Born in 1982

A selection from Wikipedia's '1982 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

• 21 January – Kildare TD, Charlie McCreevy, was expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party for criticising Charles Haughey.
• 18 February – General election: Fianna Fáil was the largest party.
• 9 March – 23rd Dáil assembled; Charles Haughey was elected Taoiseach.
• 6 April – James Prior launched 'rolling devolution' for Northern Ireland.
• 2 May – The Government affirmed its neutrality in the Falklands war between the United Kingdom and Argentina, and opposed European Economic Community sanctions against Argentina (as did Italy).
• 20 October – Polling took place in the Northern Ireland Assembly election. Sinn Féin won its first five seats in the Assembly, with Gerry Adams representing Belfast West.
• 24 November – General election: Fine Gael was the largest party.
• 1 December – Grafton Street in Dublin officially became a pedestrianised street.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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