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February 15 - Senator Owen Skeffington introduces a motion calling for the prohibition of all corporal punishment for girls in Irish national schools.

April 2 - President Ó Ceallaigh unveils a bust of Countess Markievicz in St. Stephen's Green , Dublin .

May 1 - The Minister For Education Richard Mulcahy introduces the debate on a separate government department for the Gaeltacht .

May 21 - President Ó Ceallaigh opens the first Cork International Film Festival.

May 29 - T.K. Whitaker is appointed new Secretary at the Department of Finance.

August 12 - The GAA postpones the All-Ireland Hurling and Football Finals due to an outbreak of polio.

November 21 - Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children is opened in Crumlin, Dublin .

November 30 - Petrol rationing is due to be introduced from January 1 due to the crisis in the Suez .

December 1 - At the Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia , Ronnie Delaney wins Ireland's first gold medal for 24 years.

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November 19 - Tomás Ó Deirg , former Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister.