A Look Back At

Born in 2015

What Was Life Like in 2015?

Who Was in Charge?

Taoiseach

Enda Kenny

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

€1.32/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.50

Average House

€205,000

Weekly Wage

€440

Events of 2015 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 18 January – Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, revealed his homosexuality on radio, thus becoming the first openly gay government minister in Ireland.
  • 4 February – The ferryboat service from Dún Laoghaire to Holyhead in Wales ended after 204 years. The boat from Dublin Port to Holyhead remained in service.
  • 13 March – A new political party, Renua, was launched.
  • 5 April – President Higgins paid an official visit to Turkey, including a trip to Gallipoli.
  • 22 May – A referendum was conducted on two amendments to the Constitution of Ireland – the 34th (marriage equality) and the 35th (presidential election voting) amendments. A Carlow–Kilkenny by-election was also held.
  • 13 July – A new national postcode system called Eircode was inaugurated by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
  • 23 September – The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, visited Dublin, where he was presented with a hurley and sliotar, and was greeted by a thousand Indian people at a gathering in Ballsbridge.
  • 12 October – The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin told a synod of bishops in Rome that Irish people "struggle to understand abstract moral principles" while remaining capable of understanding that people need to be happy and to belong.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Irish Chart Song in 2015

Love Me Like You Do

Ellie Goulding