A Look Back At
Born in 2023
What Was Life Like in 2023?
Who Was in Charge?
Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar
What Things Cost
Petrol (per litre)
€1.75/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.98
Average House
€410,000
Weekly Wage
€665
Events of 2023 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 9 February – An Coimisiún Toghcháin (the Irish electoral commission) was established under the Electoral Reform Act 2022 to oversee elections in Ireland.
- 23 April – An incorporeal Cabinet meeting agreed to send an Emergency Consular Assistance Team to Sudan, via Djibouti – some of them leaving on the night – on a mission to evacuate 150 Irish people and their families from the armed conflict there.
- 6 May – Michael D. Higgins and Leo Varadkar, respectively, became the first Irish president and taoiseach in history to attend the coronation of a British monarch, at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 9 May – The Irish band Wild Youth failed to qualify for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
- 18–22 August – The Rose of Tralee International Festival was held, and won by New York Rose Roisin Wiley, giving New York its first victory in the competition since 2007, and the first US winner since 2016.
- 8 October – Tánaiste Micheál Martin said that the Department of Foreign Affairs had been in touch with the family of Kim Damti (22), an Irish-Israeli woman who was unaccounted for following the previous day's series of attacks launched by Hamas on Israel.
- 26 November – Irish author Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize with his dystopian novel Prophet Song.
- 26 November – Singer Jessica McKean represented Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023, alongside Sophie Lennon, the Irish representative of the previous year, with the song "Aisling".
Popular Toys & Games
- Barbie Movie Dolls
- Hot Wheels Monster Trucks
- Bluey Toys
Irish Chart Song in 2023
Flowers
Miley Cyrus