A Look Back At

Born in 2016

What Was Life Like in 2016?

Who Was in Charge?

Taoiseach

Enda Kenny

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

€1.28/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.52

Average House

€230,000

Weekly Wage

€460

Events of 2016 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 26 February – The 2016 general election was held.
  • 10 March – The 32nd Dáil met for the first time. Talks on government formation began and continued until 6 May.
  • 27 March – (Easter Sunday) – The Easter Rising centenary parade took place in Dublin.
  • 6 May – The 32nd Dáil elected a Taoiseach and a new Cabinet was announced.
  • 9 May – A gathering of naturists at Curracloe Strand, County Wexford was criticised by the Mayor of Wexford, councillor Ger Carthy. The Irish Naturist Association stated that no-one asked the people to leave.
  • 20 May – Brendan Howlin was elected unopposed as leader of the Labour Party, succeeding Joan Burton.
  • 21 June – The United States Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Ireland for a six-day visit with his brother and sister, daughter, and five grandchildren.
  • 23 July – Carina Fitzpatrick, a female concert-goer at the KnockanStockan music festival, near Ballyknockan, County Wicklow, was arrested for revealing her breasts during the festival in a form of topless protest. The incident opened a conversation over women's bodily autonomy and nudism in Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Irish Chart Song in 2016

One Dance

Drake