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| 1991, March 14 |
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| The Irishmen serving life sentences in prison for the killing of 21 people in bomb attacks in Birmingham, England, in Nov. 1974, were released. It was the latest in a series of convictions in cases arising from the IRA's 1974 public house bombings in England that had been overturned, the Guildford Four having been freed in Oct. 1989, and the Maguire Seven in June 1990. | 1 |
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| 1992, Jan. 30 |
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| Charles Haughey announced his resignation on Feb. 6 as prime minister and leader of Fianna Fáil; former finance minister Albert Reynolds succeeded Haughey. | 2 |
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| Feb. 17.–Nov |
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| Abortion issues: the High Court in Dublin sparked a huge abortion controversy after it ruled against granting permission for a 14-year-old girl, who had become pregnant after being raped, to travel to the UK for an abortion. In November, referendums approved the right to receive information about abortion services and the right to travel to other EC states for abortions. | 3 |
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| Nov. 5 |
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| The Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democratic coalition government, led by Prime Minister Albert Reynolds, collapsed following a no-confidence vote in the dáil. In the general elections, the Labor Party made sweeping gains. | 4 |
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