A Look Back At

Born in 2020

What Was Life Like in 2020?

Who Was in Charge?

Taoiseach

Micheál Martin

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

€1.22/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.68

Average House

€310,000

Weekly Wage

€540

Events of 2020 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2020 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 8 February – The general election took place with a 62.9% turnout.
  • 16 February – Thousands of homes, farms and businesses were without power as a result of Storm Dennis, which brought strong winds to parts of the south and west coasts.
  • 15 April – Agreement was reached between unions and the HSE to allow healthcare staff be redeployed into private nursing homes during the COVID-19 crisis.
  • 17 August – Simon Coveney stated that Ireland did not accept the result of the Belarusian presidential election and that he was "deeply concerned" about human rights abuses there.
  • 7 November – Locals in Joe Biden's ancestral home in Ballina, County Mayo celebrated as he defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election becoming the President-elect of the United States.
  • 19 November – The Health Service Executive (HSE) confirmed that no positive COVID-19 cases have been identified after testing took place of all workers at mink farms nationwide, following the discovery of a new strain of the coronavirus in minks in Denmark.
  • 23 December – The chair of the NPHET Coronavirus Expert Advisory Group Cillian de Gascun announced that the new variant of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom is now present in the Republic of Ireland, based on a selection of samples analysed from the weekend.
  • 25 December – Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan officially confirmed that the new variant of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom had been detected in the Republic of Ireland by whole genome sequencing at the National Virus Reference Laboratory in University College Dublin.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Popular Toys & Games

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Irish Chart Song in 2020

Blinding Lights

The Weeknd