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EVENTS

January 9 - Charles Haughey addresses the nation by Television on the matter of its worsening finances.

March 25 - CIÉ s first bus lane comes into operation on Parliament Street in Dublin .

April 19 - Johnny Logan wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with the song 'What's Another Year.'

May 1 - The Derrynaflan Chalice is discovered in a bog.

September 1 - China 's first Ambassador to Ireland, Madame Gong Pusheng , arrives in Dublin .

October 6 - Justice Mella Carroll is the first woman to reach the position of High Court Judge.

October 27 - Over 2,000 people take part in the first RTÉ Radio 2 Dublin City Marathon.

November 11 - National Institute For Higher Education, Dublin admitts its first students to the college, a total of 200 students.

December 8 - An Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey meets with the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at Dublin Castle . It is the first visit by a British prime minister since independence.

December 19 - Former Taoiseach Jack Lynch is conferred with the freedom of his native city, Cork .

ARTS AND LITERATURE

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BIRTHS

DEATHS

June 25 - James Hamilton Delargy , folklorist.

July 2 - Tom Barry , Irish Revolutionary.

September 5 - Eric Cross , scientist.

November 7 - Frank Duff , founder of the Legion of Mary.

December 16 - Roddy Connolly , former Labour Party politician.

November 22 - Norah McGuinness , artist.

December 24 - Arland Ussher , writer.

December 30 - Patrick Hennessy , painter.