Born in 1985

A selection from Wikipedia's '1985 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

• 1 January – Cork celebrated 800 years as a chartered city.
• 26 February – Former minister Desmond O'Malley was expelled from the Fianna Fáil party.
• 4 March – Irish singer Bob Geldof was honoured for his overseas aid efforts at a civic reception in the Mansion House in Dublin.
• 13 July – The international Live Aid charity rock concert took place in Wembley Stadium, London. It was organised by Irishman Bob Geldof and Scotsman Midge Ure. Ireland was the highest per-capita donor country.
• 13 September – Two lesbians and former nuns, Rosemary Curb and Nancy Manahan, were interviewed on The Late Late Show television programme. A prayer vigil was held by objecting members of the public outside the television studio during the broadcast.
• 11 October – Shop steward Karen Gearon, representing striking workers at Dunnes Stores, addressed the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid on a Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners.
• 15 November – Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher, signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement at Hillsborough Castle.
• 21 December – Desmond O'Malley founded the Progressive Democrats party.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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