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| 1967, Dec. 11 |
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| Visit of Prime Minister John Lynch to Northern Ireland for further discussions on trade, tourism, and the like. The visit was returned by Prime Minister Terence O'Neill of Northern Ireland in Jan. 1968. | 1 |
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| 1969, Aug.–1970, June |
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| Different views of policy toward Northern Ireland resulted in resignations from government and expulsions from Fianna Fáil Party. Moderate nationalist groups formed a Social Democratic and Labor Party. | 2 |
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| 1970, Oct. 23 |
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| Charles Haughey, former finance minster of the Irish Republic, was acquitted of secret dealings to supply arms to the Catholics of Northern Ireland. Haughey was an opponent of Prime Minister Lynch and of the policy of peaceful rapprochement between the two Irelands. | 3 |
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| Dec. 4 |
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| The Irish government threatened to invoke the Offenses Against the State Act if necessary to forestall plans of radicals and nationalist extremists to assassinate or kidnap officials to force the reunion of the two Irelands. The activities of the outlawed Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Northern Ireland were virtually an open secret. | 4 |
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