Born in 2006

A selection from Wikipedia's '2006 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

• 9 January – Steve Staunton was appointed the new manager of the Ireland football team, to be mentored by Bobby Robson as International Football Consultantant.
• 17 March – Over 400,000 people took to the streets of Dublin to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day as part of the world's largest Saint Patrick's Day Festival.
• 16 April – Up to 120,000 people lined the streets of Dublin to mark the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
• 21 May – Armed Gardaí forcibly removed 30 Afghan refugees who had sought sanctuary in Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin after a one-week hunger-strike
• 18 June – The Government announced plans to spend €3.8 billion on scientific research over seven years to grow world-class research capabilities.
• 19 July – The warmest temperature since 1976, 32.3 °C (90.14 °F), was recorded at Elphin, County Roscommon. Ireland was one of many countries affected by the 2006 European heat wave.
• 7 September – Mary Harney resigned as leader of the Progressive Democrats. She led the party since October 1993.
• 20 December – Dublin Port Tunnel officially opened, for heavy goods vehicles only. General traffic was admitted the following 28 January.

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