2007 in Ireland
Events from the year 2007 in Ireland.
Incumbents
- President: Mary McAleese
- Taoiseach: Bertie Ahern
- Tánaiste:
- * Michael McDowell
- * Brian Cowen
- Minister for Finance: Brian Cowen
- Chief Justice: John L. Murray
- Dáil:
- * 29th
- * 30th
- Seanad:
- * 22nd
- * 23rd
Events
- 28 January – The new Dublin Port Tunnel opened to general traffic, having already opened to heavy goods vehicles last December 20th.
- 12 March – Docklands railway station opened in its temporary location, the first new station in Dublin's city centre since Tara Street Station in 1891.
- 30 April – President Mary McAleese dissolved the 29th Dáil at the request of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. The general election was fixed for 24 May.
- 24 May – A general election was held.
- 14 June – The 30th Dáil met and formed a Fianna Fáil–Green Party–Progressive Democrat coalition government.
- 5 July – Ten people were injured after a 150-year-old limestone staircase collapsed at the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History on Merrion Street in Dublin.
- 17 July – A North/South Ministerial Council meeting included the Democratic Unionist Party for the first time.
- 19 July – The red kite bird species was reintroduced in the Wicklow Mountains.
- 26 October – The final People In Need Telethon was held.
Arts and literature
- 23 March – John Carney's musical film Once had its Irish release, at the Savoy Cinema in Dublin.
- May – Michael Scott's fantasy fiction The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel was published.
- 9 June – Mark O'Rowe's play Terminus was premièred at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
- 23 July – Spin South West radio station began broadcasting from Raheen, County Limerick.
- 5 October – The film Garage was released.
- Kevin Barry's short story collection There are Little Kingdoms was published and won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
- Anne Enright's novel The Gathering was published and won the Man Booker Prize.
- Tana French's debut crime novel In the Woods was published.
- Derek Landy's children's novel Skulduggery Pleasant was published and won the Red House Children's Book Award.
Sport
Association football
Internationals;European Championship Qualifiers
Ireland finished third in the Group and failed to qualify.
- Setanta Cup
- * Winners: Drogheda United
- League of Ireland
- * Winners: Drogheda United
- FAI Cup
- * Winners: Cork City
- 19 February – reigning League of Ireland champions Shelbourne were demoted to the First Division by the Football Association of Ireland after having their Premier Division Licence revoked by the FAI's First Instance Committee. The club was issued a First Division Licence in place of the revoked licence.
Cricket
2007 Cricket World Cup: In a successful world cup debut, the Ireland cricket team qualified from the group stage for the Super 8 stage, notably defeating Pakistan cricket team in the process.Gaelic games
;Football;Hurling
Golf
- Pádraig Harrington finished in the top 10 at the US Masters in Augusta, Georgia. Darren Clarke missed the cut.
- Pádraig Harrington won the British Open in Carnoustie, Scotland. Rory McIlroy won the silver medal for leading amateur. Darren Clarke missed the cut.
- Irish Open was won by Pádraig Harrington.
Rugby union
2007 Six Nations Championship- * Wales 9–19 Ireland
- * Ireland 17–20 France
- * Ireland 43–13 England
- * Scotland 18–19 Ireland
- * Italy 24–51 Ireland
- * Ireland finished second in the Championship, after France but claimed the Triple Crown for the third time in four years.2007 Rugby World Cup
- * Ireland 32–17 Namibia
- * Ireland 14–10 Georgia
- * Ireland 3–25 France
- * Ireland 15–30 Argentina2006–07 Heineken Cup
- * Munster and Leinster both qualified for the quarter finals but failed to progress