2007 in Ireland

Events from the year 2007 in Ireland.

Incumbents

• President: Mary McAleese
• Taoiseach: Bertie Ahern (FF)
• Tánaiste:
• Michael McDowell (PD) (until 14 June 2007)
• Brian Cowen (FF) (from 14 June 2007)
• Minister for Finance: Brian Cowen (FF)
• Chief Justice: John L. Murray
• Dáil:
• 29th (until 26 April 2007)
• 30th (from 14 June 2007)
• Seanad:
• 22nd (until 4 July 2007)
• 23rd (from 24 July 2007)

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 ' 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 (2008).

• Internationals

• 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 Argentina
• 2006–07 Heineken Cup
• Munster and Leinster both qualified for the quarter finals but failed to progress