- 1998 in Ireland
Events
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1 January - The VECs of the towns ofBray ,Drogheda ,Sligo ,Tralee andWexford are abolished.
*14 January - The Planning Tribunal opens inDublin Castle .
*27 February -Republic of Ireland qualifies for entry into theEconomic and Monetary Union of the European Union .
*15 March - FormerFine Gael MinisterHugh Coveney dies in a fall from a cliff inCounty Cork .
*10 April -Good Friday : the British and Irish governments and all the political parties in the Northern Ireland (except theDemocratic Unionist Party sign theBelfast Agreement .
*22 May - TheGood Friday Agreement is endorsed in a referendum by people north and south of the border.
*15 August - 29 people die in a bomb explosion near the centre ofOmagh ,County Tyrone , caused by theReal IRA .
*20 September - TV3 goes on the air.
*26 November -Tony Blair becomes the firstPrime Minister of the United Kingdom to address theOireachtas .cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
*30 November - Unemployment falls by 20% with the number of people in work rising by 100,000.
*12 December - Members of the Labour Party and Democratic Left agree to merge.
*31 December - The Punt is traded for the last time as theEuro currency is launched.Arts and literature
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28 February - the actor and comedianDermot Morgan dies suddenly inLondon .
*24 December -Gay Byrne broadcasts his final radio show from St. Stephen's Green.port
Gaelic football *
Galway GAA win theAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship , beatingKildare GAA in the final.Golf
*Murphy's Irish Open is won by David Carter (
England ).Hurling
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Offaly GAA win theAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship for the second time in five years.Olympics
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6 August - Olympic gold medalistMichelle Smith is banned from competition for four years for tampering with a drug test.occer
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St Patrick's Athletic won theFootball League of Ireland
*Cork City FC won theFAI Cup
* Shelbourne's homeUEFA Cup tie against Rangers is moved to England due to fears of sectarian trouble. Despite taking a 3-0 lead, Shels lose 3-5.
*7 May - The Irish under-16 team wins the European Championship.Births
Deaths
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28 February -Dermot Morgan , actor and comedian (b.1952).
*15 March -Hugh Coveney ,Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister, yachtsman (b.1935).
*23 June -Maureen O'Sullivan , actress (b.1911).
*6 May -Sybil Connolly , fashion designer (b.1921).
*22 May - Jim Power, former Galway hurler (b.1894).
*26 May -Kate Cruise O'Brien , writer (b.1948).
*20 September -Robert Malachy Burke ,Christian Socialist and philanthropist (b.1907).
*11 November - Paddy Clancy, folk singer (b.1922).
*13 November -Valerie Hobson , actress (b.1917).
*21 November -John David Gwynn , cricketer (b.1907).
*26 December -Cathal Goulding , Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army and theOfficial IRA (b.1923).Full date unknown
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Paul O'Dwyer , lawyer and politician in theUnited States (b.1907).
*Tommy Quaid , Limerick hurler (b.1957).
*Liam de Paor , historian.References
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