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1990
in
Ireland

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See also:	Other events of 1990 List of years in Ireland

Events

January 1 - The Northern Ireland Fair Employment Act becomes law.
April 3 - There is all-party support for the Government bill to abolish the death penalty for capital murder and replace it with lengthy prison sentences.
April 26 - The Labour Party selects Mary Robinson as its candidate in the presidential election.
June 20 - Circulation begins of the IR£1 coin as a replacement for the note of the same denomination.
July 2 - Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, addresses a joint session of both houses of the Oireachtas.
July 24 - The IRA kills three policemen and a nun in a bomb attack near Armagh.
August 24 - Brian Keenan is released after 1574 days in captivity in Beirut.
September 28 - Centenary of People\'s Park, Dún Laoghaire celebrated
October 24 - The IRA kills 6 soldiers and a civilian in bomb attacks at Derry and Newry.
October 25 - Presidential candidate Brian Lenihan denies that he tried to contact 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 - An Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Brian Lenihan is sacked 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. Dr. Patrick Hillery bows out after 14 years as Head of State.