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

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Popular Toys & Games

  • Xbox 360
  • Tamagotchi Connection
  • Nintendo DS

Irish Chart Song in 2005

Crazy in Love

Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z