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May 2 - The New Ireland Forum publishes its report presenting
three possibilities for discussion: a unitary Irish state, a
federal/confederal state and joint sovereignty.
July 17 - Some workers in Dunnes Stores, Henry Street, Dublin
refuse to handle South
African produce as a protest against apartheid.
July 23 - The DART rail service between
Howth and Bray is introduced.
September 28 - The Dublin telephone system collapsed due to the
network suffering overload as a result of a phone in competition on
one of the illegal radio stations.
October 5 - In Dublin
women workers in Dunnes Stores, who have been on strike for the
past 11 weeks in support of a dispute over the handling of South African fruit, begin a sit-in at the
store.
October 12 - The IRA kills five people in a bomb
attack at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, during the Conservative Party
conference.
November 5 - First broadcast of the RTE Radio morning current
affairs program Morning Ireland