Born in 1984

A selection from Wikipedia's '1984 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

• 1 January – The Department of Posts and Telegraphs split into An Post and Telecom Éireann.
• 29 March – The Licensed Vintners Association voted to abolish the Holy Hour in pubs and hotels in Dublin and Cork which close for one hour between 2.30 pm and 3.30 pm. The Hour was introduced during the 1920s by Minister for Justice Kevin O’Higgins.
• 17 July – Some workers in Dunnes Stores in Henry Street, Dublin refused to handle South African produce as a protest against apartheid.
• 23 July – The Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) rail service between Howth and Bray was inaugurated.
• 28 September – The Dublin telephone system collapsed due to network overload as a result of a phone-in competition on the illegal radio station, Radio Nova.
• 1 October – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom presented a Royal Charter to the University of Ulster.
• 19 October – The Spanish trawler Sonia was spotted by the Irish Naval Service patrol vessel Aisling in Irish territorial waters off the coast of County Wexford and suspected to be fishing illegally.
• 7 December – The most sophisticated naval vessel ever built in the country, the £25 million LÉ Eithne, was commissioned at the Haulbowline naval base.

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