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2011
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See also:2011 in Northern Ireland
Other events of 2011
List of years in Ireland

Events during the year 2011 in Ireland.

Incumbents

President Mary McAleese
Taoiseach Enda Kenny

Events

Content
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

February

March

Taoiseach Enda Kenny (right), visited to the Embassy of Japan in Dublin, to sign a book of condolence for the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and he met with Japanese Ambassador to Ireland Toshinao Urabe (left), on 22 March 2011.

April

  • 12–14 April – the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso visited Ireland for the third time. He delivered a speech on the 13th to 2,000 people at a conference in Saggart and visited the town of Kildare. The following day, he gave an address to 3,100 people at the University of Limerick entitled "The Power of Forgiveness". He last visited Ireland in March 1991, and has also visited Northern Ireland three times.[26]

May

June

July

  • 1 July – the value added tax rate was lowered from 13.5% to 9% for a range of services connected to the hospitality and tourism sectors.[38]
  • 7 July – politician Avril Doyle withdrew from the race to be Fine Gael's presidential candidate.[39]
  • 13 July – the Cloyne Report was published, an investigation into how the Cloyne Diocese mishandled child sexual abuse allegations. The investigating commission stated that the greatest failure by the diocese was the failure to report all abuse cases to the Gardaí.[40]
  • 20 July – the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, made a Dáil speech in response to the Cloyne Report strongly attacking the Vatican and the Catholic Church.[41]

August

September

  • 7 September – telecommunication company TalkTalk announced the loss of 575 jobs with the closure of its call centre in Waterford.[45][46]
  • 13 September – homeowner Teresa Treacy was jailed for contempt of court in County Offaly. Government contractors cut down 12,000 of her trees to make way for electricity pylons while she was detained.[47]
  • 22 September – the first Irish case of death by spontaneous combustion was recorded in Galway.[48]

October

Occupy Dame Street Camp in November 2011
Occupy Dame Street camp in November 2011
The entrance to the Occupy Dame Street "Tent Town" on 19 December 2011
The entrance to the Occupy Dame Street "Tent Town" on 19 December 2011

November

December

  • 1 December – Tommy Broughan TD was expelled from the Labour Party after voting to reject a government amendment to extend the bank guarantee[clarification needed] for another year.[84]
  • 1 December – Roscrea District Court solicitors walked out over the closure of the courthouse.[85]
  • 2 December – eight students from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM), including the university's student union president Rob Munnelly, occupied the Naas constituency office of Fine Gael TD Anthony Lawlor.[86] They brought sleeping bags, clothes, a chemical toilet and a week's supply of food.[87][88] During the occupation Munnelly debated with Lawlor live on Kildare TV, USI President Gary Redmond visited the students, and a banner with the slogan "Save the Grant" was erected at Lawlor's entrance.[89][90]
  • 3 December – hundreds of people from County Donegal assembled in Buncrana to protest against austerity and to tell the government that "Inishowen and Donegal says no to further cuts and austerity".[91]
  • 6 December – Patrick Nulty TD voted against the value added tax increase in the 2012 budget and lost the Labour Party whip as a result.[92]
  • 16 December – staff at the Vita Cortex plant in Cork began a sit-in after being told their jobs were eliminated and that they were to receive no redundancy payments.[93]
  • 19 December – the Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act 2012 was signed by President Higgins. The new home defence law, which came into effect on 13 January 2012, allowed householders to defend their homes against intruders using reasonable force, including lethal force.[94][95]

The arts

Jedward represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf in May.
Jedward represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf in May.

Sports

Cricket

Gaelic games

Football

Hurling

Rugby

Heineken Cup

2011 Six Nations Championship

Rugby World Cup

  • 11 September – Ireland 22–10 United States
  • 17 September – Ireland 15–6 Australia
  • 25 September – Ireland 62–12 Russia
  • 2 October – Ireland 36–6 Italy
  • 8 October – Ireland 10–22 Wales

Soccer

2011 Nations Cup

2012 UEFA European Championships Qualifiers

International friendly matches

League of Ireland

Athletics

Deaths

January to July

Gary Moore
Garret FitzGerald

July to December

See also

References

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