Born in 1983

A selection from Wikipedia's '1983 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

• 19 January – The government confirmed that the Garda Síochána bugged politicians' and journalists' telephones.
• 8 February – A motion calling for the resignation of Charles Haughey as leader failed after a 12-hour Fianna Fáil meeting.
• 23 April – While more than 50 illegal pirate radio stations were broadcasting in Ireland, a Government memorandum described how their signals were interfering seriously with ambulance, fire brigade and police radio systems, airport traffic systems, and legitimate radio and television reception throughout the country.
• 30 May – The inaugural meeting of the New Ireland Forum took place at Dublin Castle.
• 4 July – United States Vice President George Bush and his wife Barbara paid a one-day visit to Dublin. The Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald, hosted a lunch in his honour at the State Apartments in Dublin Castle.
• 8 September – The referendum on the constitutional amendment in relation to abortion was carried by a two-to-one majority. This created equal constitutional recognition of the right to life of a pregnant woman and of her embryo or foetus.
• 25 September – Maze Prison escape: 38 Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoners with arms escaped from HM Prison Maze in County Antrim.
• 1 October – The Concorde supersonic airliner paid its first visit to Dublin Airport. The landing of the Air France plane was watched by a large crowd from the observation deck on the roof of the terminal building.

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