A Look Back At
Born in 2005
What Was Life Like in 2005?
Who Was in Charge?
Taoiseach
Bertie Ahern
What Things Cost
Petrol (per litre)
€1.08/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.20
Average House
€305,000
Weekly Wage
€395
Events of 2005 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2005 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – The Health Service Executive was established along with the HSE National Ambulance Service.
- 1 January – Cork officially became the European Capital of Culture for 2005. Ireland celebrated the Hamilton year of physics.
- 7 February – Taoiseach Bertie Ahern laid the foundation stone of a new town called Adamstown, just outside Lucan, County Dublin.
- 4 March – The 100th Sinn Féin ardfheis (annual party conference) opened at the Royal Dublin Society in Ballsbridge, Dublin.
- 4 April – The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern, was appointed as one of four special envoys for United Nations reform by the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
- 13 June – The Irish language was granted official status as a working language within the European Union.
- 18 July – Tallaght Rehabilitation Project, a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation programme in the wider Tallaght area, began using Kiltalown House, Jobstown as their headquarters.
- 8 September – 'Area Development Management' was officially renamed as Pobal
Popular Toys & Games
- Xbox 360
- Tamagotchi Connection
- Nintendo DS
Irish Chart Song in 2005
Crazy in Love
Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z