2000 in Ireland

none September 2020 August 2022 December 2011 2000 The following lists events that happened during the year 2000 in Ireland. Incumbents President: Mary McAleese Taoiseach: Bertie Ahern (FF) Tánaiste: Mary Harney (PD) Minister for Finance: Charlie McCreevy (FF) Chief Justice: Liam Hamilton (until 1 June 2000) Ronan Keane (from 1 June 2000) Dáil: 28th Seanad: 21st Events February 3 February – The gangster John Gilligan was extradited from the UK to Ireland on drug trafficking and murder charges. 11 February – The British government suspended devolution in Northern Ireland. April 10 April The Dublin Area Rapid Transit rail system was extended southwards from Bray to Greystones and northwards from Howth Junction to Malahide. The ambulance service regulator, the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, was established. Spring – The American Clive Cussler's National Underwater and Marine Agency discovered the wreck of Carpathia (sunk in 1918) 190 kilometres west of Fastnet Rock.http://www.titanic-titanic.com/carpathia_found.shtml Discovery of R.M.S. Carpathia Titanic-Titanic.com 23 September 2000 2012-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20071022092729/http://www.titanic-titanic.com/carpathia_found.shtml 22 October 2007 dead 20 April – A 27-year-old Irish man with psychiatric illnesses was shot dead by the Garda Emergency Response Unit after a twenty-five-hour siege at his home in Toneymore, Abbeylara, County Longford.http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0420/abbeylara.html Gardaí to investigate fatal shooting of siege gunman 20 April 2000 RTÉ News 2026-10-14 23 December 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20041223225001/http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0420/abbeylara.html live May 5 May – The People in Need Trust held its seventh event. 6 May – The Provisional Irish Republican Army began decommissioning its weapons. 30 May – Devolution returned to Northern Ireland. July 6 July – The Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000 came into effect abolishing the so-called "holy hour" between 2 pm and 4 pm on Sundays when pubs had been forced to close their doors.Licensing law regime Hayes Solicitors, July 2000. December 2 December – The Guinness Storehouse opened in DublinGuinness Storehouse Turns 25 https://libertiesdublin.ie/guinness-storehouse-turns-25/ libertiesdublin.ie Liberties Business Area Improvement Initiative, supported by Dublin City Council 2025-01-01 2026-09-13 12 December – President Bill Clinton of the United States arrived in Dublin beginning his last international trip as President. He met President Mary McAleese, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, and gave a speech in Dundalk.Clinton arrives in Belfast http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/1212/clinton.html 18 March 2011 RTÉ News 12 December 2000 13 December – Bill Clinton met the political leaders of Northern Ireland. Arts and literature 7 February – The Chester Beatty Library opened in its new premises in the grounds of Dublin Castle. 21 April – Release of film Nora. 31 October – Boyband Westlife scored their seventh straight UK number one, becoming the only artists in UK chart history to achieve this. December – The quarterly cultural magazine The Dublin Review was launched by Brendan Barrington. John Banville's novel Eclipse was published. Anne Enright's novel What Are You Like? was published. Sport Association football Shelbourne won the double of the League of Ireland Premier Division and the FAI Cup for the first time in their history. They then knocked out Macedonian side Sloga Jugomagnat in the first round of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League qualifiers. Their 1–0 win in Skopje was the first away win in a European tie by a League of Ireland side for eighteen years. Rosenborg of Norway knock Shelbourne out 4–2 on aggregate in the second qualifying round. Gaelic games Kilkenny won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Kerry won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Golf Murphy's Irish Open was won by Patrik Sjöland (Sweden). Births 14 January – Jonathan Afolabi, footballer 26 January – Heather Payne, footballer 28 January – Aaron Connolly, footballerAaron Conolly https://www.premierleague.com/players/21653/Aaron-Connolly/overview premierleague.com Premier League 11 November 2019 1 February – Gavin Kilkenny, footballer 21 February – Michael O'Sullivan, jockey (d. 2025) 25 March – Conor Coventry, English-born footballer 4 May – Ciaran Booth, English-born rugby union player 6 July – Michael Obafemi, footballer 28 July – Lee O'Connor, footballer 7 August – Jordanne Jones, actress 7 August – Jaze Kabia, footballer 24 September – Neil Rock, cricketer 16 October – David Rawle, actor 2 November – Demi Isaac Oviawe, Nigerian-born actress Deaths January to June thumb|120px|right|upright|Francis Stuart thumb|120px|right|Frank Patterson (statue) 15 January – Alf Ringstead, footballer (b. 1927) 28 January – Tony Doyle, actor (b. 1942) 1 February – Patrick Shanahan, Fianna Fáil TD (b. 1908) 2 February – Francis Stuart, writer (b. 1902) 13 February – F. X. Martin, priest and historian (b. 1922) 25 February – Tom McEllistrim, Fianna Fáil TD (b. 1926) 6 March – Jonathan Philbin Bowman, journalist and radio presenter (b. 1969) 20 April – John Carthy, shot dead by the Garda Síochána (b. 1972) 7 June – Mona Tyndall, missionary sister and development worker (b. 1921) 10 June – Frank Patterson, tenor (b. 1938) July to December 10 July – Denis O'Conor Don, hereditary chief of the O'Conor Don sept (b. 1912) 14 August – John Boland, senior Fine Gael politician (b. 1944) 18 October – James Gill, cricketer (b. 1911) 8 November – Brian Boydell, composer, professor of music at Trinity College Dublin (b. 1917) 18 November – Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh, physicist (b. 1933) 21 November – Paddy Flanagan, cyclist (b. 1941) 26 November – Paddy Donegan, former Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister (b. 1923) 15 December – Paddy Barry, Cork hurler (b. 1928) See also 2000 in Irish television References External links 2000 at Reeling in the Years 2000