Events from the year 2006 in Ireland.
Riots occurred on the streets of Dublin in February.
The Dublin Port Tunnel opened in December.
Colm Tóibín became the first Irish writer to win the International Dublin Literary Award, with his novel The Master.
Derval O'Rourke
Events from the year 2005 in Ireland.
John Banville won the Man Booker Prize, for his novel The Sea.
Patrick Denis O'Donnell died in January.
Hugh Lambert died in December.