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1998 The Good Friday
Agreement sets out proposed
framework for self-government
1985 Barry McGuigan beats the in Northern Ireland
Panamanian, Eusebio Pedroza, for
world featherweight boxing title 2001 David Trimble resigns as first minister, but is later
re-elected. The beginning of a tortuous period of
1986 Bitter Loyalist suspended talks and return to Westminster’s direct rule
opposition follows the
previous year’s signing by the 2005 The IRA announces an end to its armed campaign,
British and Irish governments saying it will follow an exclusively democratic path
of the Anglo-Irish Agreement
2008 Padraig Harrington wins both the Open
1987 IRA Championship and the PGA Championship
bomb 1994 IRA and 2010 The Democratic Unionist Party and
explodes Unionist Sinn Féin reach agreement to allow full
during cease fires. transfer of police and justice powers from
Enniskillen’s Gerry Adams, London to Belfast
Remembrance Sinn Féin
Day parade, leader, 2011 Queen Elizabeth makes a historic state visit
killing 11 people allowed to Ireland, the first such visit by a British monarch
to speak
on British 2016 Commemorations of the 1916
radio and Rising take place across the country
television
1990 2000 2010 2020
1990 2000 2010 2020
2002 The single
European currency, 2015 Ireland becomes the first
the euro, replaces country in the world to approve
Irish punt notes same-sex marriage by popular vote
and coins
2014 President Michael D Higgins
1995 For the first time in makes a historic state visit to Britain,
25 years, there are no the first Irish Head of State to do so
troops on daylight patrols
in Northern Ireland 2013 President Obama visits Northern Ireland
1994 Republic of Ireland 2012 Katie Taylor wins a gold medal in boxing at the
football team reaches quarter London Olympics
finals of World Cup in the USA.
Here, Ray Houghton is 2011 Michael D Higgins inaugurated as
congratulated on scoring the 9th President of Ireland
winning goal against Italy
1991 Mary Robinson becomes first
female President of the Republic,
succeeded by Mary McAleese in 1998
1988 Dublin’s millennium is
celebrated, boosting the city’s image 2011 US President
Obama visits the
Republic of Ireland

1987 Dubliner Stephen Roche wins the Tour de 2005 Foreign ministers of the European
France, Giro d’Italia and World Championship in Union unanimously agree to make Irish
one incredible season an official language of the EU

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