2009 in Ireland

none Northern Ireland 2009 in Northern Ireland September 2020 August 2022 2009 Events from the year 2009 in Ireland. Taoiseach Brian Cowen described 2009 as the most challenging of his career in politics.21 December 2009 2009 was a difficult year, says Cowen http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1221/politics.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20160416001107/http://m.rte.ie/news/2009/1221/125640-politics/ 16 April 2016 27 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 2 Incumbents President: Mary McAleese Taoiseach: Brian Cowen (FF) Tánaiste: Mary Coughlan (FF) Minister for Finance: Brian Lenihan (FF) Chief Justice: John L. Murray Dáil: 30th Seanad: 23rd Events January 1 January – The phase-out of incandescent light bulbs commenced in Ireland.http://www.environ.ie/en/Environment/Atmosphere/ClimateChange/LightBulbsPublicConsultation/LightBulbsFAQs/ Light Bulbs FAQs Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government 1 April 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081208063654/http://www.environ.ie/en/Environment/Atmosphere/ClimateChange/LightBulbsPublicConsultation/LightBulbsFAQs/ 8 December 2008 6 January – A priest, Michael Mernagh, completed a nine-day 272 km atonement pilgrimage from Cobh to the Pro-Cathedral in Dublin to repent the Roman Catholic Church's response to clerical child sex abuse.6 January 2009 Priest completes atonement pilgrimage http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0106/mernaghm.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20090124031519/https://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0106/mernaghm.html 24 January 2009 9 January 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 8 January – Post-2008 Irish economic downturn: Dell announced the axing of almost 2,000 jobs at their factory in Limerick, with the total job loss predicted to rise to 10,000 in the region.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0108/dell.html 1,900 jobs lost at Dell in Limerick 8 January 2009 9 January 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090109014639/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0108/dell.html 9 January 2009 live 9 January – The inaugural Art O'Neill Challenge took place, with participants opting to walk or run from Dublin Castle to Glenmalure, starting from midnight and arriving in Glenmalure the day after (10 January).Donnellon, Noel 10 March 2009 Art O'Neill Challenge 2009 (Outback) Video Dublin Adventure Junkies (YouTube channel) 7 January 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_kKX_Sb4o4Mahon Paul 15 December 2008 https://www.imra.ie/forum/topic/id/1505 Irish Mountain Running Association (IMRA) imra.ie Art O Neill Charity Walk and Ultra run (55km) on Fri/ Sat 8/ 9th (sic) Jan (2009) 7 January 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv4V5zSO9SY Art O'Neill Challenge 2009 (turas.ie) 14 February 2009 Video TS Adventure Sports - Old Channel (YouTube channel) Dublin 7 January 2025 Ryan, Russ 9 January – Confidential documents from Letterkenny General Hospital were revealed to have been discovered in a public area of Derry.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0109/derry.html Hospital documents found in Derry 9 January 2009 9 January 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090116112724/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0109/derry.html 16 January 2009 live 11 January – A woman died in childbirth at Kerry General Hospital in Tralee, County Kerry.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0111/kerry.html Woman dies following childbirth 11 January 2009 23 January 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090112103010/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0111/kerry.html 12 January 2009 live 17 January – A County Down woman was killed in extreme weather when her car was struck by a tree.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0117/weather.html Caution urged as storms lash country 17 January 2009 23 January 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090119201950/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0117/weather.html 19 January 2009 live 21 January – Anglo Irish Bank hidden loans controversy: Anglo Irish Bank was nationalised when the President, Mary McAleese, signed the Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0121/angloirish.html McAleese signs Anglo Irish Bank Bill 21 January 2009 21 January 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090124000047/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0121/angloirish.html 24 January 2009 live 22 January – A County Roscommon woman was jailed for seven years after her conviction for incest, sexual abuse and neglect of her children.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0122/roscommon.html Mother gets seven years in incest case 22 January 2009 22 January 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090205064133/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0122/roscommon.html 5 February 2009 live 30 January – Post-2008 Irish economic downturn: After an announcement that the Waterford Crystal plant at Kilbarry was to shut down, its employees began an unofficial sit-in which led to some scuffles that damaged the main door to the visitors' centre.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0130/wedgwood.html Staff protest over Waterford Crystal closure 30 January 2009 3 February 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090204131957/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0130/wedgwood.html 4 February 2009 live The sit-in continued until 22 March.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0322/waterford.html Occupation of Waterford Crystal centre ends 22 March 2009 27 March 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090325063935/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0322/waterford.html 25 March 2009 live February right|thumb|Extreme weather occurred across Ireland in February (Pictured: Ballycullen Road near Tallaght on 3 February). right|thumb|Ireland's largest bank robbery took place at the Bank of Ireland's College Green branch in February. 2 February – extreme weather across the country disrupted transport services, including flights, and bus routes.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0202/weather.html Severe weather warning from Met Éireann 2 February 2009 3 February 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090203060937/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0202/weather.html 3 February 2009 live 2 February – former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was blockaded and jostled out of National University of Ireland, Galway by angry students protesting at the reintroduction of fees as he attempted to lecture the Literary and Debating Society.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0203/fees.html Protest forces cancellation of Ahern speech 3 February 2009 3 February 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090206051422/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0203/fees.html 6 February 2009 live 4 February – unemployment reached 9.2 percent with a record 326,100 people signing onto the live register. It was the highest monthly increase in 40 years with an average 1,500 people being laid off daily.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0204/employment.html Jobless rate could hit 400,000 – Cowen 4 February 2009 4 February 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090205122823/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0204/employment.html 5 February 2009 livehttp://www.statusireland.com/statistics/finacial-statistics-for-ireland/28/Irish-Live-Register-Figures.html Live register figures for Ireland 22 February 2009 22 February 2009 StatusIreland https://web.archive.org/web/20090223092945/http://statusireland.com/statistics/finacial-statistics-for-ireland/28/Irish-Live-Register-Figures.html 23 February 2009 usurpedhttp://www.statusireland.com/statistics/finacial-statistics-for-ireland/31/Seasonally-Adjusted-Standarised-Unemployment-Rates-SUR.html Standardised unemployment rates for Ireland 22 February 2009 22 February 2009 StatusIreland https://web.archive.org/web/20090209000818/http://statusireland.com/statistics/finacial-statistics-for-ireland/31/Seasonally-Adjusted-Standarised-Unemployment-Rates-SUR.html 9 February 2009 usurped 4 February – an estimated 15,000 students protested in Dublin at the threatened reintroduction of university fees, blockading government buildings for a time.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0204/fees.html Fees possible as students protest 4 February 2009 4 February 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090205122828/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0204/fees.html 5 February 2009 live 12 February – a man was arrested after threatening to set fire to himself outside Government Buildings in Dublin.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0212/dublin.html Man held after Govt Buildings fire threat 12 February 2009 15 February 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090213095313/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0212/dublin.html 13 February 2009 live 17 February – Irish Nationwide Chairman Michael Walsh resigned over his involvement in the Anglo Irish Bank hidden loans controversy.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0217/irishnationwide.html Irish Nationwide Chairman resigns 17 February 2009 21 February 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090221031326/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0217/irishnationwide.html 21 February 2009 live 21 February – up to 120,000 people marched in Dublin in protest at how the Government was handling the economic crisis.21 February 2009 Up to 120,000 people march in national protest http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0221/breaking3.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20101118021303/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0221/breaking3.html 18 November 2010 21 February 2009 The Irish Times 24 February – Gardaí raided the headquarters of Anglo Irish Bank in St Stephen's Green, Dublin.McDonald Henry 24 February 2009 Police raid Anglo Irish https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/feb/24/anglo-irish-bank-banking live https://web.archive.org/web/20090227075924/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/feb/24/anglo-irish-bank-banking 27 February 2009 24 February 2009 The Guardian Londonhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7907926.stm Fraud search at Anglo Irish Bank 24 February 2009 24 February 2009 BBC https://web.archive.org/web/20090225112215/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7907926.stm 25 February 2009 live 25 February – two thousand members of the Garda Síochána marched through the streets of Dublin to protest against a pension levy.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0225/pension.html Gardaí protest over pension levy 25 February 2009 25 February 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090226205825/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0225/pension.html 26 February 2009 live 25 February – The Irish Times suspended supply of its newspapers to the retailer Dunnes.May 2014Minihan Mary 25 February 2009 'Irish Times' suspends supply of newspaper to Dunnes Stores http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0225/1224241775653.html?via=mr https://web.archive.org/web/20150114110924/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/irish-times-suspends-supply-of-newspaper-to-dunnes-stores-1.708612?via=mr 14 January 2015 25 February 2009 The Irish Times 27 February – the Bank of Ireland robbery took place. March 2 March – the left door of a helicopter carrying politician Martin Cullen fell off at a height of 150 metres but no-one was hurt.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0302/cullenm.html Door falls off Minister's helicopter 2 March 2009 2 March 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090331190234/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0302/cullenm.html 31 March 2009 live 5 March – items belonging to singer Michael Jackson went on view in County Kildare.5 March 2009 Kildare exhibition of Jackson property http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0305/jacksonm.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090316211555/http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0305/jacksonm.html 16 March 2009 6 March 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 6 March – the Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed an appeal by Joe O'Reilly against his conviction for the murder of his wife, Rachel Callely, in October 2004.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0306/oreillyr.html Joe O'Reilly's appeal is dismissed 6 March 2009 6 March 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090310055925/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0306/oreillyr.html 10 March 2009 live 7 March – Dissident Republicans opened fire on British soldiers in County Antrim. Two were killed and two injured while two civilian pizza delivery men, one Polish, were seriously injured.November 2009 The Real IRA later claim responsibility.November 2009 March – Odyssey Marine Exploration announced the discovery of the wreck of Laconia 1911 (torpedoed 1917) 6 mi km on northwest of Fastnet Rock. April 8 April – the Supplementary Budget was announced by Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan.http://www.rte.ie/money/budget2009/index.html Budget Measures 8 April 2009 RTÉ News 16 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090415184713/http://www.rte.ie/money/budget2009/index.html 15 April 2009 dead 25 April – an opinion poll showed a five percent drop to 23 percent in support for the governing Fianna Fáil party in the wake of early April's Supplementary Budget. Fine Gael, in opposition, was ten points clear at 33 percent, an increase of two, while the Labour Party, also in opposition, was also up two to 19 percent.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0425/poll.html Poll shows drop in support for FF 25 April 2009 RTÉ News 27 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090427193158/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0425/poll.html 27 April 2009 live 27 April – four people were tested after swine flu broke out from Mexico.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0427/swineflu.html Swine flu: Four Irish samples tested 27 April 2009 RTÉ News 27 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090430100622/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0427/swineflu.html 30 April 2009 live 28 April – tests on all four Irish people with suspected cases of swine flu proved negative.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0428/swineflu.html Irish swine flu tests negative 28 April 2009 RTÉ News 28 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090429211509/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0428/swineflu.html 29 April 2009 live 29 April – figures from the Central Statistics Office showed a record 388,600 people on the live register; the figure had almost doubled in one year, rising by 96 percent.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0429/economy.html 13,000 added to the Live Register 29 April 2009 RTÉ News 29 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090502155007/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0429/economy.html 2 May 2009 live 30 April – the Department of Health and Children's Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan confirmed the first probable case of swine flu at a news briefing in Dublin.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0430/swineflu.html First probable Irish swine flu case identified 30 April 2009 RTÉ News 30 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090803232534/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0430/swineflu.html 3 August 2009 live May right|thumb|Ireland's oldest brewery in Cork since at least 1650 closed its doors in May. (Pictured: A 1919 advertisement for Beamish Stout) 6 May – the chief economics editor of broadcaster, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, George Lee, was named as the Fine Gael party nomination for the Dublin South by-election.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0505/lee-business.html RTÉ's Lee will seek FG nomination 5 May 2009 RTÉ News 6 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20160313230535/http://www.rte.ie/business/2009/0505/lee.html 13 March 2016 live 11 May – Ryan Tubridy was named as the new presenter of The Late Late Show, replacing Pat Kenny. His first show as presenter was in September 2009.11 May 2009 Tubridy is new Late Late presenter http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0511/latelateshow.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090713193923/http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0511/latelateshow.html 13 July 2009 12 May 2009 RTÉ News 14 May – Ireland failed to progress to the final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy's song "Et Cetera" was not one of the ten selected from the second semi-final in Moscow.14 May 2009 Irish Eurovision dream is over http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0515/eurovision.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090803232432/http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0515/eurovision.html 3 August 2009 16 May 2009 RTÉ News 15 May – a 27-year-old man was shot dead and another man was wounded during a shootout with gardaí during an attempted raid on a cash-in-transit van in Lucan in west Dublin.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0516/lucan.html Garda Ombudsman probes Lucan shooting 15 May 2009 RTÉ News 16 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090519095508/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0516/lucan.html 19 May 2009 live 20 May – the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse report was published. The long-delayed investigation into Ireland's Roman Catholic-run institutions said that priests and nuns terrorized thousands of boys and girls in workhouse-style schools for decades.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0520/abuse.html Sexual abuse was 'endemic' in institutions 20 May 2009 RTÉ News 20 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090523083437/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0520/abuse.html 23 May 2009 live 25 May – a new stretch of motorway between Fermoy and Mitchelstown in north Cork opened to traffic nine months ahead of schedule.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0525/cork.html New motorway opens in Cork 25 May 2009 25 May 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090528071832/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0525/cork.html 28 May 2009 live 26 May – former Government press secretary Frank Dunlop was sentenced to two years incarceration for corruption, with the final six months suspended. He pleaded guilty to five charges of corruption.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0526/dunlopf.html Dunlop sentenced to two years for corruption 26 May 2009 RTÉ News 26 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090803232048/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0526/dunlopf.html 3 August 2009 live 29 May – Ireland's oldest brewery in Cork since at least 1650, and home to Beamish and Crawford since 1792, ceased operations.30 May 2009 Production transfer calls time on Beamish, Ireland's oldest brewery http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0530/1224247746189.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121014230336/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0530/1224247746189.html 14 October 2012 30 May 2009 Irish Times June 3 June – the Leaving Certificate English Paper 2 was postponed for two days after it emerged that students in one County Louth centre had already seen the exam paper.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0603/exams.html Leaving Cert English paper two rescheduled 3 June 2009 RTÉ News 3 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090606054239/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0603/exams.html 6 June 2009 live 5 June – the Local and European Parliament elections took place.6 June 2009 RTÉ Elections 2009 http://www.rte.ie/news/elections/ deviated https://web.archive.org/web/20090901070626/http://www.rte.ie/news/elections/ 1 September 2009 6 June 2009 RTÉ 15 June – mayoral elections were held in several towns and cities.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0615/mayor.html Town and city councils elect mayors 15 June 2009 15 June 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090618072536/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0615/mayor.html 18 June 2009 live15 June 2009 Costello elected as Dublin mayor http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0615/breaking64.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150114120433/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/costello-elected-as-dublin-mayor-1.841917 14 January 2015 15 June 2009 The Irish Times 16 June – the body of the man pertaining to the Peter Bergmann case was discovered at Rosses Point beach, County Sligo.Hertz Kayla 2021-07-16 The man who went to Ireland to disappear (VIDEO) http://www.irishcentral.com/news/The-man-who-went-to-Ireland-to-disappear-VIDEO.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20210716111106/https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/man-went-to-ireland-disappear-video 2021-07-16 1 October 2016 irishcentral.com July 1 July – a woman died after falling 20 metres off the Mweelrea mountains in County Mayo.1 July 2009 Woman dies after Mayo mountain fall http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0701/mayo.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20090702233909/https://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0701/mayo.html 2 July 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 3 July – GOAL charity aid workers Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki were abducted from their compound in Darfur.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0703/comminss.html Irish aid worker kidnapped in Darfur 3 July 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091021033450/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0703/comminss.html 21 October 2009 live6 July 2009 Irish bid to find kidnapped women http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8135679.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20090712143747/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8135679.stm 12 July 2009 1 November 2009 BBC 3 July – a child in Roxboro National School in County Roscommon was found to have a case of swine influenza.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0702/swineflu.html Swine flu suspected in Roscommon school 2 July 2009 RTÉ News 16 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090805011744/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0702/swineflu.html 5 August 2009 live 6 July – the Treaty of Lisbon Bill was published.6 July 2009 Lisbon Treaty Bill published http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0706/eulisbon.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20090710035551/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0706/eulisbon.html 10 July 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 7 July – a 61-year-old woman was stabbed to death in Castlebar, County Mayo.7 July 2009 Mayo victim had been stabbed http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0707/marrinanc.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20090709170252/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0707/marrinanc.html 9 July 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann Her son was charged with her murder the following day.8 July 2009 Son charged with Mayo mother's murder http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0708/marrinanc.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090709102318/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0708/marrinanc.html 9 July 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 10 July – Ronnie Dunbar was sentenced to life imprisonment for the manslaughter of Melissa Mahon.10 July 2009 Dunbar gets life for killing teenager http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0710/mahonm.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20090714202156/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0710/mahonm.html 14 July 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 12 July – the Broadcasting ActBroadcasting Act 2009 http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/act/pub/0018/print.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20110606021249/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/act/pub/0018/print.html 6 June 2011 30 July 2012 Irish Statute Book changed the spelling of the national broadcaster from Radio Telefís Éireann to Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 16 July – the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes, also called An Bord Snip Nua, was published by University College Dublin economist Colm McCarthy. It recommended €5.3 billion in potential savings, including 17,300 public service job cuts and a five percent drop in social welfare.16 July 2009 'Bord Snip' reveals €5.3bn savings plan http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0716/economy1.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20090718200808/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0716/economy1.html 18 July 2009 16 July 2009 RTÉ News 23 July – the Defamation and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bills became law, after being signed by President Mary McAleese.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0723/crime.html President signs controversial bills into law 23 July 2009 RTÉ News 23 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090925083711/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0723/crime.html 25 September 2009 live 30 July – draft legislation to establish the National Asset Management Agency was published. The Bill proposed to give NAMA extensive powers to take over land and development loans from banks in an effort to get them lending again and supporting economic recovery.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0730/banks.html Extensive powers proposed for NAMA 30 July 2009 RTÉ News 30 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090905020807/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0730/banks.html 5 September 2009 live August right|thumb|Former President Mary Robinson received the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama 5 August – a murder investigation was launched after a woman's body was discovered under a tree in Phoenix Park.5 August 2009 Inquiry after body found in Phoenix Park http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0805/phoenixpark.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20090808074129/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0805/phoenixpark.html 8 August 2009 7 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireannhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0814/phoenixpark.html Phoenix Park victim may be Romanian 14 August 2009 7 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090917110708/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0814/phoenixpark.html 17 September 2009 The woman was later found to be 50-year-old Eugenia Bratis from Timișoara in Romania, who had been in Ireland for several months.Lally Conor 19 August 2009 Gardaí name woman (50) murdered in Phoenix Park http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0819/1224252863851.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101114101356/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0819/1224252863851.html 14 November 2010 7 November 2009 The Irish TimesAli Bracken http://www.tribune.ie/news/home-news/article/2009/aug/30/gardai-admit-they-have-no-leads-in-phoenix-park-mu/ Gardaí admit they have no leads in Phoenix Park murder probe 30 August 2009 7 November 2009 Sunday Tribune usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20090905055648/http://www.tribune.ie/news/home-news/article/2009/aug/30/gardai-admit-they-have-no-leads-in-phoenix-park-mu/ 5 September 2009 Her torso was stabbed several times.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1104/bratise.html Two arrested over Bratis death 4 November 2009 7 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091107063628/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1104/bratise.html 7 November 2009 live 12 August – former President Mary Robinson received the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama at a ceremony in the White House in Washington, D.C., with Obama declaring her to have "not only shown a light on human suffering, but illuminated a better future for our world".30 July 2009 President Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients: 16 Agents of Change to Receive Top Civilian Honor https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the_press_office/president-obama-names-medal-of-freedom-recipients/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20170128044939/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-names-medal-freedom-recipients 28 January 2017 12 December 2009 whitehouse.gov National Archives12 August 2009 US Presidential honour for Robinson http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0812/robinsonm.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20090815134404/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0812/robinsonm.html 15 August 2009 12 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireannhttp://shc.stanford.edu/intellectual-life/news/president-obama-awards-upcoming-presidential-lecturer-mary-robinson-2009-pres President Obama awards upcoming Presidential Lecturer, Mary Robinson, the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom 11 August 2009 12 December 2009 Stanford Humanities Center dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091015121011/http://shc.stanford.edu/intellectual-life/news/president-obama-awards-upcoming-presidential-lecturer-mary-robinson-2009-pres 15 October 2009 21 August – a section of the main Dublin to Belfast railway line collapsed in Malahide in north Dublin. A 20-metre section of viaduct on the Broadmeadow estuary, between Malahide and Donabate gave way.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0821/rail.html Part of Dublin to Belfast rail line collapses 21 August 2009 RTÉ News 25 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090917111007/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0821/rail.html 17 September 2009 live A preliminary assessment carried out on 24 August identified significant erosion of the seabed as a possible reason for the collapse.24 August 2009 Rail collapse may be linked to seabed erosion http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0824/rail.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20090827125324/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0824/rail.html 27 August 2009 25 August 2009 RTÉ News The viaduct reopened to traffic on 16 November.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1115/rail.html Rail services to resume over Malahide viaduct 15 November 2009 15 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091221084130/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1115/rail.html 21 December 2009 live September right|thumb|Muhammad Ali visited Ennis in September where he was made the first Honorary Freeman of the town. 1 September – at a civic reception, Muhammad Ali was made the first Honorary Freeman of Ennis, the birthplace of his great-grandfather, Abe Grady, who left the town in the 1860s.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0901/alim.html Ennis honours Muhammad Ali 1 September 2008 RTÉ News 1 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090904030211/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0901/alim.html 4 September 2009 live Ali later sends a letter of thanks to the people of Ennis.Ronan McGreevey http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0919/1224254865830.html Ali thanks people of Ennis for warm reception 19 September 2009 19 September 2009 The Irish Times The letter is written by Ali’s friend John Ramsey, who is involved with the Alltech Muhammad Ali Centre Global Education and Charitable Fund based in Louisville, Kentucky. It was also sent to Alltech’s founder and president Dr Pearse Lyons who organised Ali’s visit to Ireland, and was one of the guests yesterday at the economic forum of the global Irish in Farmleigh House. Irish-owned Alltech is based in Ali’s home state of Kentucky. 5 September – apprentice jockey Jamie Kyne from Claregalway, County Galway was killed in a fire at his flat in Yorkshire, UK.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0905/yorkshire.html Two apprentice jockeys die in Yorkshire fire 5 September 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 13 September – the Dublinbikes bicycle-sharing system was launched.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0913/bicycles.html 2,000 join Dublin bicycle scheme 13 September 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091130131749/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0913/bicycles.html 30 November 2009 live 14 September – Ireland's 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, boxer Darren Sutherland, was found dead in London at the age of 27.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0914/sutherlandd.html Olympic medalist Sutherland found dead 14 September 2009 17 September 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann Hundreds of people attended his funeral one week later in Navan, County Meath.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0921/sutherlandd.html Hundreds attend Olympian's funeral 21 September 2009 17 September 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 16 September – 21 people were injured, three seriously, after a collision involving a Luas tram and a double-decker bus on O'Connell Street in Dublin, the worst accident to date involving the Luas service.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0916/luas.html 21 hurt as Luas collides with bus in Dublin 16 August 2009 17 September 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 18–20 September – the three-day Global Irish Economic Forum was held in Farmleigh House in Dublin.http://www.rte.ie/news/features/economicforum/ Global Irish Economic Forum 20 September 2009 RTÉ News 22 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090924050910/http://www.rte.ie/news/features/economicforum/ 24 September 2009 live 20 September – the Government announced their intention to introduce a national postal code system in 2011.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0920/postcode.html National postcodes to be introduced 20 September 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireannhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0921/postcode.html Broad welcome for postcode plans 21 September 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091125220725/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0921/postcode.html 25 November 2009 live 21 September – Lisa Cummins and 16-year-old Owen O'Keefe set new records for swimming the English Channel.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0921/channel.html Two Irish people set English Channel records 21 September 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 22 September – Mary McAleese opened the National Ploughing Championships in Athy, County Kildare.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0922/ploughing.html 49,000 attend Ploughing Championships 22 September 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 27 September – the presence of swine influenza in Irish pigs was confirmed for the first time.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0929/swineflu.html Swine flu found in Irish pigs 29 September 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091002111410/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0929/swineflu.html 2 October 2009 live 30 September – thousands of people protested in Dublin against Colm McCarthy's An Bord Snip Nua proposals.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0930/economy.html Dáil protest over McCarthy cuts 30 September 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091126104128/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0930/economy.html 26 November 2009 live October right|thumb|The second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon; Ireland voted Yes, Donegal voted No. 1 October – the Chairman of FÁS, Peter McLoone, resigned.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1001/fas.html Coughlan accepts McLoone's resignation 1 October 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091004074814/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1001/fas.html 4 October 2009 live 2 October – the second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon was held.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0708/eulisbon.html Lisbon II referendum set for 2 October 8 July 2009 RTÉ News 30 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090913081333/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0708/eulisbon.html 13 September 2009 live The treaty was passed with a 67 percent Yes vote.http://www.rte.ie/news/features/lisbontreaty/index.html Referendum 2009 3 October 2009 RTÉ News 24 October 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091126111958/http://www.rte.ie/news/features/lisbontreaty/index.html 26 November 2009 dead Donegal voted No.CJ McGinley http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/dn/free/295609967423144.php He's 60 and in a 'good place' 9 October 2009 1 November 2009 Donegal News dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150114091506/http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/dn/free/295609967423144.php 14 January 2015 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1020/1224257057597.html Donegal's No vote a 'bargaining tool' 20 October 2009 1 November 2009 The Irish Timeshttp://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/donegalnews/34Feeling-of-isolation34-contributed-to.5704979.jp https://archive.today/20120903193441/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/donegalnews/34Feeling-of-isolation34-contributed-to.5704979.jp dead 3 September 2012 "Feeling of isolation" contributed to Donegal 'No' vote – analyst 6 October 2009 1 November 2009 Donegal Democrat 10 October – singer Stephen Gately died in an apartment in Mallorca that he shared with his husband, Andrew Cowles.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1011/gatelys.html Singer Stephen Gately dies aged 33 11 October 2009 RTÉ News 24 October 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091014070340/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1011/gatelys.html 14 October 2009 live Thousands of people attended the funeral in Dublin one week later, including fans from South Africa and Taiwan.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1017/gatelys.html Thousands attend Gately funeral 17 October 2009 17 October 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091020013835/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1017/gatelys.html 20 October 2009 livehttps://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gV5-fTwyFnBplKhsJ2myYKulbW5Q Fan travels from Taiwan for Gately 16 October 2009 16 October 2009 Press AssociationJune 2024 medicmedic 11 October – Michael Sinnott, a priest from Barntown, County Wexford, was abducted in the Philippines.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1011/sinnottm.html Irish priest abducted in the Philippines 11 October 2009 13 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091130124610/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1011/sinnottm.html 30 November 2009 live He was held until 11 November,http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1111/sinnottm.html Fr Michael Sinnott freed 11 November 2009 13 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091114060449/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1111/sinnottm.html 14 November 2009 live then he arrived in Ireland on 3 December.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1203/sinnottm.html Fr Sinnott arrives back in Ireland 3 December 2009 6 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 12 October – two Air Corps pilots were killed when their plane crashed during a training flight in Connemara. They received military funerals.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1013/cornamona.html Bodies of Air Corps pilots removed from scene 13 October 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091020004945/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1013/cornamona.html 20 October 2009 live 13 October – Séamus Kirk was elected Ceann Comhairle following the resignation of John O'Donoghue over an expenses scandal.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1013/politics.html Kirk succeeds O'Donoghue as Ceann Comhairle 13 October 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091016003654/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1013/politics.html 16 October 2009 dead Peter Wilson https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/world/irelands-speaker-john-odonoghue-quits-over-melbourne-cup-trips/news-story/eccf37c5f7824d5e9690bd42f7354898 https://web.archive.org/web/20091011004951/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0%2C25197%2C26184124-2703%2C00.html live 11 October 2009 Ireland's Speaker John O'Donoghue quits over Melbourne Cup trips 9 October 2009 10 October 2009 subscription The Australian 18 October – GOAL charity aid workers Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki were released after more than one hundred days in captivity in Darfur in Sudan.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1018/comminss.html Commins thanks Sudanese people 18 October 2009 23 October 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091021033517/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1018/comminss.html 21 October 2009 live David Sharrock http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6879844.ece Irish aid workers released after 100 days in captivity in Darfur 18 October 2009 23 October 2009 The Times LondonSeptember 2024 medicmedic 19 October – the River Suir Bridge opened to traffic as part of the N25 Waterford Bypass. The 230-metre main span was the longest single bridge span in the country. 27 October – a tenth person was confirmed to have died from swine influenza in Ireland.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1027/swineflu.html Tenth swine flu death confirmed 27 October 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091030060313/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1027/swineflu.html 30 October 2009 live November right|thumb|Association footballer Thierry Henry caused a controversy in November. Continuing: Mass floods across Ireland, the most affected areas were the south coastal counties and cities, such as Cork City, the worst hit. 1 November – the Gaelic Athletic Association celebrated its 125th anniversary.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1101/gaa.html GAA celebrates 125th anniversary 1 November 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091104030250/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1101/gaa.html 4 November 2009 live 6 November – tens of thousands of people marched across eight cities in protest at government cutbacks.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1106/partnership.html Thousands protest at proposed cuts 6 November 2009 7 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091109004349/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1106/partnership.html 9 November 2009 livehttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1106/breaking2.htm Tens of thousands join nationwide union marches 6 November 2009 7 November 2009 The Irish Times 7 November – a street in Belfast disappeared into a large hole.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1107/belfast.html Belfast city street subsiding 7 November 2009 7 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091109222006/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1107/belfast.html 9 November 2009 live 9 November – Sligo was heavily flooded.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1109/flooding.html Heavy flooding in Sligo 9 November 2009 13 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091113141125/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1109/flooding.html 13 November 2009 live 12 November – Passage West in County Cork was heavily flooded.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1112/flooding.html Cork clean-up after flooding 12 November 2009 13 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091123085156/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1112/flooding.html 23 November 2009 live 13 November – John McFarlane was sentenced to at least twenty years in prison at the Old Bailey in London for the murder of Dublin mother Mary Griffiths at her home in Suffolk.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1113/griffithsm.html Man jailed for killing Irish woman 13 November 2009 13 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091116114314/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1113/griffithsm.html 16 November 2009 live 14 November – the Papal ban on discussion of the ordination of women priests was challenged by Willie Walsh, Bishop of Killaloe, during his address to the Association of European Journalists in Dublin.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1114/religion.html Walsh seeks female ordination debate 14 November 2009 14 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091115154551/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1114/religion.html 15 November 2009 livehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8360523.stm Bishop urges women priests talks 14 November 2009 14 November 2009 BBC https://web.archive.org/web/20091120063616/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8360523.stm 20 November 2009 livePatsy McGarry http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1114/1224258814964.html Do not replace church as oppressor, bishop tells media 14 November 2009 14 November 2009 The Irish Times 14 November – Scoil Mhuire Community School in Clane, County Kildare removes security cameras from student toilets following a two-day protest by parents and students.Katherine Donnelly http://www.independent.ie/national-news/school-removes-cameras-from-toilets-1943510.html https://web.archive.org/web/20091115111953/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/school-removes-cameras-from-toilets-1943510.html dead 15 November 2009 School removes cameras from toilets 14 November 2009 14 November 2009 Irish Independent 17 November – Brian Hennessy, a 23-year-old postal worker, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of Sharon Whelan and her two daughters, Zara and Nadia, in Roscon, County Kilkenny in the early hours of Christmas Day of 2008.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1117/whelans.html Life sentences for Christmas Day murders 17 November 2009 27 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091120045420/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1117/whelans.html 20 November 2009 live 19 November – the Football Association of Ireland made an official complaint to FIFA and requested a replay, after France qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup the previous night with a goal resulting from a double handball by their striker and team captain Thierry Henry.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1119/ireland.html Taoiseach, FAI call on FIFA to hold replay 19 November 2009 RTÉ News 19 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091121222107/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1119/ireland.html 21 November 2009 live FIFA and the French Football Federation refused.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1120/ireland.html French Federation say there will be no replay 20 November 2009 22 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091123061010/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1120/ireland.html 23 November 2009 live The incident attracted comment globally.Chuck Culpepper http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-world-cup-henry20-2009nov20,0,5392453.story?track=rss Thierry Henry's handball gets a big thumbs-down in Europe 20 November 2009 22 November 2009 Los Angeles Times Fans protested outside the French embassy in Dublin.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1121/ireland.html Protest at French Embassy over match result 21 November 2009 22 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091124073111/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1121/ireland.html 24 November 2009 live The match had been watched by Ireland's highest television audience of 2009 and the highest audience for any sporting event in the country since 1995.http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1119/ireland_rte.html Over 2 million watch France v Ireland 19 November 2009 20 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091121070900/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1119/ireland_rte.html 21 November 2009 dead 20 November – the Progressive Democrats political party was officially dissolved.http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/currentissues/Ir201109.PDF Archived copy www.irisoifigiuil.ie 13 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20110614181227/http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/currentissues/Ir201109.PDF 14 June 2011 dead 25 November – Ireland's largest tour operator, Budget Travel, ceased trading.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1125/budgettravel.html 172 jobs go as Budget Travel ceases trading 25 November 2009 27 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091128000816/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1125/budgettravel.html 28 November 2009 live 26 November – the Murphy Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin was published.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1126/abuse.html 'Litany of abuse' in Dublin Archdiocese 26 November 2009 RTÉ News 26 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091129004938/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1126/abuse.html 29 November 2009 live 26 November – an outbreak of measles occurs in Galway.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1126/measles.html Measles outbreak confirmed in Galway 26 November 2009 27 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091129013328/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1126/measles.html 29 November 2009 live 27 November – it was announced that Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has been allocated Research and Innovation in the European Commission.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1127/eu.html Ireland secures Innovation portfolio 27 November 2009 27 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091130030603/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1127/eu.html 30 November 2009 live 30 November – the Health Service Executive began an expected two-month swine influenza vaccination programme in the nation's primary and secondary schools designed to combat the 2009 flu pandemic.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1130/swineflu.html Swine flu vaccinations begin in schools 30 November 2009 4 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091203092557/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1130/swineflu.html 3 December 2009 live 30 November – it was announced that Monaghan's former army barracks is to be converted into an educational campus in a €20 million project intended to accommodate a primary and secondary Gaelscoileanna as well as a higher education institute.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1130/monaghan.html Former barracks set to become school 30 November 2009 4 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091203092532/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1130/monaghan.html 3 December 2009 live December right|thumb|St Mel's Cathedral, Longford was destroyed by fire on 25 December 1 December – St. James's Hospital in Dublin reported a 20% increase in newly diagnosed HIV patients for 2009, the highest annual increase ever.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1201/hiv.html Record number of new HIV cases 1 December 2009 6 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091204122726/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1201/hiv.html 4 December 2009 live 2 December – more than 1,200 students at National University of Ireland, Maynooth signed a petition to university management objecting to the appointment of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to the position of Honorary Adjunct Professor to the university's School of Business and Law. It followed a letter of protest signed by 36 members of academic staff the previous week.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1202/maynooth.html Maynooth students object to Ahern appointment 2 December 2009 6 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091205081739/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1202/maynooth.html 5 December 2009 live 3 December – a speech by Paul McCartney in Brussels angered the president of the Irish Farmers' Association, Padraig Walshe, who accused the ex-Beatle of "leading a flawed campaign against meat that is contradictory on climate change".http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1203/climate.html Walshe accuses 'flawed' McCartney 3 December 2009 6 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20100105201406/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1203/climate.html 5 January 2010 live Member of the European Parliament Mairead McGuinness had earlier described the event as "a media circus without the animals".http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1202/eupolitics.html McGuinness hits out at ex-Beatle's visit 2 December 2009 6 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091205081729/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1202/eupolitics.html 5 December 2009 live 3 December – the Sisters of Mercy announced that they would contribute property and money worth €128 million following the publication of the Ryan Report in May.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1203/abuse.html Sisters of Mercy to compensate abuse victims 3 December 2009 6 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20100105201028/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1203/abuse.html 5 January 2010 live 6 December – the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food confirmed the slaughter at an undisclosed location of approximately 25–30 horses, some of whom were healthy, despite attempts by Irish Horse Welfare Trust to save as many as possible. The horses had been taken from a farm in County Kilkenny.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1206/horses.html Seized horses to be slaughtered 6 December 2009 12 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091212095756/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1206/horses.html 12 December 2009 live 7 December – Bishop Dermot O'Mahony resigned as patron of The Irish Pilgrimage Trust after his response to child sexual abuse was described as "worse than that of any other living auxiliary bishop of Dublin".http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1207/abuse.html Bishop resigns from charity trust 7 December 2009 12 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091214131906/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1207/abuse.html 14 December 2009 live 7 December – former prison officer Dillon O'Brien was imprisoned for four years on charges of smuggling alcohol, drugs, and mobile phones into Mountjoy Prison, with Judge Katherine Delahunt saying his crime was "at the very high end of the scale".http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1207/obriend.html Former prison officer jailed for smuggling 7 December 2009 12 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091213062359/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1207/obriend.html 13 December 2009 live 7 December – the funeral of Liam Clancy, the last of The Clancy Brothers, was attended by hundreds of mourners, including the aides-de-camp of the Taoiseach and the President, the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen, and various musicians and artists.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1207/clancyl.html Hundreds attend Clancy funeral 7 December 2009 RTÉ News and Current Affairs 7 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091208144304/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1207/clancyl.html 8 December 2009 live 8 December – four new Luas tram stations were opened in Dublin by Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey as the Red Line was expanded to Dublin Docklands.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1208/luas.html Luas extended to Docklands area 8 December 2009 12 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091214132131/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1208/luas.html 14 December 2009 live 9 December – Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan delivered the nation's Budget for 2010.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1209/budget2010_main.html Budget 2010 cuts €4bn in public spending 9 December 2009 11 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091214132216/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1209/budget2010_main.html 14 December 2009 dead 9 December – the Irish Bishops Conference apologised for the sexual abuse suffered by its childrenMay 2014 after spending the first day of its winter conference in Maynooth examining the Murphy Report.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1209/abuse.html Bishops 'humbly' apologise for abuse 9 December 2009 11 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091214132206/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1209/abuse.html 14 December 2009 live 10 December – in what was described as a landmark case, the Supreme Court of Ireland ruled that a gay man who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple would have access to the resulting child, overturning the original High Court decision.Mary Carolan http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1210/breaking13.htm Sperm donor wins access to son 10 December 2009 11 December 2009 The Irish Times The Gay and Lesbian Equality Network expressed concern at the Supreme Court's rejection of the lesbian couple as a "de facto family".http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/rights-group-expresses-concern-over-supreme-court-ruling-437783.html Rights group expresses concern over Supreme Court ruling 10 December 2009 11 December 2009 Irish Examiner 11 December – backbench Green Party TD Paul Gogarty was condemned and forced to apologise for swearing after he yelled "Fuck you, Deputy Stagg, fuck you" at Labour Party TD Emmet Stagg during the Budget 2010 debate on the Social Welfare Bill.Henry McDonald in Dublin and Larry Elliott https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/11/ireland-public-sector-pay-cuts Ireland faces bitterness over public sector pay cuts 11 December 2009 12 December 2009 The Guardian London 13 December – two gardaí were injured in a traffic collision in County Donegal. Garda Gary McLoughlin died the following day.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1214/donegal.html Witnesses sought after garda dies in crash 14 December 2009 18 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091215233624/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1214/donegal.html 15 December 2009 live Taoiseach Brian Cowen paid tribute and politicians attended his funeral in County Leitrim on 16 December.Anita Guidera http://www.independent.ie/national-news/beloved-officer-made-the-ultimate-sacrifice-1978718.html Beloved officer made the 'ultimate sacrifice' 17 December 2009 18 December 2009 Irish Independenthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/8413335.stm Tributes paid to policeman killed in Donegal car crash 15 December 2009 18 December 2009 BBC 15 December – the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Mary Roche who sought to have three frozen embryos belonging to her estranged husband, Thomas, released to her for implantation in her womb, a case which highlighted the lack of legislation concerning in vitro fertilisation.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1215/embryo.html Woman loses appeal over frozen embryos 15 December 2009 18 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireannhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8414121.stm Irish court rules against woman in frozen embryo appeal 15 December 2009 18 December 2009 BBC The court also ruled that embryos are not recognised or protected as "unborn" under the Constitution.Mary Carolan http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1216/1224260762823.html Embryos are not the 'unborn', court rules 16 December 2009 18 December 2009 The Irish Times 15 December – the funeral of renowned broadcaster and music collector Ciarán Mac Mathúna was attended by hundreds of mourners, including the aides-de-camp of the Taoiseach and the President, the Director-General of RTÉ Cathal Goan, poet Séamus Heaney, and musicians and colleagues.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1215/macmathuna.html Hundreds attend Mac Mathúna funeral 15 December 2009 18 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20100105064405/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1215/macmathuna.html 5 January 2010 live 16 December – 78-year-old priest Thomas Naughton was given a three-year prison sentence for his sexual abuse of an altar boy while he served in Blessington, County Wicklow.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1216/naughton.html Priest jailed for abusing altar boy in Wicklow 16 December 2009 18 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 17 December – Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray who was criticised by the Murphy Report for his behaviour concerning child sexual abuse.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1217/abuse.html Pope accepts Bishop Murray's resignation 17 December 2009 18 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireannhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8419447.stm Bishop resignation 'right thing' 17 December 2009 18 December 2009 BBC 18 December – Seán Sheehy, a priest in Castlegregory, withdrew from work in his parish after shaking the hand of a convicted sex offender in a court in Listowel days earlier.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1218/listowel.html Priest steps down after Listowel controversy 18 December 2009 18 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann Bishop of Kerry William Murphy disassociated himself from Sheehy and his actions.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8420097.stm Irish Bishop apologises as priest supports sex offender 18 December 2009 18 December 2009 BBC 18 December – Ireland's first motorway to link two cities was opened several months ahead of schedule between Dublin and Galway.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1218/galway.html Galway/Dublin motorway in operation 18 December 2009 18 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 23 December – Jim Moriarty, the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, resigned, the second bishop to do so following the publication of the Murphy Report.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1223/abuse.html Abuse victims welcome Moriarty resignation 23 December 2009 25 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100611131354/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1223/abuse.html 11 June 2010 He was followed within 36 hours by the two remaining serving auxiliary bishops in Dublin, Eamonn Walsh and Raymond Field.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1225/abuse.html Dublin's two auxiliary bishops resign 25 December 2009 25 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20100113154526/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1225/abuse.html 13 January 2010 live 25 December – St Mel's Cathedral, Longford was destroyed by fire.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1225/longford.html Longford Cathedral gutted in fire 25 December 2009 25 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20100115080553/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1225/longford.html 15 January 2010 live Arts and literature 5 January – Sebastian Barry won the Costa Prize for Fiction for his novel The Secret Scripture at the 2008 Costa Book Awards.Eileen Battersby http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0106/1230936699743.html Sebastian Barry novel wins Costa Prize for fiction 6 January 2009 30 December 2009 The Irish Times 19 March – the poet Seamus Heaney was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature, honouring him for his lifetime's work.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7951337.stm Heaney collects lifetime honour 19 March 2009 20 March 2009 BBC https://web.archive.org/web/20090320013828/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7951337.stm 20 March 2009 live 7–8 March – Brian Cowen nude portraits controversy: Nude portraits of the Taoiseach were hung clandestinely by Conor Casby in the National Gallery of Ireland and Royal Hibernian Academy's gallery. 17 April – Seamus Heaney's 70th birthday. A commemorative audio recording, Seamus Heaney Collected Poems, was released of Heaney reading all of his collected work to date.http://www.rte.ie/heaneyat70/index.html Raidió Teilifís Éireann Heaney at 70 25 April 2010 April 2009 11 June – Man Gone Down, the debut novel of American Michael Thomas, won the 2009 International Dublin Literary Award.http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/man-gone-down-wins-impac-dublin-literary-award-1770857.html https://archive.today/20130107202231/http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/man-gone-down-wins-impac-dublin-literary-award-1770857.html dead 7 January 2013 'Man gone down' wins IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 11 June 2009 11 June 2009 Irish Independent 23 June – Colum McCann's novel Let the Great World Spin was published in New York City, where it is set. 24 November – Colm Tóibín's novel, Brooklyn, and Peter Murphy's novel, John the Revelator, were included on the shortlist for the 2009 Costa Book Awards.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1122/newsspecial.html Authors Colm Tóibín and Peter Murphy speak to South-East Correspondent Damien Tiernan 24 November 2009 24 November 2009 RTÉOctober 2010 H3llBot Gerry Hunt's graphic novel Blood Upon the Rose: Easter 1916: The Rebellion that Set Ireland Free was published. Claire Kilroy's novel All Names Have Been Changed was published. Music 2009 in Irish music 25 June – newly formed pop band Industry entered the Irish charts with their debut single "My Baby's Waiting". Sport Boxing Bernard Dunne On 21 March, Bernard Dunne became the WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion at the O2 in Dublin.http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2009/0322/dunneb.html Awesome Dunne lands world title 22 March 2009 22 March 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090323131347/http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2009/0322/dunneb.html 23 March 2009 dead On 26 September, he lost to Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym in the same venue after two minutes and 57 seconds of the third round.Shane Murray http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2009/0926/dunneb.html Distraught Dunne denied by Poonsawat 26 September 2009 26 September 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090929021906/http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2009/0926/dunneb.html 29 September 2009 Gaelic games 2009 All-Ireland Hurling season Semi-finals: Kilkenny 2–23 Waterford 3–15 Tipperary 6–19 Limerick 2–7 Final: Kilkenny 2–22 Tipperary 0–23, Croke Park, 6 September.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0906/kilkenny_tipperary_.html Kilkenny 2–22 0–23 Tipperary 7 September 2009 17 September 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090909021323/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0906/kilkenny_tipperary_.html 9 September 2009 dead 2009 All-Ireland Football season Semi-finals: Cork 1–13 Tyrone 0–11 Meath 1–7 Kerry 2–8 Final: Cork 1–09 versus Kerry 0–19, Croke Park, 20 September.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0920/kerry_cork.html Kerry 0–16 Cork 1-09 20 September 2009 RTÉ Sport 22 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090924171316/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0920/kerry_cork.html 24 September 2009 dead Golf 17 May – Offaly man Shane Lowry became just the third amateur to win a European Tour event by clinching the Irish Open in a playoff.http://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2009/0517/irishopen1.html Lowry claims Irish Open title 17 May 2009 RTÉ Sport 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090520134709/http://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2009/0517/irishopen1.html 20 May 2009 dead 28 November – Ireland finish second to Italy in the 2009 Omega Mission Hills World Cup.Mark Reason https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/6685224/Molinari-brothers-hold-off-Sweden-and-Ireland-to-win-World-Cup-at-Mission-Hills.html Molinari brothers hold off Sweden and Ireland to win World Cup at Mission Hills 29 November 2009 29 November 2009 The Daily Telegraph London Sailing 24 May, Leg 7 of the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race finished in Galway Bay.http://www.rte.ie/sport/sailing/2009/0524/greendragon.html Green Dragon third into Galway 24 May 2009 RTÉ News 26 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20121021142316/http://www.rte.ie/sport/sailing/2009/0524/greendragon.html 21 October 2012 live Football Hosting 29 January – UEFA announces that the new Lansdowne Road stadium would host the 2011 Europa League Final, the new title for the UEFA Cup.http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0129/lansdowne.html Lansdowne to host 2011 Europa League final 29 January 2009 RTÉ Sport 26 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090415235416/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0129/lansdowne.html 15 April 2009 live League of Ireland Premier Division Winner; Bohemians First Division Winner; UCD A Division Winner; Salthill Devon Promoted to Premier Division; Sporting Fingal Relegated to First Division; Bray Wanderers, Derry City FAI Ford Cup; Sporting Fingal FAI EA Sports Cup: Bohemians Internationals 29 May – Ireland 1–1 Nigeria (London, UK) 6 June – Ireland 1–1 Bulgaria (Sofia, Bulgaria) 12 August – Ireland 0–3 Australia (Thomond Park, Limerick)http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0302/repofireland.html Trap's boys to face Australia at Thomond 2 March 2009 2 March 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090306033723/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0302/repofireland.html 6 March 2009 live 8 September – Ireland 1–0 South Africa (Thomond Park, Limerick)http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0317/southafrica.html https://archive.today/20130218035304/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0317/southafrica.html dead 18 February 2013 Republic to face World Cup hosts 17 March 2009 17 March 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann First ever Irish-based senior international matches to be played in the Mid-West and the first to be played outside Dublin in twenty-four years. Training in County Tipperary.http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0421/ireland.html Ireland team to train in Tipperary 21 April 2009 21 April 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090423070448/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0421/ireland.html 23 April 2009 live World Cup 2010 Qualifiers 11 February – Ireland 2–1 Georgia 28 March – Ireland 1–1 Bulgaria 1 April – Italy 1–1 Ireland 6 June – Bulgaria 1–1 Ireland 5 September – Cyprus 1–2 Ireland 10 October – Ireland 2–2 Italy 14 October – Ireland 0–0 Montenegro 14 November – Ireland 0–1 France 18 November – France 1–1 Ireland Rallying 30 January – 1 February Rally Ireland was held.http://www.rte.ie/sport/motorsport/2009/0126/rallyireland_wrc.html RTÉ coverage of Rally Ireland 26 January 2009 30 January 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090130075721/http://www.rte.ie/sport/motorsport/2009/0126/rallyireland_wrc.html 30 January 2009 live The rally was won by Sébastien Loeb.http://www.rallyireland.org/news.aspx?article=318 Loeb wins Rally Ireland 1 February 2009 rallyIreland.org 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110720135929/http://www.rallyireland.org/news.aspx?article=318 20 July 2011 dead Rugby union right|thumb|In a successful year for rugby union in Ireland, Paul O'Connell was named captain of the British & Irish Lions squad for their tour of South Africa. 2009 Six Nations Championshiphttp://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/sixnations/fixtures.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090302231820/http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/sixnations/fixtures.html dead Six Nations results RTÉ.ie 2 March 2009 31 January 2020 7 February – Ireland 30–21 France 15 February – Italy 9–38 Ireland 28 February – Ireland 14–13 England 14 March – Scotland 15–22 Ireland 21 March – Wales 15–17 Ireland 21 March – Ireland won the 2009 Six Nations Championship and Triple Crown as well as the Grand Slam for first time in 61 years.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0321/breaking50.htm Ireland beat Wales to take first Grand Slam since 1948 21 March 2009 21 March 2009 The Irish Times 21 April – Paul O'Connell named as the captain of the British & Irish Lions squad to tour South Africa this summer along with 13 other Irish players.http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2009/0421/lions.html O'Connell to lead 14 Irish Lions 21 April 2009 RTÉ Sport 21 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090422153528/http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2009/0421/lions.html 22 April 2009 dead 28 November – Declan Kidney was named IRB International Coach of the Year, the first Irishman to achieve this, and Ireland are named IRB International Team of the Year on the same day they defeat World and Tri Nations champions South Africa at Croke Park to end the year undefeated.http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/rugby/2009/1128/1224259670626.html Kidney named Coach of the Year 28 November 2009 28 November 2009 The Irish Times 9 December – Declan Kidney was awarded Philips Sports Manager of the Year for the third time in four years, beating Brian Cody, John Oxx and Giovanni Trapattoni to the title.http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/sixnations/2009/1209/kidneyd.html Kidney named Philips Sports Manager of the Year 9 December 2009 12 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091213063759/http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/sixnations/2009/1209/kidneyd.html 13 December 2009 dead 2008–09 Heineken Cup 12 April – Muster and Leinster reached the semi-finals.http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2009/0412/munster_ospreys_report.html Munster 43–9 Ospreys 12 April 2009 RTÉ Sport 21 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090415032408/http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2009/0412/munster_ospreys_report.html 15 April 2009 livehttp://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2009/0412/harlequins_leinster_report.html Harlequins 5–6 Leinster 12 April 2009 RTÉ Sport 21 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090415032340/http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2009/0412/harlequins_leinster_report.html 15 April 2009 live 2 May – Leinster beat Munster 25–6 in the Heineken Cup semi-final at Croke Park in front of a world-record 82,208 attendance for a club match.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8030912.stm Leinster 25–6 Munster 2 May 2009 BBC Sport 3 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090505120458/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8030912.stm 5 May 2009 live 23 May – Leinster beat Leicester in the Heineken cup final, the fourth time an Irish province has done so. 2009–10 Heineken Cup 10 October – Munster and Leinster began their Heineken Cup season, with Leinster defending a title and Munster looking to win back the crown. Deaths January to July right|thumb|120px|Danny La Rue 2 January – Tony Gregory, 61, Independent TD sitting in Dáil Éireann.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0102/gregoryt.html Dublin TD Tony Gregory dies 2 January 2009 9 January 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090108064243/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0102/gregoryt.html 8 January 2009 dead 27 January – Connie Buckley, 93, former Cork hurler and oldest surviving All-Ireland-winning captain.http://michaelmoynihan.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/irish-examiner-sports-column-30-january-2009/ A farewell to the writer and the Rebel Irish Examiner 30 January 2009 30 January 2009 7 February – Joe Haverty, 72, former Irish soccer player.http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/joe-haverty Obituary: Joe Haverty 1936–2009 2 February 2009 11 February 2009 Arsenal F.C. https://web.archive.org/web/20110524061425/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/joe-haverty 24 May 2011 dead 12 February – Hugh Leonard, 82, playwright.http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0212/leonardh.html Playwright Hugh Leonard dies aged 82 12 January 2009 12 January 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090213130117/http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0212/leonardh.html 13 February 2009 live 15 February – John Rackard, 80, member of the famous Rackard hurling brothers from Wexford.http://www.wexfordpeople.ie/news/regret-at-death-of-john-rackard-1645599.html Regret at death of John Rackard Wexford People 18 February 2009 27 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055558/http://www.wexfordpeople.ie/news/regret-at-death-of-john-rackard-1645599.html 16 July 2011 dead 18 February – Nell McCarthy, retired camogie player, manager and former president of the Camogie Association of Ireland.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0218/camogie.html Death of former Camogie President 18 February 2009 3 March 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090221141819/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0218/camogie.html 21 February 2009 27 February – Joe Bruton, 99, prominent farmers' rights campaigner, journalist and father of Fine Gael politicians John and Richard Bruton.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0227/brutonj.html Joe Bruton dies aged 99 27 February 2009 3 March 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090302072305/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0227/brutonj.html 2 March 2009 live 5 March – Patrick Cummins, 88, former Fianna Fáil TD 8 March – Anna Manahan, 84, Tony Award-winning actress of stage and screen.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0308/manahana.html Death announced of actress Anna Manahan 7 March 2009 8 March 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090415170810/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0308/manahana.html 15 April 2009 live 9 March – Frank Stockwell, 80, former Galway Gaelic footballer.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0309/stockwellf.html Death of Galway legend Stockwell 9 March 2009 9 March 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090310170609/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0309/stockwellf.html 10 March 2009 dead 23 March – Billy Rackard, 79, former Wexford hurler.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0324/rackardb.html Billy Rackard dies at 79 RTÉ Sport 23 March 2009 24 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090427041514/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0324/rackardb.html 27 April 2009 live 7 April – Paddy O'Hanlon, barrister and SDLP politician (born 1944) 17 April – Kevin McConnell, 84, former Meath Gaelic footballer.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0417/mcconnell.html Death of Meath legend McConnell 17 April 2009 18 April 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090420122647/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0417/mcconnell.html 20 April 2009 live 19 April – Tony Kett, 57, Fianna Fáil party Senator.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0419/kettt.html Senator Tony Kett dies after long illness 19 April 2009 20 April 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20090424061712/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0419/kettt.html 24 April 2009 live 27 April – Karl Mullen, 82, former Rugby Union player and Grand Slam-winning captain of 1948.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0427/breaking18.htm Ex-Ireland captain Karl Mullen dies 27 April 2009 27 April 2009 Irish Times https://web.archive.org/web/20121013213828/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0427/breaking18.htm 13 October 2012 live 28 April – Pearse Wyse, 81, Former Progressive Democrats founding member and former Lord Mayor of Cork.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0428/wyse.html Founder member of PDs dies 28 April 2009 RTÉ News 28 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090501114437/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0428/wyse.html 1 May 2009 live 5 May – Philomena Garvey, 83, former golfer.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0506/1224245992698.html 'Queen of the Fairways' Philomena Garvey, dies age 83 6 May 2009 RTÉ News 10 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20121014065350/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0506/1224245992698.html 14 October 2012 live 9 May – David Marcus, 85, literary editor.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0509/marcusd.html Literary editor David Marcus dies 9 May 2009 3 September 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 12 May – Roger Ryan, former Tipperary hurler.http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=111415 Tipp's Roger Ryan passes away 12 May 2009 hoganstand.com 12 May 2009 20 May – Alan Kelly, Sr., 72, former Ireland international goalkeeper.http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0520/kellya.html Death of goalkeeping great Alan Kelly senior 20 May 2009 RTÉ Sport 20 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090523092659/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0520/kellya.html 23 May 2009 dead 27 May – E. D. "Ned" Doyle, 90, military figure and analyst.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0527/doyleed.html Top Irish military figure passes away 27 May 2009 3 September 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 31 May – Danny La Rue, 81, entertainer known for his singing and drag impersonations.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5422776/Danny-La-Rue-dies-aged-81.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090605173205/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5422776/Danny-La-Rue-dies-aged-81.html dead 5 June 2009 Danny La Rue dies aged 81 2 June 2009 The Daily Telegraph Anita Singh 1 June – Vincent O'Brien, 92, race horse trainer.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/8077305.stm Ex-trainer Vincent O'Brien dies 1 June 2009 1 June 2009 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20090605164601/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/8077305.stm 5 June 2009 live 13 June – Michael Collins, former Wexford hurler.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0613/collinsm.html Wexford GAA mourns Collins' death RTÉ Sport 13 June 2009 16 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090616082002/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0613/collinsm.html 16 June 2009 live 28 June – Rita Keane, 86, traditional singer.http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0629/keaner.html Traditional singer Rita Keane dies, 86 29 June 2009 3 September 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 29 June – Sheila Cloney, 83, leader of the Ne Temere decree incident or "Fethard Boycott".http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0629/cloneys.html Death of 'Love Divided' mother 29 June 2009 3 September 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann July to December right|thumb|120px|Stephen Gately right|thumb|120px|Liam Clancy 11 August – Nuala Fennell, 73, Fine Gael politician.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0811/fennelln.html Former minister Nuala Fennell dies 11 August 2009 3 September 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 16 August – Paul Healion, 31, cyclist.http://www.rte.ie/sport/cycling/2009/0817/cycling.html Irish cycling mourns Paul Healion 17 August 2009 3 September 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090820055948/http://www.rte.ie/sport/cycling/2009/0817/cycling.html 20 August 2009 5 September – Jamie Kyne, 18, jockey.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0906/yorkshire.html Galway family devastated by fatal blaze 6 September 2009 1 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091130130830/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0906/yorkshire.html 30 November 2009 live 8 September – Stephen White, Louth Gaelic footballer included in the Team of the Century in 1984.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0908/1224254067930.html Death of Stephen White 8 September 2009 8 September 2009 The Irish Times 14 September – Darren Sutherland, 27, boxer, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0915/sutherlandd.html Tributes paid to Olympic boxer 15 September 2009 17 September 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireannhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/sep/15/frank-maloney-darren-sutherland Frank Maloney treated for heart attack after death of Darren Sutherland 15 September 2009 17 September 2009 The Guardian London 17 September – Frank Deasy, 49, Emmy Award-winning screenwriter.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8261774.stm Death of award-winning TV writer 17 September 2009 17 September 2009 BBC https://web.archive.org/web/20090930023946/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8261774.stm 30 September 2009 livehttp://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0918/deasyf.html Irish Emmy winner Frank Deasy dies 18 September 2009 18 September 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 22 September – Edward Delaney, 79, sculptor—Thomas Davis and Wolfe Tone memorials in Dublin.PJ Gillan https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/oct/19/edward-delaney-obituary Edward Delaney obituary: Controversial Irish sculptor famous for two large public monuments in Dublin 19 October 2009 24 October 2009 The Guardian London https://web.archive.org/web/20091103021404/http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/oct/19/edward-delaney-obituary 3 November 2009 live 6 October – Aengus Finucane, 77, priest, Chief Executive of Concern Worldwide (1981–1997).http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1006/finucanea.html Concern's Fr Aengus Finucane dies 6 October 2009 14 October 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091008233313/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1006/finucanea.html 8 October 2009 live 10 October – Stephen Gately, 33, Boyzone singer.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article6869799.ece Boyzone star Stephen Gately found dead 11 October 2009 11 October 2009 The Times London Jamie McGinnesSeptember 2024 medicmedic 11 October – Peter Callanan, 74, politician, member of Seanad Éireann since 1997.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1011/callananp.html FF Senator Callanan dies in Co Cork 11 October 2009 14 October 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091014092143/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1011/callananp.html 14 October 2009 live 27 October – Frank Brady, Jr., association footballer.http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1027/bradyf.html Death of '68 Cup winner Frank Brady 27 October 2009 31 October 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091030043445/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1027/bradyf.html 30 October 2009 dead 1 November – Seán Mac Fionnghaile, 57, actor, cancer.http://www.independent.ie/national-news/actor-dies-after-battle-with-cancer-1930809.html https://web.archive.org/web/20091104032610/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/actor-dies-after-battle-with-cancer-1930809.html dead 4 November 2009 Actor dies after battle with cancer 2 November 2009 4 November 2009 Irish Independent 2 November – Beverley O'Sullivan, 28, singer and actress.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1103/osullivanb.html Irish singer dies in India car crash 2 November 2009 4 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091106062106/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1103/osullivanb.html 6 November 2009 live 17 November – Paul "Skinny" Kelly, 43, musician – Paranoid Visions.http://www.hotpress.com/Paranoid%20Visions/news/Paul-Skinny-Kelly-RIP/6028333.html Paul 'Skinny' Kelly R.I.P. 18 November 2009 20 November 2009 Hot Press https://web.archive.org/web/20091123110506/http://www.hotpress.com/Paranoid%20Visions/news/Paul-Skinny-Kelly-RIP/6028333.html 23 November 2009 live 23 November – Pat Quinn, 74, founder of the Quinnsworth supermarket chain and the first person to bring The Rolling Stones to North America.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1124/quinnp.html Quinnsworth founder dies at 74 24 November 2009 27 November 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091127162443/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1124/quinnp.html 27 November 2009 live 4 December – Liam Clancy, 74, folk singer.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1204/clancyl.html Liam Clancy dies aged 74 4 December 2009 4 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20091206105212/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1204/clancyl.html 6 December 2009 live 6 December – Pat Carolan, former Meath Gaelic footballer.http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=121557 Royals bid farewell to '49 star Pat 10 December 2009 10 December 2009 hoganstand.com 11 December – Ciarán Mac Mathúna, broadcaster and music collector.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1211/macmathuna.html Broadcaster Ciaran Mac Mathuna dies 11 December 2009 11 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann https://web.archive.org/web/20100116174356/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1211/macmathuna.html 16 January 2010 dead 20 December – Joan Brosnan Walsh, actress (Fair City), motor neurone disease.http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/1221/brosnanwalshj.html Fair City's Joan Brosnan Walsh dies 21 December 2009 21 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 23 December – Noel O'Connell, 76, hurler (Aghabullogue, Blackrock, Cork senior team).https://rip.ie/death-notice/daniel-noel-o-connell-coachford-cork/92686 The death has occurred of Daniel Noel O'CONNELL rip.ie 24 December 2009 16 April 2023 30 December – Dermot Nally, 82, civil servant, sudden death.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1230/nallyd.html Dermot Nally dies, aged 82 30 December 2009 30 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 31 December – Cahal Daly, 92, Catholic priest (Primate of All Ireland 1990–1996).http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1231/dalyc.html Cardinal Cahal Daly dies in Belfast 31 December 2009 31 December 2009 Raidió Teilifís Éireannhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8436755.stm Irish cardinal Cahal Daly dies 31 December 2009 31 December 2009 BBC https://web.archive.org/web/20100116142848/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8436755.stm 16 January 2010 livehttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6918610/Cardinal-Cahal-Daly-dies-aged-92.html Cardinal Cahal Daly dies aged 92 31 December 2009 31 December 2009 The Daily Telegraph London https://web.archive.org/web/20100104215357/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6918610/Cardinal-Cahal-Daly-dies-aged-92.html 4 January 2010 deadKilian Doyle and Dan Keenan http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1231/breaking66.htm Former Catholic primate of Ireland Cardinal Daly dies 31 December 2009 31 December 2009 The Irish Times 31 December – Justin Keating, 79, humanist and Labour Party politician (Minister for Industry and Commerce, 1973–1977).http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0101/breaking6.htm Ex-Labour minister Keating dies 31 December 2009 1 January 2010 The Irish Times See also 2009 in Irish television References 30em External links 2009 at Reeling in the Years "The Month In Pictures: January 2009" – Irish sport 2009