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EVENTS

January 24 - The international body proposes six principles of democracy and non-violence ('the Mitchell principles') as conditions for entry to all-party talks in Northern Ireland .

February 5 - The FAI appoint Mick McCarthy as the Republic Of Ireland s soccer team manager.

February 9 - The IRA ends its ceasefire by exploding a huge bomb at Canary Wharf in London .

March 11 - The Hepatitis Tribunal opens in Dublin .

May 18 - Ireland wins the Eurovision Song Contest for the seventh time with the song ''The Voice.''

June 6 - President Mary Robinson meets Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace , London .

June 7 - Detective Garda Jerry McCabe is shot dead by the IRA in Adare, County Limerick .

June 26 - Crime reporter Veronica Guerin is shot in her car in Dublin .

October 31 - Ireland's first Irish Language television station, Teilifís Na Gaeilge (TnaG) launched.

November 6 - '' Michael Collins '' film is shown in Cork and Dublin .

November 25 - Micheál Ó Hehir , broadcaster and sports commentator, dies aged 76.

November 29 - It is revealed that Dunnes Stores paid £208,000 for an extension to Minister Michael Lowry 's house.

December 13 - On the opening day of a Dublin summit, EU leaders achieve a breakthrough in the row over preparations for a single European currency.

ARTS AND LITERATURE

Seamus Deane 's '' Reading In The Dark '' is published.

SPORTS

wins three gold medals and one bronze in the Atlanta Olympics.

BIRTHS

DEATHS

January 8 - Joyce McCartan , community activist.

February 12 - James Camlin Beckett , historian.

February 18 - Cathal Ó Sandair , writer.

April 22 - Molly Keane , novelist and playwright.

April 24 - Tomás De Bhaldraithe , Irish language scholar and lexicographer.

June 10 - Peter Raftery , diplomat.

July 9 - Christopher Casson , actor.

July 16 - Joe Dunn , Roman Catholic Priest and broadcaster.

August 6 - Havelock Nelson , composer and pianist.

August 18 - Charles Mitchel , actor and Teilifís Éireann's first newsreader.

August 25 - Erskine B. Childers , diplomat.

November 24 - Micheál Ó Hehir , sports commentator and broadcaster.