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Events during the year2013 in Ireland.

Incumbents[edit]

PresidentMichael D. Higgins

Events[edit]

January[edit]

  • 14 January – a couple, including a former nurse, were found huddled together on the bedroom floor of a flat owned byDublin City Council,having been dead for days. They died fromhypothermia.[1]
  • 14 January – music retailerHMVwent out of business and thousands of people lost their jobs, including 300 in Ireland.[2]
  • 15 January – a Dublin grandfather challenged HMV's administrators by leaving theHenry Streetbranch of the shop with three computer games when staff refused to accept a €40 HMV gift voucher he bought his grandson for Christmas.[3]
  • 15 January – theFood Safety Authority of Irelandconfirmed the presence ofhorse DNA in beef burger productson sale in supermarkets.[4]At least ten million burgers were withdrawn from sale.[5]
  • 16 January – formerFianna Fáilpolitician Pat Melia was fined €500 after pleading guilty to the false claiming of expenses in April 2012.[6]
  • 28 January – protesters against the household tax occupied a public gallery in Cork;Cork City Councilabandoned a meeting.[7]
  • 28 January – flash flooding occurred in centralGalway.Elsewhere in the country, flooding occurred inKillarneyand betweenLetterkennyandStranorlar.[8][9]
  • 29 January – two people were killed by the collapse of an internal wall at a garden centre inLongford.[10]
  • 31 January – the High Court ruled that businessman David Hall did not have the legal standing to challenge the State's use of promissory notes to bail outAnglo Irish Bankand other financial institutions, though the ruling allowed for the case to be brought by a member of theDáil.[11]

February[edit]

  • 5 February – a report into Ireland'sMagdalene asylumsfound "significant" state collusion in the admission of thousands of "fallen women"into the institutions where they were abused and worked for nothing in conditions of slavery before they were shut down nearly two decades ago.[12]
  • 6–7 February – theIrish Bank Resolution Corporation(IBRC) was dramatically liquidated after theFine Gael–Labour Partycoalition passed emergency overnight legislation through theOireachtas.[13]The Taoiseach Enda Kenny described it as "a good day for the country and its people".[14]He told the Dáil that there would be a €20 billion reduction in the borrowing requirement of theNational Treasury Management Agencyin the coming years as a result of the changes, but also cautioned that the agreement was not a "silver bullet".[15]
  • 9 February – tens of thousands people marched against the bank debt burden in nationwide demonstrations in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford and Sligo.[16]
  • 11 February – a house was burnt to the ground in County Donegal three weeks after political criticism over a plan assigning it to a family of 13Travellers.Fianna Fáil councillorSean McEniffdenied racism and bigotry as a result of comments he made in favour of the segregation of Travellers, while Fine Gael councillor and formerBallyshannonmayor Eugene Dolan proposed that Travellers should be sent toSpike Island.[17]
  • 11 February – protesters against the household tax demonstrated at meetings ofSouth Dublin County CouncilinTallaghtandFingal County CouncilinSwords.[18]
  • 14 February – the High Court ruled in favour ofDenis O'Brienagainst theIrish Daily Mail,marking the first time the defence of honest opinion was used in a defamation case in Ireland after its introduction as part of theDefamation Act 2009.O'Brien received €150,000.[19][20]
  • 15 February – traditional Irish musicians,The Chieftains,during a visit toHouston,performed a long-distance musical duet with astronautChris Hadfieldon board theInternational Space Stationby playing "Moondance"by Irish musicianVan Morrison.[21][22]
Dublin from earth orbit by Chris Hadfield
  • 18 February – Chris Hadfield transmitted the first message in theIrish languagefrom outer space when hetweeted"Tá Éire fíorálainn!* Land of green hills and dark beer. With capital Dublin glowing in the Irish night." (* Translation:Ireland is exquisite.) The message was accompanied by an orbital photograph by Hadfield of Dublin at night.[23][24]
  • 19 February – Taoiseach Enda Kenny delivered an emotional apology inDáil Éireannon behalf of the State to theMagdalene Laundry survivors.The estimated 800 to 1,000 surviving Magdalene women were told that a compensation scheme would be set up for them.[25]

March[edit]

Chris Hadfield celebrated Saint Patrick's Day in the International Space Station

April[edit]

  • 11 April – theCentral Bankexpressed regret over aJames Joycemisquote on a new commemorative €10 coin.[42]The bank tried to manage its mistake by claiming it was "artistic."[43]Joyce's grandson,Stephen Joyce,criticised the coin and the manner of its release.[44]
  • 12 April – European Union finance ministers and central bank governors met atDublin Castlefor two days of talks on austerity and the creation of a federal bank.[45]
  • 13 April – amid pouring rain, thousands of people from across Ireland marched in Dublin from O'Connell Street to Dublin Castle where they registered their protest against home and water taxes.[46][47]
  • 17 April – President Higgins addressed theEuropean Parliamentin Strasbourg in a speech entitled,Towards a European Union of the Citizens.[48]
  • 19 April – former Fianna Fáil politicianIvor Callelywas arrested and charged with fraudulently claiming mobile phone expenses over a three-year period.[49]
  • 19 April – the inquest into thedeath of Savita Halappanavarreturned a verdict of "medical misadventure." The pregnant Halappanavar died of infection following hospital staff failure to recognise the seriousness of her condition and after her requests for an abortion were denied owing to legal restrictions.[50]

May[edit]

  • 1 May – Gardaí arrested five members of theCampaign Against Home and Water Taxes,includingCork City CouncillorsTed Tynan andMick Barry,during a midday protest inside thePatrick Streetbranch of theBank of Irelandin the city. People gathered on the street. Councillor Tynan said he felt a need to stand up againstausterity.[51]
  • 2 May – President Higgins criticised austerity politics in aFinancial Timesinterview.[52]
  • 8 May – the births were confirmed of the first white-tailed eaglets born in Ireland in more than 100 years. The births, two at Mountshannon on Lough Derg in County Clare and one atKillarney National Park,had taken place in the previous week.[53]
  • 12 May –Bus Éireannworkers went on strike over cuts.[54]
  • 12 May – credit card details acquired by Abtran, the company which won the contract to operate the home tax helpline, were reported to have been misused.[55]
  • 15 May – Minister for Justice Alan Shatter criticised whistle blowers alleging widespread corruption in theGarda Síochánaregarding the cancellation of driving penalty points. An investigation by the Garda Síochána into its own affairs dismissed the allegations of corruption.[56]
  • 15 May – during an appearance on the television programme,Prime Time,Minister Alan Shatter revealed personal information about political opponentMick Wallace.[57]
  • 18 May – cross-party calls increased for the resignation of Alan Shatter over his attempt to smear a political opponent on television.[58][59]
  • 21 May – Ireland was declared atax havenat a high-profile senate hearing in the United States.[60][61]
  • 23 May – it emerged that the Minister for Justice Alan Shatter had been breathalysed by Gardaí.[62]The minister later admitted no Garda report had been made into the incident.[63]
  • 24 May – Abtran, the company which won the contract to operate the home tax helpline, was announced to have also won the contract to operate theIrish Waterwater tax helpline.[64]
  • 28 May – Ireland's latestcrèchescandal[65]featured revelations of children being strapped into chairs, shouted at, manhandled and force-fed.[66]A psychologist was deployed to counsel traumatised parents affected by the revelations concerning one crèche.[67]
  • 30 May – NationalFish and ChipDay was celebrated. This is an annual marketing event begun in 2010 by an Italian–Irish business organisation, called the Irish Traditional Italian Chipper Association, to promote their wares and to distinguish what they describe as authentic Italianchippersfrom imitators.[68]
  • 31 May – Ireland was again declared a tax haven by the United States, a response provoked by a diplomatic letter claiming it was not.[69]U.S. senatorsCarl LevinandJohn McCainconcluded: "Most reasonable people would agree that negotiating special tax arrangements that allow companies to pay little or no income tax meets a common-sense definition of a tax haven."[70]

June[edit]

  • 17–18 June – while the U.S. President, Barack Obama, attended theG8 SummitinCounty Fermanagh,his wifeMichelleand their daughters Malia and Sasha visitedDublinandGlendalough.[71][72]
  • 19 June – independentTeachta DálaClare Daly,speaking inDáil Éireann,criticised the media and the government for their "slobbering" over the Obama family during their visit to Dublin and for "showcas[ing] us as a nation of pimps – prostituting ourselves in return for a pat on the head" and just stopping short of "deck[ing] the Cabinet out inleprechaunhats decorated with a bit of stars and stripes to really mark abject humiliation ". Daly suggested Barack Obama was a war criminal as he" facilitated a 200 per cent increase in the use of drones which have killed thousands of people, including hundreds of children ". She also criticised the special news bulletins covering such trivial items as what Michelle Obama and her daughters ate for lunch inDalkey.The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, dismissed her comments as "disgraceful".[73][74]
  • 24 June – theIrish Independentnewspaper released secret recordings containing recorded telephone conversations betweenAnglo Irish Banksenior manager John Bowe, who had been involved in negotiations with the Central Bank, laughing and joking as he tells another senior manager, Peter Fitzgerald, how Anglo was luring the State into giving it billions of euros.[75]
  • 27 June –Senator David Norrisspoke out against the abolition ofSeanad Éireann,describing it as "a fraud perpetrated on the Irish people". Norris also criticised the government's attempt to reduce further the powers of the presidency, to make it "impossible" for an independent to get elected and to create more "jobs for the bloody boys the ones who dragged us into the ruins of this economy". Norris, as Father of the Seanad, called again for the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny – a "democrat who wouldn't recognise democracy if it came up and puked in his face" – to debate the matter with him, vowing to "peel the layers of dishonesty and populism away from him and show the Irish people what's really being done to them so they won't be fooled another time until they know what way to vote".[76][77]
  • 29 June – thirty thousand people attended the annualgay pride parade in Dublin,the climax of a ten-day festival that marked three milestones: the 40th anniversary of the founding of theIrish Gay Movement,the 30th occasion of the gay pride parade, and the 20th anniversary of thedecriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland.[78]

July[edit]

  • 2 July – requests for asylum and asylum assistance were made to 19 countries, including Ireland, on behalf of American whistleblower,Edward Snowden,who was stuck in the international transit lounge ofSheremetyevo International Airportin Moscow. Ireland refused the request on the grounds that his application could only be accepted if he had landed in, or was within, the Irish State.[79]
  • 4 July – people angry at the sale of family homes repossessed by banks, including representatives from groups such as People for Economic Justice, Defend Our Homes andDirect Democracy Ireland,as well as unaffiliated people, forced the cancellation of a property auction at theShelbourne Hotelin Dublin.[80]
  • 5 July – the United States requested the Irish Government to arrest whistleblowerEdward Snowden,should he arrive in Ireland.[81]
  • 8 July – the High Court denied an application by U.S. authorities for a provisional extradition warrant for Edward Snowden.[82]
  • Mid July – a heatwave occurred across Ireland causing a drought, and many people drowned.[83]
  • 11 July – Fine Gael Teachta DálaTom Barry,who had been drinking in the Dáil bar, provoked international headlines when he pulled party colleagueÁine Collinsonto his lap on live television during a late-night Dáil debate. Fine Gael said the incident was "silly" and "horseplay". However, the event provoked discussion nationwide about the treatment of women by men in Irish politics.[84][85]
  • 15 July – Senator David Norris told Seanad Éireann that Fine Gael TDRegina Dohertywas "talking through herfanny"[vulva]:" I object in the strongest possible way to the idea that someone who has spent years in theHouseshould have to listen to theRegina monologuefrom someone who has not been a wet weekend in theOireachtasand is talking through her fanny ". Norris was angry at Doherty's remarks during the launch of her party'sreferendum campaign to abolish the Seanad.[86]
  • 18 July –Beaumont Hospitalannounced it had been operating on patients using instruments which had been used on a patient with the fatal degenerative brain diseaseCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease.[87]
  • 23 July – children who underwent a colonoscopy between 17 May and 5 July were involved in a contamination scare atOur Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin.[88]
  • 26 July – a state of emergency was declared atLetterkenny General Hospitalas torrential rain caused flooding that destroyed the hospital's radiology department, outpatient department, pathology and medical records departments, kitchens and numerous wards, as well as the new emergency department recently opened by Health MinisterJames Reilly.[89]
  • 27 July (week ending) – Firstwhite-tailed sea eaglesfledgedin Ireland for 110 years, atMountshannon,County Clare.[90]
  • 28 July –Reek Sundaywas celebrated by 15–20,000 people who climbedCroagh Patrickin dry and sunny conditions.[91]

August[edit]

  • Early August – journalist and broadcasterVincent Browne,in aSunday Timesinterview, reacted to programmes aboutTravellersbroadcast by his employerTV3,saying, "To say it was embarrassing doesn't begin to describe it. I squirmed and I railed against it. The Travellers stuff is appalling, absolutely appalling." When he complained to TV3 executive Ben Frow, Browne said he was "just amused at my indignation, which meant I couldn't get anywhere with it".[92][93]
  • 6 August – the three-dayDublin Busstrike came to an end after Dublin Bus management and the two main unions at the company, the National Bus and Rail Union and SIPTU accepted an invitation to talks at the Labour Court.[94][95]

September[edit]

  • Date unknown – anAl-Qaedarocket attack on a container ship in theSuez Canalin July led to the discovery of €4.3 million worth of illegal cigarettes being smuggled to Ireland by gangsters inCounty ArmaghandCounty Louth.The offending container was ultimately seized outsideDundalkin September and three suspects were arrested.[96]
  • 11 September –Irish football teammanagerGiovanni Trapattoniresigned following successiveWorld Cup 2014 qualifierdefeats.[97]
  • 17 September – the first female Ambassador of Ireland to the United States,Anne Anderson,presented her credentials to U.S. President, Barack Obama, in an Ambassador Credentialling Ceremony in the White House Oval Office.[98]
  • 23 September –Noel Kingwas appointed as interimIrish football managerfollowing Giovanni Trapattoni's resignation.[99]
  • 28 September – following his retirement as an astronaut and while driving from Houston, Texas back to his home country, Canada, astronautChris Hadfieldwrote anIrish Timesarticle which began, "The first glimpse you get of Earth after you launch in a space shuttle from Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, is the green of Ireland. It is a wonderful sight when the sun shines through the clouds and you see a green jewel after all the blue of the Atlantic."[100]
  • 29 September – theConvention on the Constitutionapproved proposals to allow Irish emigrants to vote in presidential elections.[101]

October[edit]

  • 1 October – pharmaceutical companyWarner Chilcottis acquired by the American businessActaviswho relocate their corporate headquarters to Dublin.[102]
  • 4 October – two constitutional referendums were held. TheThirty-second Amendment Billproposed abolishing Seanad Éireann, and was rejected, while theThirty-third Amendment Billproposed the establishment of a Court of Appeal to sit between theHigh Courtand theSupreme Court,and was approved by voters.[103][104]
  • 8 October –the Cabinetapproved the introduction of anew postcode systemthat will assign unique seven-character codes to every letterbox in Ireland by 2015.[105]
  • 15 October – crime BossJohn Gilliganwas released from prison after 17 years behind bars.[106]
  • 15 October – the2014 Budgetwas announced.[107]
  • 19–31 October – President Higgins paid official visits toMexico,El Salvador,andCosta Rica,accompanied by his wife, Sabina, andJoe Costello,Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for Trade and Development.[108][109]Higgins had been invited by PresidentEnrique Peña Nietoto visit Mexico during a bilateral meeting inRomeon 20 March.[39]
  • 27 October –Irish Standard Time(IST) ended.[30]
  • 30 October – anti-Semitic and hate posters which were attached to a bridge in the Sugar Hill area ofLimerickwere removed. Some of the posters targeted Minister for Justice,Alan Shatter,who is a Jew. The broad theme of the posters was the recent years of Irish economic calamity, and attacked politicians, the main political parties, the new property tax, and the recent government budget, but they also attached anti-Semitic sentiments to their complaints: "Shatter has learned from his homeland how to crucify the little people" (Shatter's actual homeland is Ireland), "Jewish influence in our dictatorship has brought Palestinian devastation to Ireland," and under a picture of Shatter, "Ye will all be as poor as the Palestinians when are finished and be glad to have €5 a day." The police performed an investigation and identified as responsible members of a far-right extremist group.[110][111]

November[edit]

  • 5 November – theFootball Association of Irelandannounced thatMartin O'Neillwould replaceGiovanni Trapattonias manager of the Irish football team, with former team captainRoy Keaneas his assistant. This created one of the most expensive football management teams in Europe. The €2 million per annum deal was funded by businessmenDenis O'BrienandDermot Desmond,with O'Neill to be paid around €1.2 million and Keane to receive €0.7 million. They assumed their roles when the team met on 11 November to prepare for a friendly match againstLatviaon the 15th.[112][113]
  • 6 November – the Government decided to hold a constitutional referendum on marriage for homosexuals during the first half of 2015.[114]
  • 10 November – details ofSinn Féinfund-raising activity in the United States became public. The organisation Friends of Sinn Féin raised $392,000 between November 2012 and May 2013 and received donations from building contractors, trade unions and business people, some of whom have been involved in racism, discrimination, and embezzlement scandals.[115][116]
  • 11 November – the junior minister at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,Joe Costello,openedEnterprise Ireland's new offices in Johannesburg where thirty Irish companies are operating. Costello was leading a five-day, 37-companytrade missionto South Africa and Nigeria to increase Irish exports to the region. It was the first-ever such Irish mission to Nigeria.[117]
  • 12 November – former Fianna Fáil senatorFrancis O'Brienwas sent to prison for two years for attempting to extort €100,000 from a veterinary inspector.[118]
  • 12 November – newly appointed assistant national football team manager Roy Keane held a press conference inMalahide.The event was packed with journalists and photographers and was broadcast live by three television channels.[119]
  • 15 November – theSpecial European Union Programmes Bodywithdrew funding for the proposed 195-metre Narrow Water Bridge across theNewry Riverto link Cornamucklagh nearOmeathin County Louth to Narrow Water nearWarrenpointin County Down. The E.U. decision was because "additional funding required to deliver the project has not been secured" byLouth County Council.[120]
  • 16 November –Áras an Uachtaráinannounced that Michael D. Higgins will become the first Irish President to make an official state visit to Britain in April 2014. Higgins and his wife will stay at Windsor Castle and will be welcomed byElizabeth IIat a state banquet. He will visit the Prime Minister,David Cameron,at Downing Street and will also meet opposition party leaders at Westminster, and the Lord Mayor of London. It is the first time an Irish head of state has been formally invited to the United Kingdom by a British sovereign, and it will be Higgins' 14th visit to the United Kingdom since he became president.[121][122]
  • 26 November –John Banvillewas given the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award at theIrish Book Awards.[123]
  • 29 November – new data from theCentral Statistics Officeshowed a five percent drop in the birthrate since 2012, and a climb in the death rate. The national population was estimated to have reached 4.593 million people by the second quarter of 2013. Women were having an average of 1.9 children each. One-third of babies were born outside marriage. The national birth rate was 14.9 per 1,000 people; the highest rate was in Fingal (19 per 1,000) and the lowest in County Mayo (12.1).[124]
  • 30 November –Pat Storeybecame the first woman to be a bishop in Ireland or Britain when she was consecrated in Dublin as theChurch of IrelandBishop of Meath and Kildare.[125]

December[edit]

  • 1 December – the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, departed for a five-day visit to Japan. The purpose was to improve business relations between the two countries, with emphasis on the re-introduction of Irish beef to Japan for the first time since themad cow diseasecrisis of 2000. Kenny was accompanied by the Minister for Agriculture,Simon Coveney,and by what theIrish Timesdescribed as "a big trade mission" including representatives ofBord Bia,and 29 agriculture and food companies such asDairygold,Glanbia,theIrish Dairy Board,Kepak,andKerry Group.The last Japanese visit by a taoiseach was in 2009.[126][127][128]
  • 2 December –Peter Tyndallreceived hisWarrant of Appointmentas Ombudsman and Information Commissioner from President Higgins at a ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin. He replaced the outgoingEmily O'Reilly.[129][130]
  • 3 December – theSmithwick Tribunalinquiry into the1989 Jonesborough ambushfound that members of the Garda Síochána had colluded with theProvisional Irish Republican Armyin the shooting of twoRoyal Ulster Constabularyofficers as they crossed theIrish border.[131]
  • 3 December –Colm KeaveneyTD, former Labour Party chairman, joined theFianna Fáilparty.[132]
  • 4 December –Forbesmagazine ranked Ireland the best place in the world for business and described the country as having an "extremely pro-business environment". The magazine ranked 145 countries by eleven factors: property rights, innovation, taxes, technology, corruption, freedom (personal, trade, and monetary), red tape, investor protection, and stock market performance. Other statistics showed GDP was $210 billion (€155 billion), GDP growth was 0.9%, GDP per capita was $44,100 (€32,450), and the trade balance was 1.7% of GDP.[133][134][135]
  • 6 December – President Higgins signed a book of condolences at theUniversity of Galwayfor the anti-apartheid revolutionary and former President of South Africa,Nelson Mandela,who died the day before. Higgins recalled the last time he met him in 2003 when Mandela received an honorary doctorate of law from the University.[136]
  • 8 December – the threat of anElectricity Supply Board(ESB) workers' strike and Christmas season power cuts were avoided when company management and the ESB Group of Unions resolved their differences over the workers' pension fund during talks facilitated by theLabour Relations Commission.[137]
  • 9 December – a dinner at the Irish Ambassador's residence in South Africa attended by President Higgins and TánaisteEamon Gilmorewas held in honour of threeDunnes Stores anti-apartheid strikers,Mary Manning, Liz Deasy, and Karen Gearon, whose actions led to Ireland becoming the first country to ban South African goods in 1987. The Irish group were in South Africa for thestate funeral of Nelson MandelainFNB StadiuminSoweto.[138]
  • 10 December – an Irish delegation attended the State Memorial Service in honour of Nelson Mandela. It included President Higgins, his wife Sabina, Eamon Gilmore, former President of Ireland and friend of Mandela,Mary Robinson,Ireland's ambassador to South Africa Brendan McMahon, and threeDunnes Stores anti-apartheid strikers.[138][139]
  • 11 December – theCongress of South African Trade Unionshailed the visiting Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strikers at a press conference in Johannesburg.[140]
  • 11 December – at the request of PresidentJacob Zumaof South Africa, President Higgins delivered "a well-received tour de force" when he made keynote remarks on behalf of Europe at a lunch inPretoriamarking the first day of Nelson Mandela's lying in state in theUnion Buildings.[141]
  • 13 December – Canadian retired astronaut and International Space Station commanderChris Hadfieldarrived in Ireland for a series of engagements, appearances, and interviews to promote his memoir,An Astronaut's Guide To Life.He reported that when orbiting the Earth in theInternational Space Station,"Ireland is the first place you come to after crossing the Atlantic. It's so beautiful and green especially in spring."[142]
  • 14 December – Hadfield performedVan Morrison's song "Moondance"withThe Chieftainsin Dublin, repeating together on Earth a duet he last performed with them on 15 February when he was on board the International Space Station and The Chieftains were inHouston.Later,Eason'shad its biggest book signing in more than three years and ran out of its 650 copies of Hadfield's memoir when people queued out the shop door and halfway downMiddle Abbey Streetto meet the astronaut. The memoir also sold out in all other bookshops in Dublin.[143][144]
  • 16 December – a survey of 131 countries between 2006 and 2012 revealed that the median Irish per capita income was $8,048 per annum (€5,852), higher than the global median of $2,920 (€2,123).[145]
  • 18 December – theGarda SíochánaandPolice Service of Northern Irelandprevented a serious bomb attack, probably on a commercial target inBelfast,by arresting a man and a woman inCounty Armagh,both fromDundalk,and another man in Dundalk. Police found equipment and ingredients to create a largefertilizer bomb.[146][147]
  • 20 December – SenatorDavid Norrissaid he had requested thatPope Francisbe invited to addressSeanad Éireann.He pointed out that Jorge Bergoglio had spent three months atMilltown CollegeinRanelaghin early 1980, where he learned English.[148]SenatorFeargal Quinnresponded that "even just issuing an invitation would greatly increase the stature of the House".[149]
  • 31 December – the six-monthHaassnegotiations concluded without resolving inter-community conflict overflags,parades,and the history ofThe Troubles.[150][151]

The arts[edit]

Film
Literature

Music

Further information:2013 in Irish music
Television
Further information:2013 in Irish television

Sports[edit]

Association football[edit]

International friendly matches
World Cup 2014 qualifiers

Athletics[edit]

  • 14 February – Armagh International Road Race.[175]
  • 17 February – Rás na hÉireann International Cross Country.[175]
  • 16 March – Tralee International Marathon, inTralee.[176]
  • 5 May – Great Limerick Run, inLimerick.[177]
  • 6 July – All Ireland Men's Mini Marathon, inGalway.[178]

Cycling[edit]

Gaelic games[edit]

Football
Hurling

Golf[edit]

Kitesurfing[edit]

Deaths[edit]

January[edit]

Sean Fallon

February[edit]

Con Martin

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

October[edit]

November[edit]

December[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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