2016 in Ireland
| |||||
| Centuries: |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decades: |
| ||||
| See also: |
2016 in Northern Ireland Other events of 2016 List of years in Ireland | ||||
Events during the year 2016 in Ireland.
Incumbents
- President: Michael D. Higgins
- Taoiseach: Enda Kenny (FG)
- Tánaiste: Joan Burton (Lab) (until May 6, 2016); Frances Fitzgerald (starting May 6, 2016)
- Chief Justice: Susan Denham
- Dáil: 31st (until February 3, 2016); 32nd (starting March 10, 2016)
Events
January
- Memorials and events marking the Centenary of the Easter Rising takes place nationwide throughout the year.
- Flooding takes place across the country causing widespread damage.
February
- 3 February – Taoiseach Enda Kenny dissolves the 31st Dáil and announces 26 February as the date of a general election.[1]
- 5 February – One man is killed and two other people are wounded during a shooting at the Regency Hotel in Dublin.[2]
- 8 February - Another man is shot dead in a gangland shooting in Dublin.
- 26 February - The 2016 general election takes place.[3]
March
- Talks on government formation begin.
- 10 March – The 32nd Dáil meets for the first time but fails to elect a Taoiseach.
- 20 March – Five members of the same family die after their car slips off the pier at Buncrana.[4]
- 27 March – A military parade takes place in Dublin city on Easter Sunday to commemorate the centenary of the start of the Easter Rising.
April
- Talks on government formation continue.
- 6 April – The 32nd Dáil again fails to elect a Taoiseach.
- 14 April - The 32nd Dáil fails for the third time to elect a Taoiseach. On the same day, an innocent man is shot dead in Dublin.
May
- Talks on government formation continue.
- 6 May – The 32nd Dáil at last elects a Taoiseach. The new cabinet is announced.
- 9 May – A gathering of naturists on Curracloe Strand is criticised by Mayor of Wexford Ger Carthy. No other complains are made. A spokesperson for the Irish Naturist Association (INA) states no one had asked the men and women, some carrying backpacks containing their picnics, to leave.[5]
Sports
Association football
Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group E
| 13 June 2016 Group E | Republic of Ireland  |
1 – 1 |  Sweden |
Saint-Denis, France[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | Hoolahan  48' |
Report | Clark 71' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 73,419 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) |
| 18 June 2016 Group E | Belgium .svg.png){kind=small} |
3 – 0 | Republic of Ireland |
Bordeaux, France [7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | R. Lukaku 48', 70' Witsel 61' |
Report | Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 39,493 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) |
| 22 June 2016 Group E | Italy  |
0–1 | Republic of Ireland |
Lille, France [8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21:00 | Report | Brady 85' |
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 44,268 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) |
| 26 June 2016 Euro 2016 R16 | France  |
2–1 | Republic of Ireland |
Lyon, France |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 CEST | Griezmann 58', 61' |
Report | Brady 2' (pen.) Duffy  66' |
Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 56,279 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) |
Gaelic games
- 4 September – Kilkenny 2–20 – 2-29 Tipperary
- 18 September – Dublin/Kerry _–__ – _–__ Mayo
Horse racing
- 18 March - Don Cossack, trained by Gordon Elliott in County Meath, wins the 2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Europe's most prestigious steeplechase.[9]
Summer Olympics: Rio de Janeiro
Main article: Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Qualification
- 21 February – Oliver Dingley qualifies for the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first Irish diver to do so since 1948 (68 years).[10][11][12]
- 17 April – Ellis O'Reilly becomes the first female gymnast to qualify for an Olympics representing Ireland.[13][14]
- 22 June - Golfer Rory McIlroy announces his withdrawal from the Olympics.[15]
- 23 June - Golfer Graeme McDowell announces his withdrawal from the Olympics, citing the expected birth of his second child.[16]
- 28 June - Golfer Shane Lowry announces his withdrawal from the Olympics.[17]
- Event
- 4 August - The Irish Examiner reports that an Irish male boxer tested positive for a banned substance on the eve of the Olympics.[18] He is later named as Michael O'Reilly.[19] O'Reilly becomes the first athlete to test positive for drugs at the 2016 Olympics.[20]
- 5 August - On the day of the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, police in Rio de Janeiro arrest two people for attempted illegal resale of hundreds of tickets allocated to the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI).
- 7 August - Michael O'Reilly's legal team announces it is to officially appeal the boxer's proposed suspension following a failed drug test.[21]
- 8 August - Boxing captain Paddy Barnes, who medalled at the previous two Olympics, loses his opening bout to a Spaniard in a shock result.[22]
- 9 August - Boxer Michael O'Reilly is ruled out of the Olympics after announcing he is no longer contesting his proposed suspension and admitting to taking a supplement that may have contained a banned substance.[23][24][25]
- 14 August - Irish Minister for Sport Shane Ross flies to Rio de Janeiro to meet with OCI president Pat Hickey in a bid to have Hickey permit an independent member be included on the OCI's own inquiry into the ticketing fiasco.[26][27]
- 15 August - Defending lightweight champion Katie Taylor loses her Olympic crown to a Finn in her opening bout.[28]
- 16 August - Boxer Michael Conlan, a favourite for the gold medal, loses his opening bout to a Russian in contentious circumstances.[29]
- 17 August - OCI president Pat Hickey is arrested naked in a hotel room in Rio de Janeiro and charged with three crimes.[30][31]
- 18 August - The now former OCI president Pat Hickey is photographed being wheeled to prison from a hospital in his pyjamas.[32] As well as resigning as OCI president, Hickey also resigns his membership of the International Olympic Committee, his role as president of the European Olympic Committees and his role as vice-president of the Association of National Olympic Committees.[31] Meanwhile, Shane Ross returns to Dublin.[27]
- 21 August - The 2016 Summer Olympics concludes, as more IOC officials are sought by Brazilian police and the organisation's former president remains locked up in a Rio de Janeiro jail.[33][34]
Arts and literature
- May - Mike McCormack's novel Solar Bones is published by Tramp Press of Dublin; it wins this year's Goldsmiths Prize.
- 3 November - Cecelia Ahern's novel Lyrebird is published.
Deaths
January
- 3 January – Amby Fogarty, 82, footballer (Sunderland, Hartlepool United, Cork Celtic and Cork Hibernians).[35]
- 5 January – Gerry O'Malley, 87, Gaelic footballer and hurler (Roscommon).[36]
- 6 January – Christy O'Connor Jnr, 67, golfer.[37]
- 7 January – Patrick Connolly, 88, former Attorney General.[38]
- 15 January – P. J. Mara, 73, public affairs consultant and former senator, long illness.[39]
- 16 January – Molly Madden, 109, Ireland's oldest person.[40]
- 17 January – Billy Quinn, 80, hurler (Tipperary).[41]
- 19 January – John Corcoran, 56, Gaelic games administrator, heart attack.[42]
- 23 January – Micheál McGeary, 68, Gaelic games journalist.[43]
- 25 January – The O'Donovan, 84, hereditary chief of the O'Donovan family.[44]
- 30 January – Peter Quinn, 90, Gaelic footballer (Mayo).[45]
- 31 January – Terry Wogan, 77, broadcaster, cancer.[46]
February
- 2 February –
- 3 February – Mark Farren, 33, footballer (Derry City F.C.), cancer.[49]
- 7 February – Peter Turley, 33, Gaelic footballer (Down).[50]
- 15 February – Paul Bannon, 59, footballer (Cork City F.C.).[51]
- 17 February – George Redmond, 92, former Dublin county planning manager, short illness.[52]
- 18 February – Jimmy Donnelly, 87, footballer (Belfast Celtic F.C.).[53]
- 19 February – Din Joe Crowley, 70, Gaelic footballer (Kerry).[54]
- 23 February – Johnny Murphy, 72, actor, respiratory failure.[55]
- 26 February – Henry Comerford, 79, actor and solicitor.[56]
- 28 February –
- Frank Kelly, 77, actor, heart attack.[57]
- Peter Keogh, 86, Gaelic games journalist.[58]
March
- 7 March – Adrian Hardiman, 64, Supreme Court judge.[59]
- 10 March –
- Jim McNamara, 76, athlete.[60]
- Larry Wren, 93, former Commissioner of an Garda Síochána.[61]
- 15 March –
- Robert Carrickford, 88, actor.[62]
- Dick Burke, 83, former Fine Gael politician and cabinet minister.[63]
- 16 March – Brian Smyth, 91, Gaelic footballer (Meath).[64]
- 19 March – Paddy Philpott, 79, hurler (Cork).[65]
- 22 March – Eugene Treanor, Gaelic footballer (Down).[66]
- 24 March – Brendan Sloan, 67, Gaelic footballer (Down).[67]
- 26 March – Paddy O'Brien, 91, Gaelic footballer (Meath).[68]
April
- 3 April – Seán O'Shea, 88, public relations guru.[69]
- 10 April – Michael John Shinnick, 62, former Chief Scout of Scouting Ireland. [70]
- 18 April – Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet, 99, British Army officer, aristocrat and media personality.[71]
- 20 April – James Downey, 82, former Irish Independent and Irish Times journalist.[72]
May
- 2 May – Basil Blackshaw, 84, artist.[73]
- 10 May – Jack Boothman, 80, former President of the GAA.[74]
- 14 May – Christy O'Connor Snr, 91, former professional golfer.[75]
- 16 May – Joey Maher, 82, former world handball champion.[76]
- 17 May – Seán Ardagh, 68, former Fianna Fáil politician, cancer.[77]
- 20 May – Joe McDonagh, 62, former Galway hurler and President of the GAA, short illness.[78]
June
- 4 June – Michael Keane, 69, former journalist and newspaper editor, heart condition.[79]
- 10 June –
- John Horgan, 66, former hurler (Cork), long illness.[80]
- Ambrose Hickey, 71, former Gaelic footballer (Offaly), short illness.[81]
- 25 June – Séamus Power, 86, former hurler (Waterford).[82]
- 28 June – Freddie Gilroy, 80, Olympic bronze medal winner.[83]
July
- 4 July – Séamus Mac Géidigh, 54, Raidió na Gaeltachta manager and journalist.[84]
- 5 July –
- Mick Finucane, 93, former Gaelic footballer (Kerry), short illness.[85]
- Phonsie O'Brien, 86, jockey and racehorse trainer.[86]
- 8 July – Mícheál Ó Nualláin, 88, artist, illustrator and designer.[87]
- 20 July – Mary Canavan, 108, Ireland's oldest person, natural causes.[88]
- 26 July –
- John Thomas McNamara, 41, jockey, complications following a broken neck.[89]
- Jerry Molyneaux, 60, former hurling coach and Gaelic games administrator.[90]
- 30 July – Paddy Lalor, 90, former government minister.[91]
August
- 4 August – Michael Walsh, 50, handball player regarded as the greatest of all time, short illness.[92]
- 8 August – Edward Daly, 82, Roman Catholic priest and author.[93]
- 9 August – Pádraig Duggan, 67, musician, recurring illness.[94]
- 10 August – John Bennett, 82, former hurler (Cork).[95]
- 13 August – Liam Tuohy, 83, former footballer (Shamrock Rovers) and manager.[96]
- 20 August – Louis Stewart, 72, jazz guitarist.[97]
- 22 August – Milo Corcoran, 65, former president of the Football Association of Ireland, short illness.[98]
- 24 August – Larry Higgins, 87, former Gaelic footballer (Derry).[99]
- 26 August – Peter Barry, 88, former Fine Gael politician, short illness.[100]
September
- 3 September – Adrienne Rock Boucher, 51, former model and former Miss Ireland.[101]
- 9 September – Ailish Sheehan, 23, rower, accident.[102]
- 15 September – Greg Maher, 49, former Gaelic footballer (Mayo), long illness.[103]
October
- 2 October – Bobby Molloy, 80, former Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrats TD.[104]
- 13 October – Martin Naughton, 62, disability rights campaigner.[105]
- 16 October –
- Anthony Foley, 42, head coach of Munster Rugby.[106]
- Mickey Byrne, 93, former hurler (Tipperary).[107]
- 18 October –
- Paddy Beisty, 90, former Gaelic footballer (Roscommon).[108]
- Francis Flood, 86, horse trainer.[109]
- 20 October –
- Fergus O'Brien, 86, former Fine Gael politician.[110]
- Pat Flynn, former hurler (Waterford), heart attack.[111]
- 21 October – Moscow Flyer, 22, National Hunt horse, colic.[112]
November
- 12 November – Joe McCarthy, 43, former Gaelic footballer (Cavan).[113]
- 15 November – Owen Gribbin, 90, former Gaelic footballer (Derry).[114]
- 20 November – William Trevor, 88, author.[115]
- 23 November – Joe Lennon, 81, former Gaelic footballer (Down).[116]
- 24 November – Jim Connors, former hurler (Wicklow).[117]
References
- ↑ "Irish general election to take place on 26 February". Guardian. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "Ordinary day at hotel turns into terrifying bloodbath". Irish Independent. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "General Election 2016: The eight best reactions online to this morning's announcement". Irish Independent. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ↑ ""It was harrowing. To have a family, so many people, gone like that over a very simple thing'". Irish Independent. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ "Beach nudists 'could face arrest' if they turn up on popular Irish strand". Irish Independent. 11 May 2016.
- ↑ Republic of Ireland v Sweden UEFA, 2015-12-12.
- ↑ Belgium v Republic of Ireland UEFA, 2015-12-12.
- ↑ Italy v Republic of Ireland UEFA, 2015-12-12.
- ↑ "Cheltenham 2016: Don Cossack lands Gold Cup victory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ↑ "Oliver Dingley makes Irish diving history and qualifies for Rio: Ireland has not been represented in diving at the Olympic games since 1948 in London". The Irish Times. 21 February 2016.
- ↑ "Oliver Dingley 'humbled' after booking place at Rio". RTÉ Sport. 21 February 2016.
- ↑ "Oliver Dingley becomes first Irish diver to reach Olympics in 68 years". Irish Independent. 21 February 2016.
- ↑ "Irish gymnast Ellis O'Reilly makes history by qualifying for Rio". The Irish Times. 18 April 2016.
- ↑ "Ellis O'Reilly becomes the first ever Irish female Gymnast to qualify for an Olympic Games". Irish Independent. 18 April 2016.
- ↑ "Rory McIlroy pulls out of Olympic Games". RTÉ Sport. 22 June 2016.
- ↑ "McDowell confirms he won't take Olympic spot". RTÉ Sport. 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Shane Lowry out of Olympics over Zika concerns". RTÉ Sport. 28 June 2016.
- ↑ McConnell, Daniel (4 August 2016). "An Irish male boxer has allegedly tested positive for a banned substance on the eve of the Rio Olympics, the Irish Examiner understands". Irish Examiner.
- ↑ Murphy, Darragh (5 August 2016). "Michael O'Reilly named as Irish boxer who failed drugs test ahead of Rio 2016". JOE.ie.
- ↑ Powell, Jeff (4 August 2016). "Irish boxer Michael O'Reilly becomes first athlete to test positive for drugs at the Rio Olympics". Daily Mail.
- ↑ "Michael O'Reilly lodges suspension appeal". RTÉ Sport. 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Paddy Barnes suffers shock Olympic defeat". RTÉ Sport. 8 August 2016.
- ↑ "VIDEO: Michael O'Reilly admits to taking supplement". RTÉ Sport. 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "Michael O'Reilly ruled out of Rio 2016 after not contesting positive drugs test". Irish Independent. 10 August 2016.
- ↑ Powell, Jeff (9 August 2016). "Michael O'Reilly ruled out of Olympics after Irish boxer failed drugs test". Daily Mail.
- ↑ Finn, Christina (14 August 2016). "Shane Ross is on his way to Rio to get answers over the Olympics ticket scandal". TheJournal.ie.
- 1 2 Hosford, Paul; Brophy, Daragh (18 August 2016). "OCI wouldn't be first to try and put me back in my box, says Ross". TheJournal.ie.
- ↑ "Coach Zaur Antia cries foul as Katie Taylor falls at first hurdle at Rio 2016". RTÉ Sport. 15 August 2016.
- ↑ "Crushed Michael Conlan latest victim of Rio judging farce". RTÉ Sport. 16 August 2016.
- ↑ Sale, Charles (17 August 2016). "Patrick Hickey arrested naked in hotel room as Irish Olympics chief is charged with ticket touting". Daily Mail.
- 1 2 "Pat Hickey steps aside as OCI president after Rio arrest". RTÉ News. 18 August 2016.
- ↑ Hosford, Paul (18 August 2016). "Pat Hickey taken from Rio hospital in a wheelchair". TheJournal.ie.
- ↑ Bailey, Ryan (22 August 2016). "Brazilian judge issues warrant for passport of John Delaney and five other OCI officials". The42.ie.
- ↑ McMahon, Cathal; Phelan, Shane (22 August 2016). "Brazil judge issues warrant for passports of John Delaney and five other OCI officials". Irish Independent.
- ↑ Tributes paid to former Ireland player Ambrose ‘Amby’ Fogarty, irishtimes.ie
- ↑ Roscommon ‘colossus’ Gerry O’Malley passes away, irishtimes.ie
- ↑ Christy O’Connor Jnr dies suddenly aged 67, irishtimes.ie
- ↑ "Ex-attorney general in Gubu case dies". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ↑ PJ Mara obituary: flamboyant character who was central to FF for three decades , irishtimes.ie
- ↑ Ireland's oldest citizen dies aged 109 , rte.ie
- ↑ Billy Quinn, two-time All-Ireland minor winner with Tipperary and father of Niall, has died, independent.ie
- ↑ Cork GAA in mourning following the sudden death of former Rebels selector John Corcoran, independent.ie
- ↑ Death of GAA journalist Micheál McGeary, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Obituary: The O'Donovan, irishindependent.ie
- ↑ Death of Mayo All-Ireland winning priest, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Broadcaster Terry Wogan dies, aged 77, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Interference singer Fergus O'Farrell dies, independent.ie
- ↑ Death of former RTÉ journalist, independent.ie
- ↑ Tributes pour in for Mark Farren who dies aged 33, irishexaminer.com
- ↑ GAA community in Down in shock after the sudden death of Peter Turley, independent.ie
- ↑ FAI pays tribute to the late Paul Bannon, rte.ie
- ↑ Late George Redmond disputed tribunal’s findings, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Jimmy Donnelly respected at Belfast Celtic and beyond, belfasttelegraph.co.uk
- ↑ Death of former Kerry great DJ Crowley, hoganstand.com
- ↑ 'The Commitments' actor Johnny Murphy, known for his role as Joey 'The Lips' Fagan, dies aged 72, independent.ie
- ↑ Henry Comerford (1936-2016), solicitor and actor, dies in Galway, patrickcomerford.com
- ↑ Fr Ted star Frank Kelly passes away, independent.ie
- ↑ Tributes pour in for Peter Keogh, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Supreme Court judge Adrian Hardiman dies, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Tributes pour in following the death of legendary Irish athlete Jim McNamara, independent.ie
- ↑ Former Garda commissioner Larry Wren dies aged 93, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Actor Robert Carrickford, Glenroe’s Stephen Brennan, dies, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Dick Burke, former minister for education, dies aged 83, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Death of 1949 Royal County captain, Brian Smyth, meathchronicle.ie
- ↑ The death has occurred of PATRICK (PAT) PHILPOTT, rip.ie
- ↑ Sad days for Down gaels with passing of Brendan Sloan and Eugene Treanor, irishnews.com
- ↑ Down legend Brendan Sloan passes away, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Death of legendary Meath full back, Paddy 'Hands' O'Brien, meathchronicle.ie
- ↑ Obituary: Sean ‘Chesty’ O’Shea, legendary PR man, independent.ie
- ↑ "Michael John Shinnick: Chief scout saw Scouting Ireland grow to 50,000 members". Irish Times. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
- ↑ "Castle Leslie owner Sir John 'Jack' Leslie has died aged 99". The Journal.ie. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
- ↑ President Higgins pays tribute to late Irish Independent columnist James Downey, independent.ie
- ↑ Death occurs of artist Basil Blackshaw, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Tributes pour in following the death of former GAA President Jack Boothman, independent.ie
- ↑ Tributes paid as golfing great Christy O'Connor Senior passes away aged 91, independent.ie
- ↑ Drogheda's Joey Maher was a handball legend, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Former Fianna Fáil TD Sean Ardagh passes away, independent.ie
- ↑ Tributes paid to former GAA President Joe McDonagh who passed away after short illness, independent.ie
- ↑ Former Sunday Press editor Michael Keane dies, irishtimes.com
- ↑ John ‘Blondie’ Horgan takes his final bow, irishexaminer.com
- ↑ Death of Offaly great Ambrose Hickey, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Sad news as Waterford 'legend' Seamus Power passes away, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Death of boxing legend Freddie Gilroy, irishexaminer.com
- ↑ Journalist Séamus Mac Géidigh dies suddenly, rte.ie
- ↑ Last link to Polo Grounds final is broken, hoganstand.com
- ↑ "Phonsie O'Brien dies peacefully at home". www.theirishfield.ie. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ↑ Artist Micheál Ó Nualláin, brother of Flann O’Brien, dies at 88, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Oldest Irish person Nora Canavan, 108, passes away, irishexaminer.com
- ↑ Friends and fellow jockeys remember privilege of knowing JT McNamara, irishexaminer.com
- ↑ Tributes paid to 'outstanding' Limerick Gael Gerry Molyneaux, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Death occurs of former Fianna Fáil minister Paddy Lalor, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Handball legend Michael ‘Ducksie’ Walsh dies, aged 50, irishtimes.com
- ↑ 'Fearless peacebuilder' Bishop Edward Daly dies age 82, rte.ie
- ↑ Padraig Duggan, founding member of Clannad, has died at 67, independent.ie
- ↑ Cork mourns hero John Bennett, irishexaminer.com
- ↑ Former Ireland player and manager Liam Tuohy has passed away aged 83, independent.ie
- ↑ Louis Stewart, Ireland's greatest ever jazz guitarist, dies aged 72, independent.ie
- ↑ John Delaney says farewell to ‘legendary’ Milo Corcoran, irishexaminer.com
- ↑ Brolly remembers a 'remarkable man', hoganstand.com
- ↑ Former Tanaiste Peter Barry passes away after a short illness, independent.ie
- ↑ The lonely death and troubled life of a wonderful Miss Ireland, independent.ie
- ↑ Irish rower dies after suffering injuries in fall in Poland, independent.ie
- ↑ Death of former Mayo star Greg Maher, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Bobby Molloy, founding member of the Progressive Democrats, passes away, independent.ie
- ↑ Disability rights campaigner Martin Naughton dies, rte.ie
- ↑ Munster Rugby coach Anthony Foley has passed away suddenly, irishexaminer.com
- ↑ Former Tipperary hurler Mickey 'The Rattler' Byrne passed away this morning, irishexaminer.com
- ↑ Sad passing of Roscommon All-Ireland winner Paddy Beisty, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer Francis Flood has died aged 86, independent.ie
- ↑ Former government chief whip Fergus O'Brien dies, rte.ie
- ↑ Obituary: Pat Flynn, former Waterford hurling goalkeeper and legendary Ballygunner club figure, irishexaminer.com
- ↑ Cheltenham Festival hero Moscow Flyer dies aged 22, rte.ie
- ↑ Death of ex-Cavan player and selector Joe McCarthy, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Derry pay tribute to the late Owen Gribbin, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Tributes as Irish author William Trevor dies aged 88, rte.ie
- ↑ Passing of Down great Joe Lennon, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Wicklow hurling mourns Jim Connors, hoganstand.com
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/26/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.