County Kerry.[202]
  • 5 September – 24-year-old Andy Cash was charged with the murders of his three siblings in Tallaght, Dublin.[203]
  • 6 September – The Irish government fined Meta Platforms US$402 million over privacy violations.[204]
  • 9 September – Two children died and a woman was seriously injured following a car fire in County Westmeath.[205]
  • 13 September – Gardaí launched a murder investigation after the body of a 28-year-old man, named Tony Dempsey, was found at a flat managed by the Peter McVerry Trust in Dublin's north inner city.[206]
  • 14 September – Gardaí believed 28-year-old Tony Dempsey was killed in a drug-related incident by someone he knew and that his body was left to decompose on the floor for over a week after he suffered severe head injuries following a violent assault.[207]
  • 17 September – Up to 3,000 people attended a cost of living protest in Cork city, warning that they face a stark choice of deciding between heating and eating this winter.[208]
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On 24 September, Mark O'Connor (left) and Zach Tuohy (right), playing for the Geelong Football Club, became only the second and third Irish players to win an AFL title.

October

  • 3 October – Adopted people, those who were boarded out or subject to an illegal birth registration and their natural relatives can apply for their birth and early life information and access birth certificates from today.[222]
  • 5 October – A man in his 40s dies and his wife is seriously injured when they are stabbed at a family funeral in Tralee, County Kerry.[223]
  • 6 October – The Irish Dancing Commission, Ireland's governing body for Irish dancing, appoints a former judge to investigate claims of prominent dance schools and teachers fixing competitions.[224]
  • 7 October
  • 8 October
    • Ten people are confirmed to have been killed by the Creeslough explosion.[228]
    • Gardaí began an investigation after the bodies of a woman in her 40s and a baby boy were found at a house in west Dublin.[229]
  • 9 October – Tributes are paid to the ten people who died in the Creeslough explosion, after the names of the victims are released by Gardaí.[230]
  • 11 October – The Republic of Ireland women's football team qualified for the World Cup for the first time, following a 1–0 victory over Scotland.[231]
  • 12 October – President Higgins returned from Strasbourg to begin attending funerals at St Michael's Church, Creeslough.[232]
  • 13 October
    • Thousands of students on college campuses throughout the country participated in a national walkout in protest at the cost-of-living and accommodation crises.[233]
    • UEFA opened an investigation after Republic of Ireland players sang a pro-IRA chant following their Women's World Cup play-off victory over Scotland.[234]
  • 16 October – Killing of David Byrne: The trial of Gerry "The Monk" Hutch, a prominent crime boss, in relation to the Hutch–Kinahan feud, began in Dublin.[235]
  • 22 October
  • 25 October – The Government agreed the outline of legislation that would allow pubs open from 10:30am to 12:30am, seven days a week, while nightclubs would not have to close until 6am.[237]
  • 26 October
    • An investigation was launched after the body of a man in his 60s was found in a house near Kinnegad, County Westmeath. Gardaí believed the man died in violent circumstances and identified a person of interest.[238]
    • A 21-year-old man was jailed for 3+1⁄2 years for the manslaughter of a young fisherman in County Waterford in 2018.[239]
    • EY announce that Paul Reid, former head of the HSE who stepped down earlier this month to spend time with his family, and who had used EY as consultants, may be involved in advisory work for some of its clients from next year.[240]

November

  • 4 November – Twitter began laying off members of its Irish workforce with some staff in the Dublin office receiving emails telling them that they were being made redundant after its offices temporarily closed, following a week of uncertainty about the company's future under new CEO Elon Musk.[241]
  • 5 November
  • 9 November – The Government agreed that Tánaiste Leo Varadkar would take over the position of Taoiseach from Micheál Martin on Saturday 17 December and not 15 December as previously agreed in the Programme for Government.[244]
  • 11 November – A 16-year-old boy was found guilty of the murder of a 49-year-old woman, Urantsetseg Tserendorj, on her way home from work in Dublin city centre in January 2021.[245]
  • 14 November – CervicalCheck cancer scandal campaigner Vicky Phelan died at the age of 48.[246]
  • 15 November – Limerick to Foynes railway line reopening plans for 2025.
  • 16 November – Russia banned entry to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, and more than 50 other top officials, in response to international sanctions over Ukraine.[247]
  • 18 November – Twitter temporarily closed its office in Dublin, as more staff chose to leave, sparking new concerns about the site's ability to stay online.[248]
  • 19 November – A 16-year-old girl with special needs who was seriously injured in a fatal road crash in County Kilkenny was a victim sitting in the car when it was stolen, resulting in the death of the thief. 37-year-old Dale Fogarty was known to gardaí and had alcohol and drugs addiction issues.[249]
  • 21 November – Four people were arrested after two gardaí, a man and a woman, were subjected to a "vicious assault" while responding to an incident in Ballyfermot in Dublin that was heavily condemned by the Taoiseach, Minister for Justice and Garda management and representatives.[250]
  • 22 November – The Government approved a ban on the sale of e-cigarettes to minors after proposals were brought to the Cabinet.[251]
  • 23 November – More than 67,000 students received the long-awaited results of their Junior Cycle exams, five months after they sat the tests.[252]
  • 29 November – A man in his 20s was arrested after a nine-year-old boy was seriously injured with his lip bitten off by a pit bull near his home in Enniscorthy, County Wexford.[253]

December

  • 1 December
  • 7 December
    • The HSE wrote to schools and childcare providers advising them that children with fever, cough and sore throat should be kept home to combat a "significant increase in viral infections" and amid concerns about Group A Strep.[257]
    • Motorists were being urged to take care as temperatures were forecast to plummet to -4 °C with Met Éireann issuing Status Yellow low temperature and ice warnings nationwide.[258]
  • 9 December – Freezing fog, severe ice and frost and wintry showers resulted in 143 flights cancelled at Dublin Airport, with -7 °C recorded in County Roscommon.[259]
  • 10 December – Further flights were cancelled at Dublin Airport as Met Éireann issued a Status Orange low temperature and ice warning for Ireland, with temperatures forecast to fall below -5 °C in many areas.[260]
  • 11 December
    • Two separate murder investigations were launched in County Meath after two men's bodies were found 30 km apart in County Meath. Gardaí were investigating whether a man in his 20s who died following a serious assault was killed at a different location before his remains were dumped on farmland in Kilbride.[261] Meanwhile, a woman in her 30s was arrested in connection with the death of a man in his 40s who died in violent circumstances in Navan.[262]
    • The National Emergency Coordination Group met to assess the weather with schools to remain open, as Met Éireann warned low temperatures would continue for another five days.[263]
    • Singer Sophie Lennon represented Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Solas", and finished in fourth place.
  • 12 December – Ireland saw its coldest day in 12 years since 2010 across Met Éireann's network of 25 synoptic.[264]
  • 15 December – Tributes were paid after 24-year-old Irish soldier Seán Rooney serving with the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon was killed and a second Irish soldier 22-year-old Shane Kearney was seriously injured in an attack on a vehicle carrying four personnel.[265]
  • 16 December – Numerous investigations began into what happened in Lebanon which could have led to the tragedy which left one Irish soldier dead and another critically injured.[266]
  • 17 December – Leo Varadkar was appointed as Taoiseach for a second time by President Michael D. Higgins and formed a new government, after Micheál Martin resigned as part of the 2020 coalition agreement between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party.[267]
  • 19 December – The body of murdered peacekeeper Seán Rooney arrived back in Ireland from Lebanon where the family of the 24-year-old were reunited with his remains.[268]
  • 22 December – Mourners attending the funeral of Irish UN peacekeeper Private Seán Rooney in Dundalk were told he was a national hero and that his death had pierced the hearts of his family and the wider community.[269]
  • 29 December – A 19-year-old teenager was arrested after a 29-year-old man was left fighting for his life in hospital following a serious assault in County Cork.[270]
  • 30 December – 19-year-old Ricardo Hoey was charged with assault following the incident in County Cork which left a 29-year-old man in a critical condition.[271]
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