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Dec 13, 2022 · Early 1980s - Ireland faces severe economic problems, with rising debt and unemployment. Three elections are held in the space of less than two years. 1983 - Amendment to constitution enshrines...
Nov 4, 2019 · Photograph: iStock. It's 20 years since Aldi arrived in Ireland and we're looking back how life has changed in Ireland over those two decades. 1. While the Web did exist in 1999, it was a new...
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c. 2000 BC: Bronze Age technologies start to arrive in Ireland, including the moulding of Ballybeg-type flat axes, and the beginnings of copper mining at Ross Island, Killarney and Mount Gabriel. c. 500 BC: During the Iron Age in Ireland, Celtic influence in art, language and culture begins to take hold. c. 300 BC
Feb 27, 2015 · The 2000s. Ireland’s electricity crisis (2000) A shortage of gas capacity, and government delays in allocating that capacity, led to fears concerning the first electricity shortage in the history of the State. Ireland was struggling to generate and import enough electricity to meet peak demands in 2000-01.
Apr 30, 2021 · In the 1990s, Ireland drew international attention for its outstanding growth record, underpinned by enormous foreign investment inflows and moderate wage increases. Between 1990 and 2017, the total number at work almost doubled, from 1.15 million to 2.22 million ( OECD, 2021 ).
Nov 12, 2021 · Credit: Peter Ferraz/Getty Images. For 30 years, Northern Ireland was scarred by a period of deadly sectarian violence known as “the Troubles.” This explosive era was fraught with car bombings,...
1990 – Mary Robinson becomes first woman President of Ireland. 1997 – Mary McAleese becomes President of Ireland. 1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is signed by Irish and UK governments. 1998 - The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) is reformed into the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
