Born in 1978

A selection from Wikipedia's '1978 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

• 18 January – The European Court of Human Rights found Britain guilty of inhuman and degrading treatment of republican internees in Northern Ireland.
• 19 January – The Fianna Fáil government dismissed the Garda Commissioner Edmund Garvey. No explanation was given.
• 31 March – Six thousand people marched through Dublin to Wood Quay to protest against the building of civic offices above an ancient Viking settlement.
• 27 May – Brittany Ferries inaugurated a regular Cork–Roscoff service.
• 21 June – Rosemary Smith established an Irish land speed record of 156.101 mph on the Carrigrohane Straight in Cork, driving a seven-litre Jaguar XJ6.
• 10 August – A new £10 note bearing an image of the writer Jonathan Swift was introduced.
• 1 September – Dublin Institute of Technology was created on an ad hoc basis by the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee.
• 2 November – Ireland's second national television channel, RTÉ 2, opened with a live broadcast from the Cork Opera House.

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