2016 in Ireland

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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

UEFA Euro 2016

Republic of Ireland  v  Sweden

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)

Belgium  v  Republic of Ireland

18 June 2016 Group E	Belgium	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)

Italy  v  Republic of Ireland

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)

France  v  Republic of Ireland

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

2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

• 4 September – Kilkenny 2–20 – 2-29 Tipperary

2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

• 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

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 –
  • Fergus O'Farrell, 48, singer.^[47]
  • John V. Halloran, 85, former RTÉ News editor.^[48]
• 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]

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35. Tributes paid to former Ireland player Ambrose ‘Amby’ Fogarty, irishtimes.ie
36. Roscommon ‘colossus’ Gerry O’Malley passes away, irishtimes.ie
37. Christy O’Connor Jnr dies suddenly aged 67, irishtimes.ie
38. "Ex-attorney general in Gubu case dies". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
39. PJ Mara obituary: flamboyant character who was central to FF for three decades , irishtimes.ie
40. Ireland's oldest citizen dies aged 109 , rte.ie
41. Billy Quinn, two-time All-Ireland minor winner with Tipperary and father of Niall, has died, independent.ie
42. Cork GAA in mourning following the sudden death of former Rebels selector John Corcoran, independent.ie
43. Death of GAA journalist Micheál McGeary, hoganstand.com
44. Obituary: The O'Donovan, irishindependent.ie
45. Death of Mayo All-Ireland winning priest, hoganstand.com
46. Broadcaster Terry Wogan dies, aged 77, irishtimes.com
47. Interference singer Fergus O'Farrell dies, independent.ie
48. Death of former RTÉ journalist, independent.ie
49. Tributes pour in for Mark Farren who dies aged 33, irishexaminer.com
50. GAA community in Down in shock after the sudden death of Peter Turley, independent.ie
51. FAI pays tribute to the late Paul Bannon, rte.ie
52. Late George Redmond disputed tribunal’s findings, irishtimes.com
53. Jimmy Donnelly respected at Belfast Celtic and beyond, belfasttelegraph.co.uk
54. Death of former Kerry great DJ Crowley, hoganstand.com
55. 'The Commitments' actor Johnny Murphy, known for his role as Joey 'The Lips' Fagan, dies aged 72, independent.ie
56. Henry Comerford (1936-2016), solicitor and actor, dies in Galway, patrickcomerford.com
57. Fr Ted star Frank Kelly passes away, independent.ie
58. Tributes pour in for Peter Keogh, hoganstand.com
59. Supreme Court judge Adrian Hardiman dies, irishtimes.com
60. Tributes pour in following the death of legendary Irish athlete Jim McNamara, independent.ie
61. Former Garda commissioner Larry Wren dies aged 93, irishtimes.com
62. Actor Robert Carrickford, Glenroe’s Stephen Brennan, dies, irishtimes.com
63. Dick Burke, former minister for education, dies aged 83, irishtimes.com
64. Death of 1949 Royal County captain, Brian Smyth, meathchronicle.ie
65. The death has occurred of PATRICK (PAT) PHILPOTT, rip.ie
66. Sad days for Down gaels with passing of Brendan Sloan and Eugene Treanor, irishnews.com
67. Down legend Brendan Sloan passes away, hoganstand.com
68. Death of legendary Meath full back, Paddy 'Hands' O'Brien, meathchronicle.ie
69. Obituary: Sean ‘Chesty’ O’Shea, legendary PR man, independent.ie
70. "Michael John Shinnick: Chief scout saw Scouting Ireland grow to 50,000 members". Irish Times. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
71. "Castle Leslie owner Sir John 'Jack' Leslie has died aged 99". The Journal.ie. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
72. President Higgins pays tribute to late Irish Independent columnist James Downey, independent.ie
73. Death occurs of artist Basil Blackshaw, irishtimes.com
74. Tributes pour in following the death of former GAA President Jack Boothman, independent.ie
75. Tributes paid as golfing great Christy O'Connor Senior passes away aged 91, independent.ie
76. Drogheda's Joey Maher was a handball legend, hoganstand.com
77. Former Fianna Fáil TD Sean Ardagh passes away, independent.ie
78. Tributes paid to former GAA President Joe McDonagh who passed away after short illness, independent.ie
79. Former Sunday Press editor Michael Keane dies, irishtimes.com
80. John ‘Blondie’ Horgan takes his final bow, irishexaminer.com
81. Death of Offaly great Ambrose Hickey, hoganstand.com
82. Sad news as Waterford 'legend' Seamus Power passes away, hoganstand.com
83. Death of boxing legend Freddie Gilroy, irishexaminer.com
84. Journalist Séamus Mac Géidigh dies suddenly, rte.ie
85. Last link to Polo Grounds final is broken, hoganstand.com
86. "Phonsie O'Brien dies peacefully at home". www.theirishfield.ie. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
87. Artist Micheál Ó Nualláin, brother of Flann O’Brien, dies at 88, irishtimes.com
88. Oldest Irish person Nora Canavan, 108, passes away, irishexaminer.com
89. Friends and fellow jockeys remember privilege of knowing JT McNamara, irishexaminer.com
90. Tributes paid to 'outstanding' Limerick Gael Gerry Molyneaux, hoganstand.com
91. Death occurs of former Fianna Fáil minister Paddy Lalor, irishtimes.com
92. Handball legend Michael ‘Ducksie’ Walsh dies, aged 50, irishtimes.com
93. 'Fearless peacebuilder' Bishop Edward Daly dies age 82, rte.ie
94. Padraig Duggan, founding member of Clannad, has died at 67, independent.ie
95. Cork mourns hero John Bennett, irishexaminer.com
96. Former Ireland player and manager Liam Tuohy has passed away aged 83, independent.ie
97. Louis Stewart, Ireland's greatest ever jazz guitarist, dies aged 72, independent.ie
98. John Delaney says farewell to ‘legendary’ Milo Corcoran, irishexaminer.com
99. Brolly remembers a 'remarkable man', hoganstand.com
100. Former Tanaiste Peter Barry passes away after a short illness, independent.ie
101. The lonely death and troubled life of a wonderful Miss Ireland, independent.ie
102. Irish rower dies after suffering injuries in fall in Poland, independent.ie
103. Death of former Mayo star Greg Maher, hoganstand.com
104. Bobby Molloy, founding member of the Progressive Democrats, passes away, independent.ie
105. Disability rights campaigner Martin Naughton dies, rte.ie
106. Munster Rugby coach Anthony Foley has passed away suddenly, irishexaminer.com
107. Former Tipperary hurler Mickey 'The Rattler' Byrne passed away this morning, irishexaminer.com
108. Sad passing of Roscommon All-Ireland winner Paddy Beisty, hoganstand.com
109. Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer Francis Flood has died aged 86, independent.ie
110. Former government chief whip Fergus O'Brien dies, rte.ie
111. Obituary: Pat Flynn, former Waterford hurling goalkeeper and legendary Ballygunner club figure, irishexaminer.com
112. Cheltenham Festival hero Moscow Flyer dies aged 22, rte.ie
113. Death of ex-Cavan player and selector Joe McCarthy, hoganstand.com
114. Derry pay tribute to the late Owen Gribbin, hoganstand.com
115. Tributes as Irish author William Trevor dies aged 88, rte.ie
116. Passing of Down great Joe Lennon, hoganstand.com
117. Wicklow hurling mourns Jim Connors, hoganstand.com