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'{{Refimprove|date=June 2012}} {{YearInIrelandNav|1990}} ==Events== *January 1 - The Northern Ireland Fair Employment Act becomes law. *April 3 - There is all-party support for the Criminal Justice Bill to abolish [[Capital punishment in Ireland|capital punishment]] for all offences and replaces it with lengthy prison sentences (although in practice the penalty for murder has always been [[Commutation of sentence|commuted]] in the Republic after 1954). *April 26 - The [[Irish Labour Party|Labour Party]] selects [[Mary Robinson]] as its candidate in the presidential election. *June 11 - [[Republic of Ireland national football team]] begin their [[1990 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] campaign with a 1-1 draw against [[England national football team|England]] in [[Cagliari]]. [[Kevin Sheedy (Irish footballer)|Kevin Sheedy]] scores for the Republic, with [[Gary Lineker]] scoring for England. *June 17 - The Republic's World Cup campaign continues with a goalless draw against [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]. *June 20 - Circulation begins of the [[Irish Pound|IR£1]] coin as a replacement for the note of the same denomination. *June 21 - The Republic complete their group stage unbeaten and reach the last 16 of the World Cup with a 1-1 draw against [[Netherlands national football team|Holland]]. *June 25 - The Republic reach the World Cup quarter-finals by beating [[Romania]] on penalties after a goalless draw in the last 16 tie in [[Genoa]]. *June 30 - The Republic's World Cup bid ends with a quarter-final defeat by hosts [[Italy national football team|Italy]] in [[Rome]]. *July 2 - Deputy President of the [[African National Congress|ANC]], [[Nelson Mandela]], addresses a joint session of both houses of the [[Oireachtas]]. *July 11 - The Criminal Justice Act abolishes [[Capital punishment in Ireland|capital punishment]] for all offences and replaces it with lengthy prison sentences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1990/en/act/pub/0016/print.html|title=Criminal Justice Act, 1990|work=Irish Statute Book|accessdate=2012-08-03}}</ref> *July 24 - The [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] kills three policemen and a nun in a bomb attack near [[Armagh]]. *August 24 - [[Brian Keenan (writer)|Brian Keenan]] is released after 1574 days in captivity in [[Beirut]]. *September - Janet Catterall becomes the first woman in the [[Republic of Ireland]] to be ordained as a priest in the [[Church of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news|authorlink=Fintan O'Toole|first=Fintan|last=O'Toole|title=First Among Unequals|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/indepth/sisters/first-among.html|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=2012-07-06|accessdate=2012-07-06}}</ref> *September 28 - Centenary of People's Park, [[Dún Laoghaire]], celebrated *October 24 - The [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] kills 6 soldiers and a civilian in bomb attacks at [[Derry]] and [[Newry]]. *October 25 - Presidential candidate [[Brian Lenihan, Snr|Brian Lenihan]] denies that he tried to contact [[Patrick Hillery|President Hillery]] to stop the dissolution of the [[Dáil]] in 1982. This is in spite of a taped interview where he confirms that he did. *October 31 - [[Tánaiste]] and [[Minister for Defence (Ireland)|Minister for Defence]] [[Brian Lenihan, Snr|Brian Lenihan]] is dismissed from the government over the telephone call controversy. *November 9 - [[Mary Robinson]] is elected the seventh [[President of Ireland]]. *December 3 - Mary Robinson is inaugurated as President of Ireland. [[Patrick Hillery]] bows out after 14 years as Head of State. *The [[pro-cathedral]] in [[Ennis]] is rededicated as a [[Ennis Cathedral|cathedral]]. ==Arts and literature== * [[Brian Friel]]'s ''[[Dancing at Lughnasa]]'' opens at the [[Abbey Theatre]]. * [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' opens at the [[Gate Theatre]] with Dublin-born [[Sinéad Cusack|Sinéad]], [[Sorcha Cusack|Sorcha]] and [[Niamh Cusack]] in the title rôles and their father [[Cyril Cusack]] as Dr. Chebutykin.<ref>{{cite news|title=Theater: Novel Casting for 'Three Sisters' - Three Sisters|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/27/theater/theater-novel-casting-for-three-sisters-three-sisters.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|first=Matt|last=Wolf|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=1990-05-27|accessdate=2012-06-16}}</ref> * [[Jim Sheridan]]'s film ''[[The Field]]'' is shown. * [[Shaun Davey]]'s ''The Relief of Derry Symphony'' is composed. * [[Maeve Binchy]]'s novel ''[[Circle of Friends (novel)|Circle of Friends]]'' is published. * [[Roddy Doyle]]'s novel ''[[The Snapper (novel)|The Snapper]]'', second of ''[[The Barrytown Trilogy]]'', is published. * [[John McGahern]]'s novel ''[[Amongst Women]]'' is published. * [[Colm Tóibín]]'s first novel ''[[The South (novel)|The South]]'' is published. * [[CBI Book of the Year Awards]] for writers and illustrators of [[children's literature]] originate as Bisto Book of the Decade Awards. ==Sport== ===Gaelic Games=== *[[Cork GAA]]'s football team win a second consecutive [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]. The hurling team wins the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] to complete a double for the county. ===Golf=== *[[Irish Open (golf)|Carroll's Irish Open]] is won by [[José María Olazábal]] ([[Spain]]). *Ireland - ([[David Feherty]], [[Ronan Rafferty]], [[Philip Walton]]) win the Dunhill Cup. ===Soccer=== *'''[[Football World Cup 1990|World Cup 1990]]''' :'''Group Stage''' ::[[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] '''1-1''' [[England national football team|England]] ::Republic of Ireland '''0-0''' [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] ::Republic of Ireland '''1-1''' [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] ::''Republic of Ireland qualify for the knock out stage'' :'''Knockout stage''' :: Republic of Ireland '''0-0''' (AET 5-4 PEN) [[Romania national football team|Romania]] ::''Republic of Ireland qualify for the quarter final stage'' :: Republic of Ireland '''0-1''' [[Italy national football team|Italy]] ::''Republic of Ireland are knocked out at the quarter final stage'' *[[St Patrick's Athletic]] win the [[League of Ireland]] *[[Bray Wanderers]] win the [[FAI Cup]] beating non league [[St Francis FC]] in the first ever [[Lansdowne Road]] final ==Births== *29 May - [[Maeve O'Donovan]], finalist in the 2006/2007 [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]] programme "[[You're A Star]]." ==Deaths== *21 January - [[Patrick Mulligan]], [[Bishop of Clogher]] 1970-1979 (born [[1912 in Ireland|1912]]). *17 February - [[Brendan Corish]], [[Irish Labour Party]] TD and former leader, Cabinet Minister and [[Tánaiste]] (born [[1918 in Ireland|1918]]). *28 February - [[John O'Sullivan (Cork politician)|John O'Sullivan]], [[Fine Gael]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] and [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]] (born [[1901 in Ireland|1901]]). *6 April - [[Peter Doherty (footballer)|Peter Doherty]], soccer player (born [[1913 in Ireland|1913]]). *8 May - [[Tomás Ó Fiaich]], [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Archbishop of Armagh (Roman Catholic)|Archbishop of Armagh]] and [[Primate of All Ireland]] 1978-1990 (born [[1923 in Northern Ireland|1923]]). *12 May - [[John 'Tull' Dunne]], Gaelic footballer, coach and administrator (born [[1911 in Ireland|1911]]). *11 June - [[Seosamh Mac Grianna]], writer (born [[1900 in Ireland|1900]]). *12 June - [[Terence O'Neill]], Fourth [[Prime Minister of Northern Ireland]] (born [[1914 in Ireland|1914]]). *3 August - [[Thomas Dunne (Irish politician)|Thomas Dunne]], [[Fine Gael]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] and [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] (born [[1926 in Ireland|1926]]). *19 October - [[Jerry Cronin]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] Cabinet Minister and [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] (born [[1925 in Ireland|1925]]). *18 November - [[Fred Daly (golfer)|Fred Daly]], golfer (born [[1911 in Ireland|1911]]). ===Full date unknown=== *[[Harry Bradshaw (golfer)|Harry Bradshaw]], golfer (born [[1913 in Ireland|1913]]). *[[Mick Cashman]], [[Cork GAA|Cork]] hurler (born [[1931 in Ireland|1931]]). *[[Peter Desmond]], soccer player (born [[1926 in Ireland|1926]]). ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1990 In Ireland}} [[Category:Years of the 20th century in Ireland]] [[Category:1990 by country|Ireland]] [[Category:1990 in Ireland| ]] [[Category:1990s in Ireland]]'