2025 in Ireland

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Events during the year 2025 in Ireland.

Incumbents

President Michael D. Higgins

• President: Michael D. Higgins
• Taoiseach (prime minister):
  • Simon Harris (Fine Gael) (until 23 January 2025)
  • Micheál Martin (Fianna Fáil) (from 23 January 2025)
• Tánaiste (deputy prime minister):
  • Micheál Martin (Fianna Fáil) (until 23 January 2025)
  • Simon Harris (Fine Gael) (from 23 January 2025)
• Minister for Finance:
  • Jack Chambers (Fianna Fáil) (until 23 January 2025)
  • Paschal Donohoe (Fine Gael) (from 23 January 2025)
• Chief Justice: Donal O'Donnell
• Dáil Éireann: 34th
• Seanad Éireann:
  • 26th (until 30 January 2025)
  • 27th (from 12 February 2025)

Events

January

• 1 January
  • The 2025 Seanad election (for university members) was in progress (began 30 December 2024). ^[1]
  • The minimum wage rose to €13.50 per hour. The Irish minimum wage was introduced in April 2000. ^[2]
• 4 January – The United States president Joe Biden presented the Irish singer Bono with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his activism against AIDS and poverty. ^[3]
• 8 January – The annual Art O'Neill Challenge endurance race, due to take place on 10 January from Dublin Castle, was postponed due to unsafe conditions along the route caused by an extreme cold weather and snow event affecting Ireland and Britain. ^[4]
• 9 January – A provisional temperature record of −8.2 °C was recorded in County Longford as a cold snap continued with a Status Orange weather warning issued by Met Éireann. ^[5]
• 10 January – Three sisters aged 12, 15, and 17 from Presentation Secondary School, Tralee were announced as the winners of the Young Scientist Exhibition for their project "Aid Care Treat", a medical assistance application designed to support emergency healthcare response. ^[6]
• 15 January
  • A programme for government was published by a coalition of the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parties, together with Independent politicians, all recently elected at the general election in November. Micheál Martin of Fianna Fáil was proposed as the new taoiseach (prime minister) until November 2027, when Simon Harris of Fine Gael (currently the acting taoiseach) would replace him. ^[7]
  • Seanad election ballot papers – for panel members – were issued. ^[1]
• 16 January
  • Passenger and freight sea ferry sailings between Dublin Port and the Port of Holyhead in Wales resumed after over a month's interruption. Storm Darragh in December damaged the Welsh port. ^[8]
  • Ireland and Northern Ireland announced restrictions on animal imports from Germany following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. ^[9]
• 22 January – Dáil Éireann returned after the Christmas break. ^[10]
• 23 January
  • The Dáil elected the leader of the Fianna Fáil party, Micheál Martin, as the new taoiseach. Martin named his new Cabinet then went to Áras an Uachtaráin to receive his seal of office from President Higgins. The Dáil adjourned until 5 February. ^[11]
  • Met Éireann issued a Status Red wind warning for the entire country. All education and childcare services were closed and public transport was suspended. ^[12]
• 24 January – Ireland's worst storm since 1961, Storm Éowyn, left 768,000 homes, farms and businesses without power, and brought record-breaking gusts of 183 km/h. ^[13] A man died in County Donegal after a tree fell on his car, while the Connacht GAA Air Dome was destroyed. ^[14] Galway's former champion hurler Michael Coleman died near his home in February while dealing with the storm's aftermath. ^[15]
• 25 January – Thousands of people marched in a National Demonstration for Palestine in Dublin that was organised by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) together with more than 150 civil society groups. The IPSC called for Israel to stop its attacks on the West Bank and for the enactment of the Occupied Territories Bill . ^[16]
• 29 January – The Seanad election poll for university members closed. ^[1]
• 30 January – The Seanad election poll for panel members closed. ^[1]

February

• 3 February – The Ceann Comhairle in Dáil Éireann, Verona Murphy, ruled that the Regional Technical Group of independent teachtaí dála (TDs) may not form a Dáil technical group to acquire additional speaking rights. She said, "I have decided that the Group are not eligible for recognition under Standing Order 170. I therefore cannot accord recognition as a technical group to the Regional Technical Group." Opposition politicians welcomed the development including Social Democrat Cian O'Callaghan who said, "Government backbenchers cannot masquerade as members of the opposition in a cynical attempt to avail of opposition speaking rights." ^[17]
• 5 February – The postal service An Post announced that the price of a domestic postage stamp will increase for the third time in two years. The cost will increase by 25 cents to €1.65, on 27 February for personal customers, and on 1 March for businesses. The price of an international letter stamp will rise from €2.20 to €2.65. The number of letters being posted has declined by half in the past decade. Businesses and government now send 93 percent of post, with just seven percent being sent by the general public. ^[18]
• 9 February – Three men, aged in their mid-20s to mid-40s, were injured following a stabbing incident in Stoneybatter, Dublin. The alleged attacker, a man in his late 20s, was arrested near the scene of the incident. ^[19]
• 11 February – BT Ireland announced it would withdraw as organiser and sponsor of the Young Scientist Exhibition after 25 years. ^[20]
• 12 February – ESB Networks, Ireland's state owned electricity company, confirmed that it had restored electricity to all customers across the nation whose power had been cut during Storm Éowyn. ^[13] The last of those to be reconnected had been without electricity for almost three weeks. ^[13]
• 14 February – In Goa, India, Vikat Bhagat was convicted of the murder of Danielle McLaughlin, a 28-year-old backpacker from County Donegal, whose body was found in a field in Goa in March 2017. ^[21]
• 15 February – A 34-year-old man, Quam Babatunde, died after being stabbed on South Anne Street in Dublin. ^{[22] [23]}
• 17 February – The foreign minister of China, Wang Yi, met the taoiseach, Micheál Martin, and the tánaiste, Simon Harris, at Government Buildings to discuss bilateral relations. ^[24] Martin visited China as minister for foreign affairs in May 2010, ^[25] and as tánaiste in November 2023. ^[26] Xi Jinping visited Ireland in 2012 before he became the CCP general secretary. The Chinese premier, Li Keqiang, visited in 2015, and his successor, Li Qiang, visited in January 2024. ^[27]
• 19 February – The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) accepted in principle Ireland's application to join the organization as an associate member, starting next year. CERN near Geneva is the largest particle physics laboratory in the world and is the home of the Large Hadron Collider in which protons collide destructively at cosmic speed. ^[28]
• 21 February – Sinn Féin confirmed it would boycott Saint Patrick's Day events at the White House over US President Donald Trump's stance on the Israel-Gaza conflict. ^[29]
• 25 February – The Irish and UK governments announced plans to explore formal engagement with paramilitary groups to help bring about their disbandment. ^[30]
• 27 February – The taoiseach met the president of Ukraine at Shannon Airport. Zelenskyy was flying to Washington DC to meet the president of the United States. ^[31]
• 28 February – Irish and European political leaders declared support for President Zelenskyy and Ukraine following an angry public exchange between the American and Ukrainian presidents in Washington DC. Speaking on The Late Late Show , the taoiseach said, "We've got to hold our nerve in Europe. We've got to get behind Ukraine, engage with the United States and others, with a view to giving Ukraine the security that it requires." The minister for foreign affairs tweeted, "Ukraine is not to blame for this war brought about by Russia's illegal invasion. We stand with Ukraine." ^{[32] [33]}

March

• 4 March – An 11-year-old boy was stabbed by another child at a primary school in Dublin. The victim was brought to hospital with serious injuries. ^[34]
• 6 March – Taoiseach Micheál Martin attended an Ireland–UK summit in Liverpool alongside UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Starmer said the two countries had "turned a page on the turbulent years" and were ready for a meaningful partnership. ^[35]
• 12 March – Taoiseach Micheál Martin arrived at the White House to meet US President Donald Trump as part of the Irish Government's traditional round of Saint Patrick's Day engagements. ^[36]
• 13 March – Gardaí launched an investigation after vandals damaged the Trump International Golf Links Ireland golf course in Doonbeg, County Clare. ^[37]

John "Paddy" Hemingway, last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain

• 17 March
  • The Second World War Royal Air Force fighter pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway, from Dublin, died at the age of 105. He served in the Battle of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain (he was the last surviving pilot of the battle), the Invasion of Italy, and the Invasion of Normandy. He was shot down four times. ^{[38] [39]}
  • The taoiseach condemned as "wrong" statements made by Conor McGregor during the fighter's meeting with the US president, Donald Trump, in the Oval Office on Saint Patrick's Day. McGregor attacked the Irish government and its policies on immigration and asylum seekers. Micheál Martin said McGregor did not represent the views of the people of Ireland. The tánaiste and minister for foreign affairs, Simon Harris, echoed Martin's remarks. The chief executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Rachel Morrogh, said the meeting between McGregor and Trump was shocking since a jury had recently found that McGregor had committed rape. Matthew O'Toole of the Social Democratic and Labour Party said the meeting was an "insult to the island of Ireland" and "deeply depressing", and that McGregor was an "appalling individual" and "beyond the pale". Referring to Trump and McGregor, Ruth Coppinger TD said in Dáil Éireann, "two rapists met each other in the White House". During the meeting, Trump described McGregor as "inspiring" and "fantastic". ^[40]
• 19 March – The Turkish group Democratic Türkiye Community in Ireland began a multi-day series of demonstrations in Dublin against the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, mayor of Istanbul and aspirant presidential candidate in Turkey. ^[41]
• 20 March – Sheep and cattle farmer Michael Gaine disappeared in County Kerry. ^[42] Human remains, subsequently found, were identified as being those of the missing man. ^[43]
• 25 March – An angry and chaotic row broke out in Dáil Éireann leading the Ceann Comhairle to adjourn the session after the government won a vote to change standing orders which allowed the Regional Independents' technical group additional speaking time in the Dáil. ^[44]
• 28 March – Seismometers across Ireland detected the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Mandalay just before 7 am, Irish time. The shockwaves reached Ireland a few minutes later. ^[45]
• 29 March – A partial solar eclipse, the deepest for a decade, was visible from Ireland. ^[46]

April

• 1 April – Dáil Éireann voted 96–71 to uphold a motion of confidence in Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy, the first time the Dáil had voted on a motion of confidence in a Ceann Comhairle. ^[47]
• 16 April – An electricity interconnector was launched between Pembrokeshire in Wales and Great Island in Wexford Harbour. The 190 km cable will allow electricity to be imported from Britain and surplus Irish electricity to be exported from Ireland. ^[48]
• 19 April – Aontú submitted a bill to the bills office of the Dáil seeking to allow Northern Ireland citizens to vote in Irish presidential elections. ^[49]
• 22 April – It was announced that President Higgins and his wife, Sabina, the taoiseach, Michaél Martin, and the tánaiste, Simon Harris, would attend the funeral of Pope Francis on 26 April. Francis died yesterday, on Easter Monday. ^[50]

May

• 2 May – The Data Protection Commission fined the video-sharing app TikTok €530 million because of the company's violation of the General Data Protection Regulation when it transferred the personal data of European users to China. ^[51]
• 7 May – RTÉ asked the European Broadcasting Union for a discussion about Israel's inclusion in the Eurovision Song Contest because of the continuing war in Gaza. ^[52]
• 8 May – Eamon Martin, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, paid tribute to the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV, describing him as "calm, affable and approachable", and a "friend of Ireland". ^[53]
• 11 May – 49-year-old Garda Kevin Flatley became the 90th Garda to be killed in the line of duty after being struck by a motorcycle at a speed checkpoint in north county Dublin. ^[54]
• 24 May – The first intact Roman pot found in Ireland was discovered at Drumanagh. ^[55]
• 26 May – The investigation into the disappearance of Fiona Pender was reclassified as a murder investigation, as Gardaí began searches near Killeigh. ^[56]

June

• 3 June – In an e-mail to staff, Adam Smyth, the director of BBC Northern Ireland, said the BBC has "no intention" of blocking its news or other output in the Republic of Ireland. ^[57]
• 4 June – Richard Satchwell was sentenced to life imprisonment by Dublin's Central Criminal Court for the March 2017 murder of his wife, Tina Satchwell, who was buried under the stairs at their home in Youghal, County Cork. ^[58]
• 6 June
  • Garda Commissioner Drew Harris announced a review into the investigation of the murder of Tina Satchwell. ^[59]
  • Ten cattle were killed by a lightning strike at Butlersbridge, County Cavan. ^[60]
• 17 June – A major demonstration took place outside the Dáil over Ireland's growing housing crisis. ^[61]
• 20 June – An Coimisiún Pleanála refused an application to redevelop the site of the Creeslough explosion with the establishment of another petrol station and shop. ^[62]

July

• 3 July – The partner of Ashling Murphy reached a settlement with BBC Northern Ireland over a defamation case concerning a November 2023 edition of The View which discussed his victim impact statement. ^[63]
• 10 July – The Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration rejected visa applications for a team of GAA Palestine players from the West Bank who were scheduled to visit Ireland for a tour later in the month. ^[64]
• 14 July – A full excavation began of a mass grave at the site of the former Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway. ^[65]
• 21 July – Forty-five thousand fans greeted the victorious Tipperary hurling team at Semple Stadium in Thurles after the team's victory over Cork in yesterday's All-Ireland hurling final match at Croke Park in Dublin. ^[66]
• 28 July – Thousands of Gaelic football fans greeted the victorious Kerry football team in Rathmore, Tralee, and Killarney after the team's victory over Donegal in yesterday's All-Ireland football final match at Croke Park in Dublin. ^[67]
• 31 July – Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor lost a civil jury appeal against a finding that he sexually assaulted a woman. ^[68]

August

• 3 August – While opening the Fleadh Cheoil music festival in Wexford, President Higgins called on the United Nations Security Council to intervene more effectively on behalf of the starving people of Gaza – which he called "the destruction of an entire people" – and for starving Israeli hostages held by Hamas – which he described as "a shocking act of cruelty". He said that using Chapter VII of the UN Charter would allow the international defence of a corridor to allow aid into Gaza. ^[69]
• 6 August – Taoiseach Micheál Martin appealed to the kidnappers of Irish missionary Gena Heraty, kidnapped with a number of other people in Haiti on 3 August, to release her. ^[70]
• 11 August – Thousands of fans greeted the victorious Galway camogie team in Ballinasloe and Clarinbridge after the team's victory over Cork in yesterday's All-Ireland camogie final match at Croke Park in Dublin. ^[71]
• 12 August
  • President Michael D. Higgins condemned recent attacks on members of the Indian community in Ireland, describing them as "despicable" and "diminish all of us", while the annual India Day festival at Farmleigh was postponed due to fears over safety. Prashant Shuki, chair of the Ireland India Council said: "...the situation at the moment for holding India Day is not conducive ... we will announce new dates for India Day this year." ^[72]
  • Responding to the famine in Gaza, the minister for foreign affairs, Simon Harris, joined 22 other European foreign ministers and those of Australia, Canada, and Japan in an appeal to Israel to unblock "food, nutrition supplies, shelter, fuel, clean water, medicine and medical equipment" into the starving territory. ^[73]
• 13 August – The fashion accessories retailer Claire's went into administration in the UK and Ireland. ^[74]
• 14 August – Mairead McGuinness of Fine Gael ended her candidacy in the forthcoming presidential election on medical advice following a stay in hospital last week. ^[75]
• 17 August – In an article for The Irish Times , author Sally Rooney said she will continue to support Palestine Action despite it having been proscribed as a terrorist group by the UK government. ^[76]
• 29 August – A mass was held at Glasnevin Cemetery commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Éamon de Valera, in attendance by his grandson Éamon Ó Cuív, who expressed interest in his candidacy for the presidential election, likewise with Bertie Ahern, who refused to rule out his campaign in the future. ^[77]
• 30 August – Taoiseach Micheál Martin endorsed former Dublin Gaelic football manager Jim Gavin as the Fianna Fáil Presidential candidate. ^[78]

Scheduled

• 12 September – Earliest date possible for the Presidential election. ^[79]
• 20 September – Cearta: A National Protest for the Irish language and the Gaeltacht will be held in Dublin. A rally will leave Parnell Square and proceed to a demonstration at Leinster House, the seat of Government. Activists seek improvements in funding of the Irish language and the Gaelacht, as well as improvements in Gaeltacht housing, education, and language rights. ^[80]
• 12 November – Inauguration of the new president. ^[79]

Arts

• 5 January – Irish actor Colin Farrell won his third Golden Globe award at a ceremony in Beverly Hills, California for his performance in The Penguin television series. He won previously for his performances in the films In Bruges and The Banshees of Inisherin . ^{[81] [82]}
• 7 February – Norwegian singer Emmy was chosen to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Laika Party". The winner was chosen by combined votes of the public vote, an international jury and a national jury on the Late Late Show Eurosong Special . ^[83]
• 23 February – Colin Farrell won a Screen Actors Guild award at a ceremony in Los Angeles, California for best actor in a television miniseries for his performance in The Penguin. ^[84]
• 15 May – Emmy failed to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 final. ^[85]
• 23 June – U2 guitarist David Evans, known as The Edge, became an Irish citizen at a ceremony in Killarney, County Kerry. He had been the only member of his band not to be an Irish citizen. ^[86]
• 25 June – Author Donal Ryan won the Orwell Prize for political fiction for Heart, Be at Peace. ^[87]
• 8 August – The world record for the most tin whistles played together was beaten by 2,516 musicians, attending the Fleadh Cheoil music festival, who performed The Boys of Wexford and Fáinne Geal an Lae at Wexford Park stadium. ^[88]

Sport

Association football (men)

Nations League

Play-off fixtures:

• 20 March – Bulgaria 1–2 Ireland. ^[89]

• 23 March – Ireland 2–1 Bulgaria (4–2 agg). ^[90]

International friendly matches

• 6 June – Ireland 1–1 Senegal. ^[91]

• 10 June – Luxembourg 0–0 Ireland. ^[92]

2026 World Cup qualification

UEFA Group F:

• 6 September – Ireland v Hungary. ^[93]
• 9 September – Armenia v Ireland. ^[93]
• 11 October – Portugal v Ireland. ^[93]
• 14 October – Ireland v Armenia. ^[93]
• 13 November – Ireland v Portugal. ^[93]
• 16 November – Hungary v Ireland. ^[93]

Association football (women)

Nation's League

Group B2

• 21 February – Ireland 1–0 Turkey. This was the team's first match with manager Carla Ward in charge, after she replaced Eileen Gleeson. ^[94]

• 25 February – Slovenia 4–0 Ireland. ^[95]

• 4 April – Greece 0–4 Ireland. ^[96]

• 8 April – Ireland 2–1 Greece. ^[97]

• 30 May – Turkey 1–2 Ireland. ^[98]

• 3 June – Ireland 1–0 Slovenia. ^[99]

Play-off fixtures:

• 24 October – Ireland v Belgium. ^[100]
• 28 October – Belgium v Ireland. ^[100]

International friendly matches

• 26 June – USA 4–0 Ireland (in Denver). ^[101]

• 29 June – USA 4–0 Ireland (in Cincinnati). ^[102]

Camogie

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship:

Semi-finals:

• 26 July
  • Galway 1–18 to 1–11 Tipperary. ^[103]
  • Cork 1–21 to 1–11 Waterford. ^[104]

All-Ireland camogie final:

• 10 August – Galway beat Cork and lifted the O'Duffy Cup in Croke Park, Dublin.
  Result: Cork 1–13 to 1–14 Galway. ^[105]

Gaelic football

2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship:

• 27 July – Kerry beat Donegal and lifted the Sam Maguire Cup in Croke Park, Dublin. Score: Kerry 1–26 to 0–19 Donegal. ^[106]

Golf

• 13 April – Rory McIlroy became the sixth golfer and the first European to win a career grand slam when he won the Masters Tournament in Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, USA. ^{[107] [108]}

Hurling

2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship:

• 20 July – Tipperary beat Cork and lifted the Liam MacCarthy Cup in Croke Park, Dublin. Score: Cork 1–18 to 3–27 Tipperary. ^[109]

Rugby (men)

Six Nations Championship

• 1 February – Ireland 27–22 England. ^[110]

• 9 February – Scotland 18–32 Ireland. ^[111]

• 22 February – Wales 18–22 Ireland. ^[112] This was Ireland's 14th Triple Crown win, having defeated England, Scotland, and Wales. ^[113]

• 8 March – Ireland 27–42 France. ^[114]

• 15 March – Italy 17–22 Ireland. ^[115]

Rugby (women)

Six Nations Championship

• 22 March – Ireland 15–27 France. ^[116]

• 30 March – Italy 12–54 Ireland. ^[117]

• 12 April – Ireland 5–49 England. ^[118]

• 20 April – Wales 14–40 Ireland. ^[119]

• 26 April – Scotland 26–19 Ireland. ^[120]

Annual events

See also: Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland

(H) = public holiday

• 1 January – New Year's Day. (H) ^[121]

• 6 January – Nollaig na mBan . ^[122]

• 8–11 January – Young Scientist Exhibition. ^[123]

• 1 February – Imbolc . ^[121]
• 3 February – Saint Brigid's holiday. (H) ^[121]
• 20 February–2 March – Dublin International Film Festival. ^[124]

• 1–8 March – Irish Astronomy Week. ^[125]

• 17 March – Saint Patrick's Day. (H) ^[121]
• 20 March – Spring equinox. ^[121]
• 28–30 March – Skellig Coast Dark Sky Festival (Féile Spéartha Dorcha). ^[126]

• 8–13 April – Cúirt Festival of Literature. ^[127]

• 21 April – Easter Monday. (H) ^[121]
• 1 May – Bealtaine . ^[128]
• 2–10 May – Galway Theatre Festival. ^[124]
• 5 May – May holiday. (H) ^[121]
• 16–25 May – International Literature Festival Dublin. ^[129]

• 24 May–2 June – Fleadh Nua festival. ^[130]

• 24 May–2 June – Cork Harbour Festival. ^[131]

• 28 May–1 June – Listowel Writers' Week. ^[124]
• 29 May–2 June – Bloom gardening festival. ^[132]

• June – Pride Month. ^[133]

• 2 June – June holiday. (H) ^[121]
• 12–15 June – Yeats Day literary festival. ^[134]

• 12–15 June – Taste of Dublin food festival. ^[135]

• 16 June – Bloomsday. ^[124]
• 20–22 June – Donegal International Rally. ^[136]

• 21 June – Summer solstice. ^[121]
• 5–6 July – Longitude Festival. ^[137]

• 5–13 July – Willie Clancy Summer School. ^[138]

• 20 July – All-Ireland hurling final. ^[109]
• 23 July–1 August – Yeats International Summer School. ^[139]

• 27 July – Reek Sunday. ^[140]

• 27 July – All-Ireland football final. ^[106]
• 28 July–3 August – Galway Races. ^[124]
• 1 August – Lúnasa . ^[141]
• 2 August – Bray Air Display. ^[142]

• 4 August – August holiday. (H) ^[121]
• 3–10 August – Fleadh Cheoil festival. ^[143]

• 10 August – All-Ireland camogie final. ^[105]
• 10–12 August – Puck Fair. ^[144]

• 15–19 August – Rose of Tralee festival. ^[124]
• 16–24 August – National Heritage Week. ^[145]

• 29–31 August – Electric Picnic festival. ^[124]
• 16–18 September – National Ploughing Championships. ^[146]

• 22 September – Autumn equinox. ^[121]
• 25 September–12 October – Dublin Theatre Festival. ^[124]
• 26–28 September – Galway Oyster Festival. ^[124]
• 4–10 October – National Space Week. ^[147]

• 27 October – October holiday. (H) ^[121]
• 31 October – Hallowe'en. ^[121]
• 1 November – Samhain . ^[148]

• 21 December – Winter solstice. ^[121]
• 25 December – Christmas Day. (H) ^[121]
• 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day, also Lá an Dreoilín . (H) ^[121]

Deaths

January

Eleanor Maguire

Robbie Bonham

Michael Longley

• 2 January – Pádraig Ó Snodaigh, 89, Irish language writer, publisher, activist, and former president of Conradh na Gaeilge. ^[149]
• 3 January – Donal Kelly, 86, journalist and news correspondent for RTÉ News. ^[150]
• 4 January
  • Colm Connolly, 82, journalist, newsreader and reporter for RTÉ News. ^[151]
  • Eleanor Maguire, 54, neuroscientist. ^[152]
• 8 January – Des O'Grady, 72, Gaelic footballer (St Finbarr's, Cork senior team) and politician, county councillor (2014–2019). ^[153]
• 9 January – Mick Kennedy, 89, hurler and Gaelic footballer (Marlfield, Clonmel Commercials, Faughs, Tipperary senior team, Dublin senior team, Leinster). ^[154]
• 11 January – Kitty Flynn, 98, historian. ^[155]
• 13 January – Mary Fennelly, 76, camogie player (St Paul's, Kilkenny senior team) and administrator, President of the Camogie Association (1982–1985). ^[156]
• 14 January – Pat Goggin, 84, association footballer (Cork Hibernians, Tramore Athletic). ^[157]
• 15 January – Linda Nolan, 65, singer, actress and television personality (The Nolans). ^[158]
• 17 January – Martin Fallon, 55, Gaelic footballer (Strokestown, Roscommon senior team). ^[159]
• 21 January – Robbie Bonham, 53, comedian and cartoonist. ^[160]
• 22 January
  • Paddy Cole, 85, singer, saxophone player and band leader. ^[161]
  • Michael Longley, 85, poet, Ireland Professor of Poetry (2007–2010). ^[162] Born in Northern Ireland.
• 26 January – Éamonn Walsh, 79, politician, teachta dála (TD) (1992–1997). ^[163]

February

Michael Coleman

Henry Kelly

• 6 February – Paddy Cullen, 80, Gaelic footballer (O'Connell Boys, Dublin senior team, Leinster) and manager (Dublin senior team). ^[164]
• 7 February – Michael Coleman, 61, hurler (Abbeyknockmoy, Galway senior team, Connacht). ^[165]
• 8 February
  • John Cooney, 28, boxer, intracranial haemorrhage. ^[166]
  • Matt Doyle, 70, tennis player. ^[167] Born in the United States.
• 15 February – Eddie Wade, 76, politician, TD (1997–2002). ^[168]
• 16 February – Michael O'Sullivan, 24, jockey. ^[169]
• 17 February – Dan Wallace, 82, politician, TD (1982–2007) and Minister of State (1992–1993 and 1997–2002). ^[170]
• 18 February – James Donovan, 80, forensic scientist. ^[171]
• 19 February – Willie Walsh, 90, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Killaloe (1994–2010). ^[172]
• 21 February – Brendan McFarlane, 73, Irish republican activist. ^[173]
• 22 February – Colette Doherty, poker player. ^[174]
• 24 February – Johnny Culloty, 88, Gaelic footballer (Killarney Legion, East Kerry, Kerry senior team, Munster)). ^[175]
• 26 February
  • Jennifer Johnston, 95, novelist and playwright. ^[176]
  • Henry Kelly, 78, broadcaster, actor and journalist. ^[177]
  • Ray Ryan, 43, hurler (Sarsfields, Cork senior team). ^[178]

March

Pat Ingoldsby

Eddie Jordan

• 1 March – Pat Ingoldsby, 82, poet, writer and broadcaster. ^[179]
• 11 March – Billy Joyce, 75, Gaelic footballer (Killererin, Galway senior team) and manager (Galway senior team). ^[180]
• 12 March
  • Billy McCombe, 76, rugby union player (Bangor, Dublin University, national team). ^[181]
  • Fiona McHugh, 57, journalist and editor. ^[182]
• 17 March
  • John Hemingway, 105, fighter pilot who served in the Second World War; last survivor of the Battle of Britain; shot down four times. ^{[38] [39]}
  • Ger FitzGerald, 60, hurler (Midleton, Cork senior team, Munster) and selector (Cork senior team). ^[183]
• 20 March
  • Eddie Jordan, 76, racing driver and Formula One team owner. ^[184]
  • Patrick Dineen, 87, businessman and cricketer (national team). ^[185]
  • Ruby Druce née Crawford, 109, Ireland's oldest person, from Castlefin, County Donegal. Born in 1915. ^[186]
• 25 March – Gene Mangan, 88, cyclist. ^[187]
• 26 March – John Herrick, 78, footballer (Cork Hibernians, Galway United, national team) and manager (Galway United). ^[188]
• 29 March – Ken Bruen, 74, writer. ^[189]

April

Mick O'Dwyer

• 2 April – Matt Hassett, 93, hurler (Toomevara, Tipperary senior team). ^[190]
• 3 April – Mick O'Dwyer, 88, Gaelic footballer (Waterville, Kerry senior team, Munster) and manager (Kerry senior team). ^[191]
• 6 April – Dan Murray, 90, Gaelic footballer (Macroom, Cork senior team, Munster). ^[192]
• 7 April – Colman O'Donovan, 97, hurler (Midleton, Cork senior team). ^[193]
• 9 April – Eamon Farrell, 83, footballer (Shamrock Rovers). ^[194]
• 15 April – Seán Murphy, 93, Gaelic footballer (Dingle, West Kerry, Kerry senior team, Munster). ^[195]
• 17 April – Billy Young, 87, footballer (Bohemians) and manager (Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians). ^[196]
• 18 April – Clodagh Rodgers singer, 78. ^[197]
• 19 April – Julian Benson, 54, terpsichorean. ^[198]
• 20 April – Mick McGrath, 89, footballer (Blackburn Rovers, national team). ^[199]
• 22 April – Michael O'Brien, 91, politician and activist. ^[200]
• 25 April – Michael Hely-Hutchinson, 8th Earl of Donoughmore, 97, peer, member of the House of Lords (1981–1999). ^[201]
• 28 April – Brendan Comiskey, 89, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ferns (1984–2002). ^[202]
• 29 April – Tommy Keenan, 81, Gaelic footballer (Dunmore MacHales, Galway senior team) and selector (Galway minor team). ^[203]
• 30 April – Seán Sherwin, 78, politician, TD (1970–1973). ^[204]

May

Peter Morwood

Paul Durcan

Gerry Murphy

• 9 May – Peter Morwood, 68, novelist and screenwriter. ^[205] Born in Northern Ireland.
• 11 May – Paddy O'Toole, 87, politician, TD (1977–1987), senator (1973–1977 & 1987) and Minister for Defence (1986–1987). ^[206]
• 13 May – Alice Hanratty, 86, artist. ^[207]
• 17 May – Paul Durcan, 80, poet. ^[208]
• 23 May – Gerry Murphy, 81, football manager (Huddersfield Town). ^[209]
• 25 May – Kenneth Nicholls, 90, academic and historian. ^[210]
• 26 May – Oliver Kilmurray, 78, Gaelic footballer (Daingean, Offaly senior team). ^[211] Death announced on this date.
• 31 May – Carmencita Hederman, 85, politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin (1987–1988) and senator (1989–1993). ^[212]

June

• 10 June – Paschal Long, 75, hurling referee. ^[213]
• 11 June – Liam Fitzgerald, 75, politician, TD (1981–1982 and 1982–1997) and senator (1997–2007). ^[214]
• 15 June – Patrick Ryan, 95, defrocked Roman Catholic priest and arms supplier. ^[215]
• 18 June – Henry Mountcharles, 74, aristocrat, custodian of Slane Castle. ^[216]
• 20 June – Kevin Prendergast, 92, racehorse trainer. ^[217]
• 29 June – Seán Rice, 83, Gaelic footballer and hurler (Éire Óg, Antrim senior teams). ^[218] Born in Northern Ireland.

July

• 2 July – Kevin Crowley, 90, Capuchin friar. ^[219]
• 3 July – Mickey MacConnell, 78, singer-songwriter and journalist. ^[220]
• 7 July – Seán Doherty, 78, Gaelic footballer (Ballyboden St Enda's, Dublin senior team). ^[221]
• 14 July – Avril MacRory, 69, television producer and director. ^[222]
• 17 July – Tommy Gallagher, 82, politician, MLA (1998–2011). ^[223] (death announced on this date)
• 23 July – Maeve Kyle, 96, Olympic track athlete (1956, 1960, and 1964) and hockey player. ^[224]
• 25 July – Colm Mulholland, 96, Gaelic footballer (Lavey, Derry senior team). ^[225]
• 27 July
  • Mick Kearin, 82, footballer (Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers, national team). ^[226]
  • Edward O'Grady, 75, racehorse trainer. ^[227]
• 28 July – Seán Sheehy, 73, footballer (Dundalk, Bohemians, Shelbourne) and manager (Thurles Town). ^[228]
• 29 July – Cecil Pringle, 81, Anglican priest. ^[229]
• 31 July – Seán Rocks, 63, broadcaster and actor. ^[230]

August

Hilary Weston

• 1 August – Frank Grimes, 78, actor. ^[231]
• 3 August – Hilary Weston, 83, fashion industry executive (Selfridges) and politician, lieutenant governor of Ontario (1997–2002). ^[232]
• 4 August
  • Don Connellan, 51, Gaelic footballer (Roscommon senior team) and manager (Moycullen). ^[233]
  • George Morrison, 102, documentary film director. ^[234]
• 7 August – Tony Hadden, 89, Gaelic footballer (Newry Shamrocks, Down senior team, Ulster). ^[235] Born in Northern Ireland.
• 17 August – Derry O'Sullivan, 81, poet. ^[236] Death announced on this date.
• 18 August – Oliver Galligan, 76, Gaelic footballer (Cavan Gaels, Cavan senior team) and administrator. ^[237]
• 23 August – Peter Doyle, 79, Olympic road racing cyclist (1968, 1972). ^[238]
• 28 August – Ollie Horgan, 57, football manager (Finn Harps). ^[239]

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