2011 in Ireland

none Northern Ireland 2011 in Northern Ireland September 2020 August 2022 2011 Events during the year 2011 in Ireland. 3 Incumbents President: Mary McAleese (until 10 November 2011) Michael D. Higgins (from 11 November 2011) Taoiseach: Brian Cowen (FF) (until 9 March 2011) Enda Kenny (FG) (from 9 March 2011) Tánaiste: Mary Coughlan (FF) (until 9 March 2011) Eamon Gilmore (Lab) (from 9 March 2011) Minister for Finance: Brian Lenihan (FF) (until 9 March 2011) Michael Noonan (FG) (from 9 March 2011) Chief Justice: John L. Murray (until 25 July 2011) Susan Denham (from 25 July 2011) Dáil: 30th (until 1 February 2011) 31st (from 9 March 2011) Seanad: 23rd (until 20 April 2011) 24th (from 25 May 2011) Events January 1 January The Civil Partnership Act came into effect allowing civil partnerships where hetero- and homosexual cohabiting couples have the same rights."Civil Partnership Bill comes into effect". BreakingNews.ie, 1 January 2011. Met Éireann confirmed that December 2010 was the coldest on record, with a temperature of -17.5°C recorded in Straide, County Mayo, on Christmas Day.https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/more-snow-on-way-after-coldest-ever-december-26611295.html More snow on way after coldest ever December Melia Paul 5 January 2011 Irish Independent https://archive.today/20120804070853/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/more-snow-on-way-after-coldest-ever-december-2483944.html 4 August 2012 live 5 January Michael Finneran, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government of the Fianna Fáil party, announced he would not contest the 2011 general election.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0106/breaking7.html Killeen would not contest election Carroll Steven 6 January 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20110128070442/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0106/breaking7.html 28 January 2011 live Minister for Defence, Fianna Fáil's Tony Killeen announced he will not contest the 2011 general election. 8 January – Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for Meath East, Mary Wallace, announced she will not contest the 2011 general election.https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/wallace-becomes-12th-ff-td-to-retire-from-politics-26612350.html Wallace becomes 12th FF TD to retire from politics Sheehan Maeve 9 January 2011 Sunday Independent https://archive.today/20120910012017/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/wallace-becomes-12th-ff-td-to-retire-from-politics-2489494.html#selection-1577.0-1577.50 10 September 2012 live 18 January – A spectacular fireball that exploded in the clear Irish sky at 6pm was witnessed across the country. Astronomers calculated that it may have landed as a meteorite in County Clare.It's raining money! Hunt is on as space rock worth over ten times its weight in gold lands in Ireland. https://web.archive.org/web/20200518020136/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-247014337/it-s-raining-money-hunt-is-on-as-space-rock-worth https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-247014337/it-s-raining-money-hunt-is-on-as-space-rock-worth 2020-05-18 Questia subscription London Daily Mail 20 January 2011 22 January – The Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, resigned his position as leader of the Fianna Fáil party.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0122/breaking5.html Cowen resigns as FF leader, but to remain as Taoiseach McGee Harry 22 January 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20110227031241/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0122/breaking5.html 27 February 2011 live 23 January – The Green Party withdrew from the coalition government, making an immediate general election necessary. John Gormley (Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government) and Eamon Ryan (Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources) resigned, leaving only seven ministers remaining in the cabinet, the constitutional minimum.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0123/breaking18.html Green Party 'loses patience' and pulls out of Government Irish Times Reporters 23 January 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20110128184235/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0123/breaking18.html 28 January 2011 live 25 January Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin was elected party leader.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0126/breaking8.html Micheál Martin elected as eighth leader of Fianna Fáil Irish Times Reporters 26 January 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20110130005215/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0126/breaking8.html 30 January 2011 live Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Noel Treacy, announced he will not contest the 2011 general election, while Fianna Fáil's Mattie McGrath, TD for Tipperary South, announced he is leaving the party to become an independent.https://archive.today/20120905161832/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/elections/mcgrath-cuts-ff-ties-as-treacy-steps-down-2511039.html "McGrath cuts FF ties as Treacy steps down". Irish Independent, 26 January 2011. 26 January – British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams has resigned from the British parliament by nominal appointment as Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead."Manor of Northstead". British Treasury, 26 January 2011.https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/elections/adams-resigns-from-westminister-seat-26617714.html Adams resigns from Westminister seat 26 January 2011 Irish Independent https://archive.today/20120804150049/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/elections/adams-resigns-from-westminister-seat-2512403.html 4 August 2012 live Press Association 28 January – Another fireball exploded in the Irish atmosphere. Astronomy Ireland appealed to the public to report sightings.https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0128/297087-astronomy/ Another fireball in Irish skies 28 January 2011 RTÉ News https://web.archive.org/web/20180202032829/https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0128/297087-astronomy/ 2 February 2018 live February 1 February Fianna Fáil TD for Limerick West, John Cregan, announced he will not contest the 2011 general election.https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0201/297208-politics1/ Barry Cowen to run in General Election 1 February 2011 RTÉ News https://web.archive.org/web/20180905023148/https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0201/297208-politics1/ 5 September 2018 live It was announced that the Sunday Tribune newspaper had gone into receivership following the decision of Independent News & Media to stop funding it.https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0201/297222-sundaytribune/ Receiver appointed to Sunday Tribune 1 February 2011 RTÉ News https://web.archive.org/web/20160316215015/https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0201/297222-sundaytribune// 16 March 2016 live The Taoiseach dissolved the Dáil and went to Áras an Uachtaráin where President McAleese signed a proclamation of dissolution. The Minister for Local Government made an order appointing 25 February as polling day. The Clerk of the Dáil issued a writ to the constituency returning officers to initiate a general election, officially allowing posters of the candidates to be displayed.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0202/1224288769959.html Over three million entitled to vote in election Cullen Paul 2 February 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20160306021834/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/over-three-million-entitled-to-vote-in-election-1.560681 6 March 2016 livehttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0202/1224288771233.html Politics honourable profession', says Cowen McGee Harry 2 February 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20110225080451/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0202/1224288771233.html 25 February 2011 live A Russian agent was expelled from Ireland because of his role in the forgery of Irish passports for use in the "Illegals Program" spy ring in the United States.https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/russian-diplomat-expelled-over-spy-ring-143935.html Russian diplomat expelled over spy ring O'Keeffe Cormac 2 February 2011 Irish Examiner https://web.archive.org/web/20181117013934/https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/russian-diplomat-expelled-over-spy-ring-143935.html 17 November 2018 live A Garda investigation discovered that members of the Russian espionage agency, the SVR, were involved in the forgeries.https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/russians-threat-over-passports-unjustified-26645725.html Russians' threat over passports 'unjustified' Brady Tom 3 February 2011 Irish Independent https://web.archive.org/web/20131212045109/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/russians-threat-over-passports-unjustified-26645725.html 12 December 2013 live Alexander Smirnov, the first secretary in the Russian embassy's consular section, was instructed to leave Ireland.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/senior-russian-official-faces-expulsion-1.562554 Senior Russian official faces expulsion Fitzgerald Mary 4 February 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20190302111213/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/senior-russian-official-faces-expulsion-1.562554 2 March 2019 live 2 February – Russian deputy foreign minister Vladimir Titov threatened Ireland that Russia will retaliate for the Irish expulsion of a Russian forger."Russia warns Ireland it will retaliate in spy row". BBC News, 2 February 2011."Russia threatens retaliation". The Irish Times, 2 February 2011. Ireland warned Russia that retaliation would be unjustified. An Irish government spokesman said Irish embassy staff in Moscow perform no spying activity. 5 February – It emerged that a large number of gun enthusiasts had mounted legal challenges against the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act of August 2009 which banned handguns and restricted access to other firearms.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/state-facing-200-cases-against-new-gun-laws-1.563993 State facing 200 cases against new gun laws Lally Conor 5 February 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20170702105347/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/state-facing-200-cases-against-new-gun-laws-1.563993 2 July 2017 live 7 February – The first gay civil partnership under the newly enacted civil partnership law took place in the Civil Registration Office in Dublin.https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfeyojsncwey/rss2/ First civil partnership ceremony for same-sex couple Millar Scott 21 February 2011 Irish Examiner https://web.archive.org/web/20110805101941/https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfeyojsncwey/rss2/ 5 August 2011 live 10 February – A small plane carrying ten passengers and two crew crashed while landing in fog at Cork Airport. Six people were killed.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/aircraft-crashes-on-third-attempt-to-land-in-fog-1.568604 Aircraft crashes on third attempt to land in fog Roche Barry 11 February 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20181118124134/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/aircraft-crashes-on-third-attempt-to-land-in-fog-1.568604 18 November 2018 live 25 February – A general election was held. There were party reverses and gains on a historic scale with support for the outgoing government parties Fianna Fáil and the Green Party collapsing.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0227/breaking2.html Kenny leads Fine Gael to win as Fianna Fáil vote collapses Doyle Kilian 26 February 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20110228003548/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0227/breaking2.html 28 February 2011 live Dominic Hannigan and John Lyons were the first openly LGBT members of Dáil Éireann at the time of election. March 200px|thumb|upright|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. 9 March – The members of the 31st Dáil convened for the first time and elected Enda Kenny as Taoiseach by a vote of 117–27.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/kenny-elected-taoiseach-appoints-gilmore-t%C3%A1naiste-1.872948 Kenny elected Taoiseach of coalition Government Irish Times Reporters 9 March 2011 The Irish Times 9 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20190227060259/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/kenny-elected-taoiseach-appoints-gilmore-t%C3%A1naiste-1.872948 27 February 2019 live 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. His Holiness the Dalai Lama Arrives in the Republic of Ireland for Two-Day Visit https://web.archive.org/web/20140201215033/http://www.dalailama.com/news/post/660-his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-arrives-in-the-republic-of-ireland-for-two-day-visit 1 February 2014 The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, 2011-04-12. Arrival in Ireland - April 12th, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20140201215031/http://www.dalailama.com/gallery/album/0/141 1 February 2014 The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, 2011-04-12. Dalai Lama urges Irish self confidence RTÉ News, 2011-04-13. https://archive.today/20140127143400/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/do-not-lose-hope-urges-dalai-lama-26723236.html Do not lose hope, urges Dalai Lama Irish Independent, 2011-04-13. Visit to Ireland - Dublin and Kildare - April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20140201215036/http://www.dalailama.com/gallery/album/0/142 1 February 2014 The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, 2011-04-13. Visit to Ireland - University of Limerick - April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20140201215029/http://www.dalailama.com/gallery/album/0/143 1 February 2014 The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, 2011-04-14. May Mission to Prey, a television programme presented by Aoife Kavanagh, was aired on RTÉ One, which defamed Fr. Kevin Reynolds.http://www.independent.ie/national-news/aoife-kavanagh-journalist-who-made-the-headlines-2942507.html Aoife Kavanagh: Journalist who made the headlines Irish Independent 23 November 2011 23 November 2011Republic's government order probe into RTÉ Fr Reynolds libel case, BBC News, 23 November 2011. Justice and Defence Minister Alan Shatter supported the programme at the time.http://www.independent.ie/national-news/shatter-in-uturn-on-his-rash-support-for-prime-time-2946451.html https://archive.today/20120804024520/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/shatter-in-uturn-on-his-rash-support-for-prime-time-2946451.html dead 4 August 2012 Shatter in U-turn on his 'rash' support for Prime Time Michael Brennan Irish Independent 26 November 2011 26 November 2011 17 May–20 May – Elizabeth II paid the first state visit by a monarch of the United Kingdom to Ireland since its Independence.Announcement of programme for Ireland visit http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2011/AnnouncementofprogrammeforIrelandvisit7April2011.aspx The British Monarchy 7 April 2011 2011-04-09http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2011/0521/1224297467273.html Queen's visit beat all expectations, says UK envoy 21 May 2011 Irish Times 24 May 2011 Mark Hennessy Barry Roche https://web.archive.org/web/20110522223054/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2011/0521/1224297467273.html 22 May 2011 live 23 May – President Barack Obama of the United States paid an official visit to Ireland which included Dublin and his ancestral village of Moneygall.US president Barack Obama plans to visit Ireland in May http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0317/breaking27.html Irish Times 17 March 2011 2011-04-09Protocol rules out US President Obama's NI visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12920665 BBC News 31 March 2011http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0524/breaking2.html Obama says Ireland's 'best days are still ahead' 24 May 2011 Irish Times 24 May 2011 Stephen Collins Mark Hennessy He curtailed his visit because of a looming volcanic ash cloud from the Grímsvötn volcano, and departed for London instead of staying the night in Dublin.Barack Obama cuts short Ireland visit after concerns over volcanic ash cloud The Guardian, 2011-05-23. June 30 June–3 July – the Tall Ships' Races began in Waterford. Half a million people were expected to attend the festival.http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0703/tallships.html Large crowds watch Tall Ships festival close 3 July 2011 RTÉ RTÉ 4 July 2011http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0702/tallships.html Large crowds attend Tall Ships Festival 2 July 2011 RTÉ RTÉ 2 July 2011 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.http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0701/vat.html Reduced VAT for tourism, hospitality sectors 1 July 2011 RTÉ RTÉ 1 July 2011 7 July – Politician Avril Doyle withdrew from the race to be the Fine Gael party's presidential candidate.http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0707/president.html Doyle withdraws from FG Presidential race 7 July 2011 RTÉ RTÉ 7 July 2011 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.http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0713/cloyne.html Bishop Magee 'deliberately misled' inquiry 13 July 2011 RTÉ News 13 July 2011 20 July – The taoiseach, Enda Kenny, delivered a speech in Dáil Éireann, in response to the Cloyne Report, strongly attacking the Vatican and the Catholic Church.Rory Fitzgerald Enda Kenny's attack on the Vatican reflects ferocious public anger https://catholicherald.co.uk/enda-kenny%E2%80%99s-attack-on-the-vatican-reflects-ferocious-public-anger/ Catholic Herald 21 July 2011 21 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20130509080423/http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2011/07/21/enda-kenny%E2%80%99s-attack-on-the-vatican-reflects-ferocious-public-anger/ 9 May 2013 live 28 July – The Irish writer Jonathan Swift was honoured by the International Astronomical Union when it named two geological features on the Martian moon Phobos after geographical entities from Swift's novel, Gulliver's Travels. The la Lagado Planitia (Lagado plain) on Phobos was named after the fictional city Lagado, while la Laputa Regio (Laputa region) was named after the fictional flying island, Laputa. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: PHOBOS – Lagado Planitia 2011-07-28 U.S. Geological Survey https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/14867 Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: PHOBOS – Laputa Regio 2011-07-28 U.S. Geological Survey https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/14868 August 2 August – David Norris withdrew from his presidential election campaign, following controversy https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/02/scandal-scuppers-gay-president?intcmp=239 Prospects of David Norris being first gay president scuppered McDonald Henry 2 August 2011 The Guardian London https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/david-norris-pulls-out-of-race-to-be-the-next-president-26757583.html David Norris pulls out of race to be the next President Kelpie Colm 2 August 2011 Irish Independent https://web.archive.org/web/20190521230031/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/david-norris-pulls-out-of-race-to-be-the-next-president-26757583.html 21 May 2019 live http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0802/norrisd.html David Norris withdraws from Áras bid 2 August 2011 RTÉ News https://web.archive.org/web/20121016063850/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0802/norrisd.html 16 October 2012 dead http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/norris-quits-presidency-race-515105.html Norris quits presidency race 2 August 2011 Irish Examiner (although he resumed his candidacy the following month). 6 August – It was reported that surveys had suggested that a shipwreck found off Rutland Island, County Donegal was from the Spanish Armada. Lorna Siggins Donegal wreck may have Spanish Armada link http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0806/1224301949590.html The Irish Times 6 August 2011 2012-07-13 Irish archaeologists say Spanish Armada wreck found http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_irish-archaeologists-say-spanish-armada-wreck-found_1573121 DNA Mumbai 6 August 2011 2012-07-13 September 7 September – Telecommunication company TalkTalk announced the loss of 575 jobs with the closure of its call centre in Waterford.http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0907/talktalk.html 575 jobs lost at Talk Talk in Waterford 7 September 2011 RTÉ News 7 September 2011http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/talk-talk-to-transfer-575-jobs-from-waterford-to-the-uk-519572.html Talk Talk to transfer 575 jobs from Waterford to the UK 7 September 2011 Irish Examiner 7 September 2011 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.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0930/1224305001520.html Flattened: 'vast majority' of trees now cut down on jailed 65-year-old's land 30 September 2011 30 September 2011 Genevieve Carbery The Irish Times 22 September – The first Irish case of death by spontaneous combustion was recorded in Galway."'First Irish case' of death by spontaneous combustion". BBC News. 23 September 2011. October right|thumb|alt=Occupy Dame Street Camp in November 2011|Occupy Dame Street camp in November 2011 right|thumb|alt=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 8 October – Occupy Dame Street began this afternoon.* http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1008/damestreet.html 'Occupy Dame Street' protest in Dublin 9 October 2011 9 October 2011 RTÉ News Raidió Teilifís Éireann http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1010/damestreet.html Occupy Dame Street protest enters third night 10 October 2011 10 October 2011 RTÉ News Raidió Teilifís Éireann http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1105/1224307105697.html 'Occupy Dame Street' campaign prepared for long haul 5 November 2011 5 November 2011 Cían Nihill The Irish Times Irish Times Trust 5 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111105111248/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1105/1224307105697.html dead 11 October Ireland's association football team reached the play-offs of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers.http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/1011/ireland_armenia.html RT Sport: As it Happened Ireland 2-1 Armenia RTÉ.ie 2011-11-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111111182115/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/1011/ireland_armenia.html 11 November 2011 RTÉ Sport, 11 October 2011. 11 October – Two crosses were stolen in a masked raid on Holy Cross Abbey.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1012/breaking12.html Artefacts stolen from Holycross The Irish Times Irish Times Trust 12 October 2011 12 October 2011 24 October – Ireland was struck by flash floods including heavy torrential rain in Dublin with up to 90mm of rain falling during six hours in the evening.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15442031 Two bodies found in aftermath of Irish floods 25 October 2011 BBC News 15 December 2011http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1215/flooding.html 1,000 Dublin properties flooded in October 15 December 2011 RTÉ News 15 December 2011 One off-duty Garda, Ciarán Jones, was swept off a bridge and killed while helping motorists in Wicklow.Members of An Garda Síochána who have been killed in the line of duty http://crime.ie/20120706/members-of-an-garda-siochana-who-have-been-killed-in-the-line-of-duty/ Crime.ie 8 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120713062110/http://crime.ie/20120706/members-of-an-garda-siochana-who-have-been-killed-in-the-line-of-duty/ 13 July 2012 27 October – A presidential election and two constitutional referendums were held.https://web.archive.org/web/20160316123342/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1026/307932-referendums/ live 16 March 2016 RTÉ News 26 October 2011 http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1026/referendums.html Supreme Court refuses referendum application 24 October 2018"Date set for presidential poll". The Irish Times, 26 July 2011. November 3 November – The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced the closure of Ireland's embassies in Iran and the Vatican, and its representative office in East Timor, as a cost-cutting measure during the serious Irish financial crisis. Closure of Embassies: Statement by the Tánaiste Department of Foreign Affairs, 2011-11-03. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vatican-ireland/vatican-stunned-by-irish-embassy-closure-idUSTRE7A33D120111104 Vatican stunned by Irish embassy closure Pullella Philip 4 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20190320141442/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vatican-ireland/vatican-stunned-by-irish-embassy-closure-idUSTRE7A33D120111104 20 March 2019 live Reuters 11 November – Michael D. Higgins was inaugurated as President of Ireland at a ceremony in Dublin Castle.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ireland/8856598/Michael-D.-Higgins-wins-Irish-presidential-election.html Michael D. Higgins wins Irish presidential election 28 October 2011 The Daily Telegraph 30 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20181118111034/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ireland/8856598/Michael-D.-Higgins-wins-Irish-presidential-election.html 18 November 2018 live London 15 November The Irish association football team qualified for UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland/Ukraine. Willie Penrose resigned as Minister of State for Housing and Planning due to his opposition to the Government's decision to close the army barracks in Mullingar. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1115/breaking35.html Penrose quits on barracks issue Irish Times Reporters 15 November 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20111118023129/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1115/breaking35.html 18 November 2011 live https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1115/308705-army/ Penrose quits Cabinet over barracks closure 15 November 2011 RTÉ News 15 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20190403174623/https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1115/308705-army/ 3 April 2019 live http://www.independent.ie/national-news/labourrsquos-penrose-resigns-from-government-over-barracks-closure-2934618.html Labour's Penrose resigns from Government over barracks closure Independent.ie reporters 15 November 2011 Irish Independent 15 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20160312153715/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/labours-penrose-resigns-from-government-over-barracks-closure-26792460.html 12 March 2016 live 16 November – Thousands of students and their families from around Ireland marched on Government Buildings in Dublin to protest against the re-introduction of third-level education fees. https://www.thejournal.ie/thousands-of-students-expected-to-march-against-fees-280506-Nov2011/ Thousands of students expected to march against fees O'Connell Hugh 16 November 2011 TheJournal.ie 16 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20181115210533/https://www.thejournal.ie/thousands-of-students-expected-to-march-against-fees-280506-Nov2011/ 15 November 2018 live https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1116/308756-education/ Ruairi Quinn non-committal on fees issue 17 November 2011 RTÉ News 17 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20180915131022/https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1116/308756-education/ 15 September 2018 live A small group also engage in a sit-down protest outside the Fine Gael office on Upper Mount Street.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1117/1224307705660.html Students march against increased fees and grant cuts Carroll Steven 17 November 2011 The Irish Times 17 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120727140954/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1117/1224307705660.html 27 July 2012 live 22 November – Fine Gael's Darren Scully resigned as Mayor of Naas after commenting on live radio about the alleged "aggressive attitude" of "black Africans".https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1122/309015-scullyd/ Darren Scully resigns as Mayor of Naas 22 November 2011 RTÉ News 22 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111123083003/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1122/scullyd.html 23 November 2011 live 23 November – The Prime Time Investigates television programme was cancelled as Director-General of RTÉ Noel Curran described the broadcasting of "Mission to Prey" as "one of the gravest editorial mistakes ever made" at RTÉ.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2011/1123/1224308004000.html?via=mr RTÉ shelves investigative series and concedes 'grave mistake' Cullen Paul 23 November 2011 The Irish Times 23 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111123152242/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2011/1123/1224308004000.html?via=mr 23 November 2011 dead McGreevy Ronan 26 November – Thousands of people marched against austerity in Dublin. http://www.tv3.ie/article.php?article_id=64915&locID=1.2&pagename=news Anti-austerity protest takes place in Dublin 26 November 2011 TV3 News 26 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120515145252/http://www.tv3.ie/article.php?article_id=64915&locID=1.2&pagename=news 15 May 2012 dead https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1126/309173-demonstration/ Thousands rally against Govt austerity plans 28 November 2011 RTÉ News 26 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20160313202330/https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1126/309173-demonstration/ 13 March 2016 live https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rich-will-have-to-shoulder-cuts-too-26796098.html Rich will have to shoulder cuts too 27 November 2011 Sunday Independent 27 November 2011 https://archive.today/20120803203011/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/rich-will-have-to-shoulder-cuts-too-2946952.html 3 August 2012 live 29 November – Three student union presidents (of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, University College Cork and IT Carlow) under the leadership of Union of Students in Ireland (USI) President Gary Redmond, and in possession of a chemical toilet and supplies of food that could have lasted them weeks, occupied a room at the Department of Social Protection on Store Street in Dublin as part of a continued effort to have the Labour Party clarify its position on tuition fees. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1129/breaking60.html Students arrested after 'occupation' Hunt Joanne 29 November 2011 The Irish Times 29 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20131205061348/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/students-arrested-after-occupation-1.887838 5 December 2013 live https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/students-occupy-department-office-530301.html Students occupy Department office 29 November 2011 Irish Examiner 29 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20181116174909/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/students-occupy-department-office-530301.html 16 November 2018 live https://www.thejournal.ie/students-occupy-department-of-jobs-292332-Nov2011/ Students briefly occupy Department of Jobs in fees protest Bohan Christine 29 November 2011 TheJournal.ie 29 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20181116005259/https://www.thejournal.ie/students-occupy-department-of-jobs-292332-Nov2011/ 16 November 2018 live Ten student union presidents also attempted to occupy a room at the Department of Enterprise on Kildare Street.https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1129/309286-students/ Student leaders in protest over fees 29 November 2011 RTÉ News 29 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20180915130932/https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1129/309286-students/ 15 September 2018 live 30 November Nine Free Education for Everyone (FEE) students seeking clarification of the government's view on third-level education fees participated in a sit-down protest by occupying the constituency office of Fine Gael TD and former mayor Brian Walsh in Bohermore, Galway. https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/47083/students-up-the-ante-with-occupation-of-td-and-department-offices Students up the ante with occupation of TD and Department offices Nee Martina 1 December 2011 Galway Advertiser 1 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20181217063116/https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/47083/students-up-the-ante-with-occupation-of-td-and-department-offices 17 December 2018 live http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1130/galway.html Nine students arrested after Galway protest 30 November 2011 30 November 2011 RTÉ News Raidió Teilifís Éireann http://www.thejournal.ie/students-arrested-after-occupying-fine-gael-tds-constituency-office-292957-Nov2011/ Students arrested after occupying Fine Gael TD's constituency office 30 November 2011 30 November 2011 TheJournal.ie http://www.universitytimes.ie/?p=6997 Free Education for Everyone (FEE) Galway Occupy Fine Gael TD Office 30 November 2011 30 November 2011 Rónán Burtenshaw The University Times They unfurled a banner on the roof with the message, "Free Education Nothing Less".http://galwayindependent.com/stories/item/273/2011-49/Student-protesters-released-without-charge Student protesters released without charge 1 December 2011 1 December 2011 Marie Madden Galway Independent dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111204040833/http://galwayindependent.com/stories/item/273/2011-49/Student-protesters-released-without-charge 4 December 2011 Audits of child protection practices conducted by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church were published by six dioceses, with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe, overseen by Philip Boyce, coming in for most criticism.http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1130/dioceses.html Diocesan audits say abuse response inadequate 30 November 2011 30 November 2011 RTÉ News Raidió Teilifís Éireann A settlement was reached between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh and a man sworn to secrecy by Seán Brady over abuse by Brendan Smyth as a teenager.http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1130/bolandb.html Abuse secrecy case settled with Archdiocese 30 November 2011 30 November 2011 RTÉ News Raidió Teilifís Éireann December 1 December Tommy Broughan TD was expelled from the Labour Party after voting to reject a government amendment to extend the bank guaranteeDecember 2013 for another year.http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1201/banks.html Broughan loses Labour whip after Dáil vote 1 December 2011 1 December 2011 RTÉ News Raidió Teilifís Éireann Roscrea District Court solicitors walked out over the closure of the courthouse.http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1201/roscrea.html Solicitors protest over Roscrea court closure 1 December 2011 1 December 2011 RTÉ News Raidió Teilifís Éireann 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.http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1203/education.html Maynooth students refuse to leave TDs office 3 December 2011 3 December 2011 RTÉ News Raidió Teilifís Éireann dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111204155839/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1203/education.html 4 December 2011 They brought sleeping bags, clothes, a chemical toilet and a week's supply of food. http://www.thejournal.ie/maynooth-students-occupy-fine-gael-tds-office-in-fees-protest-294867-Dec2011/ Maynooth students continue occupation of Fine Gael TD's office 2 December 2011 2 December 2011 TheJournal.ie http://budget.breakingnews.ie/news/we-have-wood-nails-food-toilet-chimney-protesting-students-occupy-tds-office-530750.html 'We have wood, nails, food, toilet, chimney': Protesting students occupy TD's office 3 December 2011 3 December 2011 BreakingNews.ie dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120426015519/http://budget.breakingnews.ie/news/we-have-wood-nails-food-toilet-chimney-protesting-students-occupy-tds-office-530750.html 26 April 2012 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. http://www.thejournal.ie/watch-student-leader-confronts-fg-td-outside-his-occupied-constituency-office-295637-Dec2011/ Watch: student leader confronts FG TD outside his occupied constituency office 3 December 2011 3 December 2011 TheJournal.ie http://www.thejournal.ie/td-reluctant-to-involve-gardai-in-student-occupation-of-his-office-295307-Dec2011/ TD 'reluctant to involve gardaí' in student occupation of his office 3 December 2011 3 December 2011 TheJournal.ie 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".http://www.donegaldaily.com/2011/12/03/thousands-of-families-with-empty-chairs-at-christmas-td-tells-protest/ "Thousands of families with empty chairs at Christmas" TD tells protest 3 December 2011 3 December 2011 Donegal Daily 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.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1206/breaking55.html Labour TD votes against Vat measure The Irish Times 6 December 2011 Marie O'Halloran Michael O'Regan 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.http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1217/vitacortex.html Vita Cortex staff continue sit-in 17 December 2011 17 December 2011 RTÉ News Raidió Teilifís Éireann 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.Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act 2012 Department of Justice and Equality. Retrieved: 2013-11-23.'Reasonable force' does not mean a licence to injure or kill Irish Independent, 2012-02-17. Full date unknown A statue of Queen Victoria which was first erected in 1849 at Queen's College, Cork on the occasion of the monarch's first state visit to Ireland, and which was subsequently removed and buried for decades for safekeeping, was brought to the Tyndall Institute on the Mardyke for Queen Elizabeth II's visitScannell Patrick https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40748514.html Irish Examiner Cork In 50 Artworks, No 30: Statue of Queen Victoria at UCC 2021-11-22 2026-10-04 https://www.ucc.ie/en/heritage/collections/statue-patrick-j-scannell-queen-victoria.html ucc.ie University College Cork Statue, Patrick J. Scannell, 'Queen Victoria' 2022-01-01 2026-10-04Buckley Dan http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/a-queens-welcome-victorias-stormy-affair-with-ireland-123438.html Irish Examiner A Queen's Welcome: Victoria's Stormy Affair with Ireland 2010-06-26 2026-10-04 The arts right|thumb|alt=Jedward represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf in May.|Jedward represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf in May. 20 January – First showing of the film The Guard. 1 February – It was announced that two of three Waterstone's bookshops in Dublin were to close.https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/employment/waterstone-s-to-close-two-dublin-stores-1.560900 Waterstone's to close two Dublin stores Lynch Suzanne 2 February 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20170512091828/https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/employment/waterstone-s-to-close-two-dublin-stores-1.560900 12 May 2017 live 11 February – The Eurosong 2011 competition was held in Dublin.https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/jedward-to-sing-for-ireland-26694853.html Jedward to sing for Ireland Byrne Luke 12 February 2011 Irish Independent https://archive.today/20120802080104/http://www.independent.ie/world-news/jedward-to-sing-for-ireland-2537332.html#selection-1710.0-1717.28 2 August 2012 live 12 February – The 8th Irish Film and Television Awards were held at Dublin's Convention Centre.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ifta-winners-announced-1.871617 IFTA winners announced Carr Aoife 13 February 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20181116063050/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ifta-winners-announced-1.871617 16 November 2018 live 5 April – Kevin Barry's speculative fiction debut novel City of Bohane was published. 12 April – Sebastian Barry was inducted into the Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame by the President, Mary McAleese.https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/barry-hounoured-as-he-books-place-in-literary-hall-of-fame-26723101.html Barry hounoured as he books place in literary Hall of Fame Anderson Nicola 13 April 2011 Irish Independent https://archive.today/20120803092517/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/barry-hounoured-as-he-books-place-in-literary-hall-of-fame-2617763.html 3 August 2012 live 26 May – John Banville won the Kafka Prize for literature.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/may/26/john-banville-kafka-prize John Banville wins Kafka prize: Irish novelist given honour thought by some to be a Nobel prize augury Flood Alison 26 May 2011 The Guardian 26 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044654/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/may/26/john-banville-kafka-prize 6 March 2019 live London 22–26 June – The Celtic Fringe Festival was held in north County Sligo.http://celticfringefestival.tumblr.com/ Celtic Fringe Festival, North Sligo, Ireland 10 June 2011 Tumblr https://web.archive.org/web/20130504065905/http://celticfringefestival.tumblr.com/ 4 May 2013 dead 14 July 2012 25 October – Lucy Caldwell was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=2116&vs_date=2011-10-26 Novelist and Dramatist Lucy Caldwell Awarded Rooney Prize 2011 26 October 2011 Trinity College Dublin https://web.archive.org/web/20120119073203/http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=2116&vs_date=2011-10-26 19 January 2012 dead 24 April 2012 3 November – Actor Niall Tóibín was honoured with the Irish Film and Television Academy's (IFTA) Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony at the Irish Film Institute.http://www.iftn.ie/actors/actorsnews/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4284382&tpl=archnews&force=1 IFTA to Honour Irish Screen Legend Niall Tóibín 25 October 2011 Irish Film and Television Network 25 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20170116162712/http://www.iftn.ie/actors/actorsnews/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4284382&tpl=archnews&force=1 16 January 2017 live Sorj Chalandon's novel Retour à Killybegs was published. Gene Kerrigan's crime novel The Rage was published.May 2019 Seán Ó Ríordáin's collected poems, ga Na Dánta, were published.https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/art-in-the-form-of-artefact-1.445016 Art in the form of Artefact Ó Muirí Pól 14 January 2012 The Irish Times]l 11 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20181118124203/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/art-in-the-form-of-artefact-1.445016 18 November 2018 live Sport Association football 2011 Nations Cup 8–9 February and 24–29 May – 2011 Nations Cup association football tournament in Dublin. Dates Announced for 4 Associations' Tournament 2011. Football Association of Wales. Retrieved: 2010-12-20. 4 Associations Tournament Announced for Dublin 2011. Football Association of Ireland. Retrieved 2010-12-20. 8 February – Ireland 3–0 Wales. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_of_wales/9390459.stm Nations Cup: Republic of Ireland 3-0 Wales 8 February 2011 BBC Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20110224065335/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_of_wales/9390459.stm 24 February 2011 live https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/feb/08/republic-ireland-wales-nations-cup Gary Speed sees his Wales debut ruined by rampant Republic of Ireland Murray Ewan 8 February 2011 The Guardian https://web.archive.org/web/20171213215109/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/feb/08/republic-ireland-wales-nations-cup 13 December 2017 live 9 February – Northern Ireland 0–3 Scotland. https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/scotland-have-it-all-their-own-way-1.1256086 Scotland have it all their own way 9 February 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20190522001324/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/scotland-have-it-all-their-own-way-1.1256086 22 May 2019 live http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/9392854.stm Scotland 3-0 Northern Ireland McCaig Alvin 9 February 2011 BBC Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133931/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/9392854.stm 3 August 2018 live 24 May – Ireland 5–0 Northern Ireland. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/13535023 Rep of Ireland 5-0 N Ireland 24 May 2011 BBC Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20171105042738/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/13535023 5 November 2017 live http://www.skysports.com/football/match_commentary/0,19764,11065_3360182,00.html FT: Rep of Ireland 5 N.Ireland 0 Fraser Peter 24 May 2011 Sky Sports https://web.archive.org/web/20110713193729/http://www.skysports.com/football/match_commentary/0%2C19764%2C11065_3360182%2C00.html 13 July 2011 dead 25 May – Wales 1–3 Scotland.https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/13350599 Wales 1-3 Scotland 25 May 2011 BBC Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194340/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/13350599 16 July 2018 live 27 May – Wales 2–0 Northern Ireland.https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/13540749 Wales 2-0 N Ireland 27 May 2011 BBC Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20181229094030/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/13540749 29 December 2018 live 29 May – Ireland 1–0 Scotland.https://www.bbc.com/sport/scotland/13590290 Republic of Ireland 1-0 Scotland Lindsay Clive 29 May 2011 BBC Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20190404142700/https://www.bbc.com/sport/scotland/13590290 4 April 2019 live 2012 UEFA European Championships Qualifiers 26 March – European Championship qualifying match: Ireland 2–1 Macedonia in Dublin.Republic of Ireland beat Macedonia 2-1 http://www.sportsnewsireland.com/soccer_irish/12757/ Trevor Keane 26 March 2011 Sports News Ireland 26 March 2011 7 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607062327/http://www.sportsnewsireland.com/soccer_irish/12757/ dead 2 September – Ireland 0–0 Slovakia in Dublin. 6 September – Ireland 0–0 Russia in Moscow. 7 October – Ireland 2–0 Andorra in Barcelona. 11 October – Ireland 2–1 Armenia in Dublin.Fixtures and Results. Football Association of Ireland. Retrieved: 2010-12-20. 11 November – Ireland 4–0 Estonia in Tallinn.https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/1111/286903-estonia_ireland_report/ Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland Houston Rory 11 November 2011 RTÉ Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20111113005410/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/1111/estonia_ireland_report.html 13 November 2011 live 11 November 2011 15 November – Ireland 1–1 Estonia in Dublin. International friendly matches 29 March – Ireland 2–3 Uruguay in Dublin.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0330/1224293360710.html Trapattoni is given plenty to think about Malone Emmet 30 March 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20131205132435/http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/trapattoni-is-given-plenty-to-think-about-1.586434 5 December 2013 livehttps://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/0329/278243-ireland_uruguay/ As it Happened: Republic of Ireland 2-3 Uruguay McEneaney Barry 29 March 2011 RTÉ Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20110603042533/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/0329/ireland_uruguay.html 3 June 2011 live 7 June – Ireland 2–0 Italy at Stade Maurice Dufrasne, in Liège.https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2011-06-07-86455934_x.htm Ireland beats Italy 2-0 in friendly 7 June 2011 USA Today https://web.archive.org/web/20110610183357/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2011-06-07-86455934_x.htm 10 June 2011 live Associated Press 10 August – Ireland 0–0 Croatia at the Aviva Stadium, in Dublin.https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/0810/283363-repofireland_croatia/ Republic of Ireland 0-0 Croatia Glennon Micil 10 August 2011 RTÉ Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20120312122218/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/0810/repofireland_croatia.html 12 March 2012 live League of Ireland 4 March – Beginning of League of Ireland season. 14 May – Shamrock Rovers won the 2011 Setanta Sports Cup. 25 August – Shamrock Rovers became the first Irish side to reach the group stages of either of the top two European competitions by beating Partizan Belgrade in the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. 24 September – Derry City won the 2011 League of Ireland Cup. 25 October – Shamrock Rovers reclaimed the League. 6 November – Sligo Rovers won the 2011 FAI Cup. Athletics 11 December – Fionnuala Britton won Senior Women's gold in the 2011 European Cross Country Championships Cricket 2 March – Ireland beat England by three wickets in Bangalore at the World Cup with a Kevin O'Brien hitting the fastest World Cup century off only 50 balls.https://www.rte.ie/sport/cricket/2011/0302/277083-cricket_england_ireland/ O'Brien on fire as Ireland shock England 2 March 2011 RTÉ Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20110304000220/http://www.rte.ie/sport/cricket/2011/0302/cricket_england_ireland.html 4 March 2011 live 2 March 2011 Gaelic games Football May–18 September – All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2011 Hurling 21 May–4 September – All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2011 Rugby Heineken Cup 21 May 2011 – 2011 Heineken Cup Final Leinster 33–22 Northampton Saints 2011 Six Nations Championship 5 February – Six Nations Italy 11–13 Ireland.https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/ireland-eternally-grateful-to-o-gara-in-rome-1.565789 Ireland eternally grateful to O'Gara in Rome Thornley Gerry 7 February 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20160306021742/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/ireland-eternally-grateful-to-o-gara-in-rome-1.565789 6 March 2016 livehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/irish/9386955.stm Brian O'Driscoll relieved after Ireland edge out Italy 5 February 2011 BBC Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20110210095250/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/irish/9386955.stm 10 February 2011 live 13 February – Ireland 22–25 France.https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/france-get-over-the-line-in-dublin-1.1256145 France get over the line in Dublin 13 February 2011 The Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20190521232557/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/france-get-over-the-line-in-dublin-1.1256145 21 May 2019 live 27 February – Scotland 18–21 Irelandhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/feb/27/scotland-ireland-six-nations-2011 Six Nations 2011: Ronan O'Gara guides Ireland past sorry Scotland Averis Mike 27 February 2011 The Guardian https://web.archive.org/web/20171213215340/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/feb/27/scotland-ireland-six-nations-2011 13 December 2017 live 12 March – Wales 19–13 IrelandControversial Mike Phillips try keeps Wales on their winning streak The Guardian, 2011-03-12. 19 March – Ireland 24–8 England.Tommy Bowe and Ireland demolish England's Six Nations grand slam hopes The Guardian 2011-03-19. 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 Deaths January right|thumb|120px|Gary Moore right|thumb|120px|Garret FitzGerald 2 January – Eoin Neeson, 83: historian, author, journalist, former director of the Government Information Bureau.Historian, author and government press chief Irish Times, 2011-01-08. 9 January – Joss Lynam: mountaineer, founder member of Irish Mountaineering Club, following a short illness.Death of mountaineer Joss Lynam Irish Times, 2011-01-10. 10 January – Michaela McAreavey née Harte, 27: daughter of Tyrone Gaelic football manager Mickey Harte, strangled during her honeymoon in Mauritius.Michaela Harte found dead in Mauritius Irish Times, 2011-01-11.Michaela Harte found strangled in Mauritius The Guardian, 2011-01-11. 16 January – Louis McRedmond, 78: journalist and author, former editor of the Irish Independent, head of information at RTÉ.Journalist and author Louis McRedmond dies, aged 78 Irish Times, 2011-01-18.Obituary: Well-known journalist, broadcaster and author Irish Times, 2011-01-22. 18 January – David Schulman, 80: former President of Mensa International, and charity volunteer.David Schulman - Announcement https://web.archive.org/web/20110123183904/http://www.mensa.org.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=1663&d=23&h=5&f=3 23 January 2011 Mensa, 2011-01-19.http://notices.irishtimes.com/7978818 Schulman, David : Death notice 19 January 2011 The Irish Times Dublin, Ireland 20 January – Gordon Holmes, former State Solicitor of Limerick, former chairman of the Parole Board and the former Garda Síochána Complaints Board.Limerick solicitor Gordon Holmes dies Irish Times, 2011-01-21. February 6 February – Gary Moore, 58: former Thin Lizzy guitarist. Heart attack while on holiday in Estepona, Spain. https://archive.today/20120804130620/http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/rock-legend-gary-moore-found-dead-2527823.html Rock legend Gary Moore found dead Sunday Independent, 2011-02-06. Former Thin Lizzy guitarist Moore dies Irish Times, 2011-02-06.https://archive.today/20120804161815/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/lizzy-guitarist-died-of-a-heart-attack-2529412.html Lizzy guitarist died of a heart attack Irish Independent, 2011-02-08. 13 February – T. P. McKenna, 81; actor. Died in his sleep after a long illness.* 'Irascible' actor TP McKenna dies in London, aged 81 https://web.archive.org/web/20121023072633/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0215/1224289831643.html 23 October 2012 Irish Times. 2011-02-15. TP McKenna obituary Guardian. 2011-02-16. The many faces of TP McKenna Irish Times. 2011-02-19. 14 February – Sean Boru, 57, Actor and author. March 9 March – Seán Cronin, 91, journalist and republican, Irish Republican Army chief of staff (1957–1958, 1959–1960), after long illness. 14 March – Gerald Barry, 63; broadcast and print journalist, following a long illness.Tributes paid to 'brilliant' journalist Gerald Barry Irish Independent, 2011-03-14.Tributes paid on death of Gerald Barry Irish Times, 2011-03-14. 25 March – Thady Wyndham-Quin, 7th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 71, aristocrat. April 15 April – Michael Hurley, 87, Jesuit and ecumenical theologian, co-founder of the Irish School of Ecumenics. 27 April – Harry Thuillier, 85, Olympic fencer and radio presenter. May 4 May – Joe Murray, 74; broadcaster and journalist, following a short illness.RTÉ journalist Joe Murray dies http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0505/1224296147807.html Irish Times 5 May 2011 10 May – Patrick Galvin, 83; writer and poet, following a long illness.Death of writer of 'Raggy Boy' trilogy Patrick Galvin at 83 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0511/1224296699214.html Irish Times 11 May 2011 Rosita Boland 17 May Tomás Mac Anna, 87; playwright, actor and director, following a short illness.Tributes to writer Tomás Mac Anna http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0518/1224297221397.html Irish Times 18 May 2011 Genevieve Carbery Seán Dunphy, 73; showband singer, following a short illness.Irish showband legend Sean Dunphy dies http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/irish-showband-legend-sean-dunphy-dies-16001522.html https://archive.today/20120723044220/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/irish-showband-legend-sean-dunphy-dies-16001522.html dead 23 July 2012 The Belfast Telegraph 18 May 2011 19 May – Garret FitzGerald, 85; former taoiseach, following a short illness.Garret FitzGerald dies aged 85 http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0519/fitzgeraldg.html RTÉ News 19 May 2011Former taoiseach Garret FitzGerald dies aged 85 Irish Times, 2011-05-19'A courageous and visionary taoiseach' Irish Times, 2011-05-19. 20 May – Michael Bell, 74; former TDEx-Labour TD Michael Bell dies http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0520/breaking52.html 2011-05-20 The Irish Times 20 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110521163620/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0520/breaking52.html 21 May 2011 live 21 May – John Delaney, 42, businessman (Intrade). 21 May – Pádraig Kennelly, 82, publisher, editor and journalist, founder of Kerry's Eye. 24 May – Edward Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany, 71, artist. June 3 June – Peter Murphy, 88, television presenter (RTÉ). 6 June – Declan Costello, 84; former teachta dála (TD) and judgeFormer High Court president 'one of the finest minds' the country has had http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0607/1224298498183.html 2011-06-07 The Irish Times 7 June 2011 7 June – Liam Kelly, 88, Republican and politician.https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsday/obituary.aspx?pid=151703109 Liam (William) Kelly 9 June 2011 Newsday Legacy.com https://archive.today/20190521234829/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsday/obituary.aspx?pid=151703109 21 May 2019 live 22 May 2019 10 June – Brian Lenihan Jnr, 52; serving TDhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0610/302226-lenihanb2/ Brian Lenihan dies aged 52 10 June 2011 RTÉ News 10 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110611230440/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0610/lenihanb.html 11 June 2011 live 22 June – Kader Asmal, 76, human rights professor, founder of the British and Irish Anti-Apartheid Movements, founder member of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Birmingham Six campaigner, minister of Nelson Mandela's first democratically elected government of South Africa.Asmal - The man who kept the anti-Apartheid flame alive in Ireland Sunday Independent, 2013-12-08. 22 June – Myles Staunton, 75; former TD.http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0622/stauntonm.html Former Senator Myles Staunton has died RTÉ News 22 June 2011 July 19 July – Brendan Kehoe, 40, software developer and author, after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia.KEHOE, Brendan : Death notice Irish Times, 2011-07-21. August 4 August – Éamonn O'Doherty, 72; sculptor.Renowned Derry-born sculptor dies at 72 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/renowned-derryborn-sculptor-dies-at-72-16032648.html https://archive.today/20120720050131/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/renowned-derryborn-sculptor-dies-at-72-16032648.html dead 20 July 2012 The Belfast Telegraph 5 August 2011 2011-08-05 September 7 September – Adrian Cronin, 74, RTÉ Television head of light entertainment, The Late Late Show director, Eurovision Song Contest director, producer, programme presenter, documentary maker, scriptwriter.Multiple sources: Groundbreaking director of 'Late, Late Show' 2011-09-17 The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/groundbreaking-director-of-late-late-show-1.603120 Colleague Adrian Cronin - Obituary 2025-12-04 SuperannRTÉ.ie https://superannrte.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1957:colleague-adrian-cronin-obituary-1957 The death has occurred of Adrian CRONIN 2011-09-08 RIP.ie https://rip.ie/death-notice/adrian-cronin-dublin-churchtown-137608 26 September – David Timlin, 73, RTÉ radio and television newsreader, news reporter, presenter, announcer; Irish Press subeditor.Multiple sources: Former RTÉ newsreader David Timlin dies 2011-09-26 RTÉ News https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0926/306604-timlind/ RTÉ newsreader and presenter of music shows and documentaries 2011-10-01 The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/rte-newsreader-and-presenter-of-music-shows-and-documentaries-1.612392 David Timlin Rory Egan 2011-10-01 Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/news/david-timlin/26777715.html The death has occurred of David (Pops) TIMLIN 2011-09-27 RIP.ie https://rip.ie/death-notice/david-pops-timlin-dublin-leopardstown-138878 October 11 October – Peter McDermott, 93; former Meath Gaelic footballer and coach.Meath legend and 'the man in the cap' http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/1012/1224305644051.html 16 October 2011 The Irish Times 12 October 2011 12 October – Martin White, 102; former Kilkenny hurler and the oldest surviving All-Ireland medal winner.Hurling legend Martin White passes away http://www.advertiser.ie/kilkenny/article/45260/hurling-legend-martin-white-passes-away 16 October 2011 The Kilkenny Advertiser 14 October 2011 22 October – Cathal O'Shannon, 83; journalist and television presenter.RTÉ journalist Cathal O'Shannon dies aged 83 http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1022/oshannonc.html 22 October 2011 RTÉ News 22 October 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111024081210/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1022/oshannonc.html 24 October 2011 November 9 November – Terry Willers, 76; cartoonist.Cartoonist Terry Willers dies at 76 http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1111/willerst.html 11 November 2011 RTÉ News 11 November 2011 December 7 December – Pearse Cahill, 95; pioneering aviator.Aviation pioneer Pearse Cahill dies aged 95 http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1208/cahillp.html 8 December 2011 RTÉ News 8 December 2011 25 December Thomas Finnegan, 86; bishop.Former Bishop of Killala dies aged 86 http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1226/finnegant.html 26 December 2011 RTÉ News 26 December 2011 Seán French, 80, politician, Lord Mayor of Cork (1976) and TD (1967–1982).http://www.rip.ie/death_notices_detail.asp?NoticeID=151868 Death Notice of Sean FRENCH RIP.ie 31 December 2011 25 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425132559/http://www.rip.ie/death_notices_detail.asp?NoticeID=151868 dead See also 2011 in Irish television References 30em 2011