Born in 2012

A selection from Wikipedia's '2012 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

• 1 January – The Government stopped paying expenses to former taoisigh (prime ministers), while sweeping price increases for goods and services, and in value added tax (VAT), affected consumers when decisions announced in Budget 2012 came into effect.
• 21 February – President Michael D. Higgins began his first official trip abroad when he went to London for three days, accompanied by his wife, Sabina.
• 27 March – Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore announced the date of the referendum on the fiscal compact as Thursday 31 May.
• 2 April – Female genital mutilation was made illegal by the enactment by President Higgins of the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012.
• 31 May – Voters passed the constitutional referendum to permit Ireland to ratify the 2012 European Fiscal Compact.
• 5 June – Hundreds of Bord na Móna workers went on strike in a dispute over pay.
• 10 July – Health Minister James Reilly was named on a debt defaulters' list to the tune of €1.9 million. This was described as "unprecedented" for a government minister.
• 10 November – The Irish children's rights referendum was passed by a majority of 58 percent, with a turnout of 33.5 percent.

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