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January 1 - The Northern Ireland Fair Employment Act becomes
law.
April 3 - There is all-party support for the Government bill to
abolish the death penalty for capital murder and replace it with
lengthy prison sentences.
June 20 - Circulation begins of the IR£1 coin as a
replacement for the note of the same denomination.
July 2 - Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela,
addresses a joint session of both houses of the Oireachtas.
July 24 - The IRA kills three policemen and a
nun in a bomb attack near Armagh.
August 24 - Brian Keenan is released after
1574 days in captivity in Beirut.
September 28 - Centenary of People's Park, Dún Laoghaire
celebrated
October 24 - The IRA kills 6 soldiers and a
civilian in bomb attacks at Derry and Newry.
October 25 - Presidential candidate Brian
Lenihan denies that he tried to contact President
Hillery to stop the dissolution of the Dáil in 1982. This is in spite
of a taped interview where he confirms that he did.
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