A Look Back At

Born in 1987

What Was Life Like in 1987?

Who Was in Charge?

Taoiseach

Charles Haughey

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

£1.18/gal

Loaf of Bread

£0.49

Average House

£29,000

Weekly Wage

£72

Events of 1987 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1987 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – The halfpenny coin was withdrawn from circulation.
  • 20 January – Labour Party ministers resigned from the government because of disagreement over budget proposals.
  • 19 February – A general election returned a Fianna Fáil minority government after the Fine Gael–Labour Party coalition collapsed. Charles Haughey became taoiseach by one Dáil vote. The new Progressive Democrats party won 14 seats.
  • 11 March – Former taoiseach Garret FitzGerald resigned as leader of the Fine Gael party and was succeeded by Alan Dukes.
  • 9 May – Johnny Logan won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with his own composition Hold Me Now, making him the only person to win the competition twice as a performer.
  • 26 May – A referendum was held on the Single European Act. Nearly 70% voted in favour of the tenth amendment to the Constitution.
  • 29 November – Beaumont Hospital opened in Dublin.
  • 5 December – Downpatrick and Ardglass Railway began public operation, the first Irish gauge heritage railway in Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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  • Koosh Ball
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Irish Chart Song in 1987

Never Gonna Give You Up

Rick Astley