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Events from the year 1980 in Ireland. January – Jorge Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis, arrived in Ireland for three months to learn English at Milltown College in Milltown, Dublin. [1] 9 January – Taoiseach Charles Haughey addressed the nation on television on the matter of worsening public finances.
The late 1980s saw the Apartheid system in South Africa dismantled after decades of international pressure. The economic boom did not reach Ireland, and the 1980s was a decade of recession, unemployment and emigration.
What happened in the hunger strike? Was MI6 behind the Brighton bomb? Who knew about Enniskillen plans? Ballygawley bus bomb: did the British army know?
17 paź 2023 · Charting some of the changes in Ireland’s economic and social history to mark 50 years of Ireland in the EU. Ireland joined the European Economic Community (ECC): Some 83.09% of the electorate voted in favour of joining. Common Agricultural Policy. Common Fisheries Policy. Civil Service (Employment of Married Women) Act 1973.
13 gru 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...
20th-century maps of Ireland: · 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
15 maj 2021 · In 1980, Charles Haughey takes centre stage at his first Ard Fheis as Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fail. Hundreds of thousands of PAYE workers march to demand tax reform. It is the biggest...
