A Look Back At

Born in 1992

What Was Life Like in 1992?

Who Was in Charge?

Taoiseach

Albert Reynolds

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

£1.55/gal

Loaf of Bread

£0.65

Average House

£33,000

Weekly Wage

£90

Events of 1992 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1992 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 30 January – Charles Haughey resigned as Taoiseach and as leader of the Fianna Fáil party.
  • 4 February – Mary Robinson became the first President of Ireland to visit Belfast.
  • 15 March – Proinsias De Rossa led a breakaway group from the Workers' Party to form what would shortly become Democratic Left. The majority of the breakaway group including De Rossa joined the Labour Party in 1999.
  • 13 April – Two hundred and fifty years after the first performance of Handel's Messiah in Dublin, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields performed the oratorio at the Point Theatre.
  • 9 May – Linda Martin won the Eurovision Song Contest (staged in Sweden) for Ireland with "Why Me?". This was the first of three consecutive Irish wins.
  • 18 June – A referendum approved the Maastricht Treaty on European Union: 69.1% voted in favour; 30.9% against.
  • 8 July – President Mary Robinson addressed both houses of the Oireachtas.
  • 5 November – The Government lost a confidence motion and the Dáil was dissolved. Two former Taoisigh, Charles Haughey and Garret FitzGerald, announced their retirement from politics.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Irish Chart Song in 1992

Would I Lie to You

Charles & Eddie