1987 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1987 in Ireland.
- President: Patrick Hillery
- Taoiseach:
- Garret FitzGerald (FG) (until 10 March 1987)
- Charles Haughey (FF) (from 10 March 1987)
- Tánaiste:
- Dick Spring (Lab) (until 20 January 1987)
- Peter Barry (FG) (from 20 January 1987 until 10 March 1987)
- Brian Lenihan (FF) (from 10 March 1987)
- Minister for Finance:
- John Bruton (FG) (until 10 March 1987)
- Ray MacSharry (FF) (from 10 March 1987)
- Chief Justice: Thomas Finlay
- Dáil:
- Seanad:
Events
January
- 1 January – The halfpenny coin was withdrawn from circulation.
- 20 January – Labour Party ministers resigned from the government because of disagreement over budget proposals.
February
- 19 February – A general election returned a Fianna Fáil minority government after the Fine Gael–Labour Party coalition collapsed. Charles Haughey became taoiseach by one Dáil vote. The new Progressive Democrats party won 14 seats.
March
- 11 March – Former taoiseach Garret FitzGerald resigned as leader of the Fine Gael party and was succeeded by Alan Dukes.
- 22 March – The Irish National Lottery was launched.
May
- 8 May – Loughgall ambush: The British Special Air Service killed eight Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) members and a civilian in Loughgall, County Tyrone.
- 9 May – Johnny Logan won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with his own composition Hold Me Now, making him the only person to win the competition twice as a performer.
- 26 May – A referendum was held on the Single European Act. Nearly 70% voted in favour of the tenth amendment to the Constitution.
July
- 26 July – Stephen Roche won the Tour de France, the first Irish cyclist to do so.
September
- 6 September - Stephen Roche completed the Triple Crown of Cycling by winning the UCI Road World Championships.
November
- 8 November – Remembrance Day bombing: Eleven people were killed and 63 were injured by an IRA bomb during a Remembrance Day service in Enniskillen.
- 10 November – The funeral took place of broadcaster Eamonn Andrews.
- 29 November – Beaumont Hospital opened in Dublin.
December
- 5 December – Downpatrick and Ardglass Railway began public operation, the first Irish gauge heritage railway in Ireland.[1]
- Undated – Cooley Distillery began producing Irish whiskey.
Arts and literature
- U2 released The Joshua Tree album[2] to international acclaim.
- Maeve Binchy's novel Firefly Summer was published.
- Roddy Doyle published his first novel, The Commitments, the first volume of The Barrytown Trilogy, about a group of unemployed young people on the north side of Dublin who start a soul band.
- Kíla, the folk/world music group, was formed in the Irish language secondary school, Coláiste Eoin in County Dublin.
Sport
Association football
- 11 November – Ireland qualified for their first major international tournament when Scotland pulled off a shock 1–0 win in Sofia against Bulgaria. Gary Mackay scored the only goal with just three minutes left to put Ireland into the Euro 88 tournament in West Germany.
Cycling
- 6 September – Cyclist Stephen Roche completed a remarkable treble by winning the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the World Championship.
Gaelic football
- Meath defeated Cork by 1–14 to 0–11 to win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Golf
- The Carroll's Irish Open golf tournament was won by Bernhard Langer (West Germany).
Hurling
- Galway defeated Kilkenny by 1–12 to 0–9 to win the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
