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March 1, 1993
The planned closure the Digital computer plant in Galway was announced and totally dominated the news; Concern volunteer Valerie Place (23) was shot dead in Somalia; the IRA was busy, killing RUC officers in the North and planting bombs in England; and U2, the Chieftains and Enya between then won a total of five Grammy awards at the annual ceremony in Los Angeles. [more]
January 25, 1993
A variety of financial matters dominated the news - among them a strong performance by the punt after some troubled times; British PM John Major acknowledged that those who died in Derry's Bloody Sunday killings should be regarded as innocent; Belfast Deputy Mayor Frank Millar (UUP) visited Lord Mayor of Dublin Gay Mitchell to make amends for the "welcome" accorded to Mayor Mitchell at Belfast City Hall two weeks earlier; a husband and wife were in dispute over the sharing of a €1.2m lottery prize; and the previous week's stormy weather continued. [more]
November 9, 1992
The relationship between Taoiseach Albert Reynolds and PD leader Des O'Malley reached such a low that the government collapsed and a General Election was called; a New Ross bank clerk died after being shot during a raid on a local bank; in a post office raid in Tara, Co. Meath, one of the raiders died when he was shot by gardaí; and Roy Keane refused to renew his contract with Notts Forest. [more]
October 19th, 1992
Interest rates rose by three percentage points; the punt was worth more than the pound sterling; the Government published its White Paper on divorce; President Robinson was visiting Somalia; mortgage interests rates were arounf 14%; and the average price of a new house in the Dublin area was £61,736, and nationally it was £54,156. [more]
September 28th, 1992
The punt was under pressure but surviving an international currency crisis; for the first time ever unionist politicians came to Dublin to discuss the future of the North; the IRA caused devastation with one of its biggest ever bombs but a warning had been given and no one was seriously injured; and a Donegal football supporter was beaten to death in Dublin hours after the county's All-Ireland success. [more]
September 14, 1992
The murder of a Catholic couple in their Co. Tyrone home was a major story; the Rev. Ian Paisley walked out of talks on the North's political future; the Beef Tribunal was back in action after the summer; garda sub-aqua divers were searching for the body of a missing Irish Life executive; and it was discovered that a Co. Tyrone man had been driving for 40 years without ever having a licence. [more]
August 31, 1992
Unemployment was the main talking point; Hugh McKibben became the 3000th person to die in the North in the 23 years of violence; Ray MacSharry announced his retirement from public life; we were kept informed of hurricane Andrew's progress towards Florida; and Sonia O'Sullivan had her first win of the European Grand Prix circuit. [more]
August 17th, 1992
Two teenagers were asphyxiated on board a car ferry; the UDA was proscribed after 21 years of apparent legitimacy; the GAA was granted planning permission for the £100m development of Croke Park; and our medal-winning Olympic boxers received huge welcome home.
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July 20th, 1992
The summer suspension of the Beef Tribunal triggered argument; politicians from North and South continued to talk to each other; gardaí in Cork were having a bad time from petty criminals; a man was shot dead at The Naul, Co. Dublin; the British Army was accused of using a primary school as a shield against IRA attack; and industrial relations was a problem at the National College of Industrial Relations. [more]
July 6th, 1992
In a violent gruesome week the IRA in Co. Armagh killed three people who it claimed were working for the British security forces and who it was alleged had killed a Co. Armagh woman who became aware of their activities - her body was discovered in Co. Sligo. It was also a week in which unionist politicians sat down to negotiate with Irish government ministers for the first time. Elsewhere Des O'Malley made serious allegations at the Beef Tribunal and the US embassy in Dublin was busy processing Morrison Visa applications.
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