2007 in Ireland
Events from the year 2007 in Ireland.
Incumbents
- President: Mary McAleese
- Taoiseach: Bertie Ahern
- Tánaiste:
- * Michael McDowell
- * Brian Cowen
- Minister for Finance: Brian Cowen
- Chief Justice: John L. Murray
- Dáil:
- * 29th
- * 30th
- Seanad:
- * 22nd
- * 23rd
Events
- 28 January – Dublin Port Tunnel opened to all traffic.
- 12 March – Docklands railway station opened in its temporary location, the first new station in Dublin's city centre since Tara Street Station in 1891.
- 17 March – Hundreds of thousands of people celebrated Saint Patrick's Day throughout the country with 650,000 of those in the streets in Dublin.
- 30 April – President Mary McAleese dissolved the 29th Dáil at the request of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. The general election was fixed for 24 May.
- 24 May – 2007 Irish general election.
- 14 June – 30th Dail first met and formed a Fianna Fáil/Green Party/Progressive Democrat coalition government.
- 17 July – North/South Ministerial Council meeting included the Democratic Unionist Party for the first time.
- 19 July – Red kite reintroduced in the Wicklow Mountains.
Arts and literature
- 23 March – John Carney's musical film Once had its Irish release, at the Savoy Cinema in Dublin.
- May – Michael Scott's fantasy fiction was published.
- 9 June – Mark O'Rowe's play Terminus was premièred at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
- 23 July – Spin South West radio station began broadcasting from Raheen, County Limerick.
- 5 October – the film Garage was released.
- Kevin Barry's short story collection There are Little Kingdoms was published and won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
- Anne Enright's novel The Gathering was published and won the Man Booker Prize.
- Tana French's debut crime novel In the Woods was published.
- Derek Landy's children's novel Skulduggery Pleasant was published and won the Red House Children's Book Award.
Music
Sport
Association football
- Internationals
Ireland finished third in the Group and failed to qualify.
- Setanta Cup
- * Winners: Drogheda United
- League of Ireland
- * Winners: Drogheda United
- FAI Cup
- * Winners: Cork City
- 19 February – reigning League of Ireland champions Shelbourne F.C. were demoted to the First Division by the Football Association of Ireland after having their Premier Division Licence revoked by the FAI's First Instance Committee. The club was issued a First Division Licence in place of the revoked licence.
Cricket
Gaelic games
;Football;Hurling
Golf
- Pádraig Harrington finished in the top 10 at the US Masters in Augusta, Georgia. Darren Clarke missed the cut.
- Pádraig Harrington won the British Open in Carnoustie, Scotland. Rory McIlroy won the silver medal for leading amateur. Darren Clarke missed the cut.
- Irish Open was won by Pádraig Harrington.
Rugby union
- 2007 Six Nations Championship
- * Wales 9–19 Ireland
- * Ireland 17–20 France
- * Ireland 43–13 England
- * Scotland 18–19 Ireland
- * Italy 24–51 Ireland
- * Ireland finished second in the Championship, after France but claimed the Triple Crown for the third time in four years.
- 2007 Rugby World Cup
- * Ireland 32–17 Namibia
- * Ireland 14–10 Georgia
- * Ireland 3–25 France
- * Ireland 15–30 Argentina
- 2006–07 Heineken Cup
- * Munster and Leinster both qualified for the quarter finals but failed to progress
Deaths