1969-1990






Ireland since 1990



In 1990 the Irish voters elected the country's first woman president, Mary Robinson. In 1992, abortion legislation was reformed; it is still one of the strictest in Europe. In 1997, divorce, under certain circumstances, was legalized.
In 1991, Ireland signed the Maastricht Treaty. In 2002/2004, Ireland introduced the Euro currency. In 2005 the EU accepted Irish Gaelic as one of the official languages of the EU.







EXTERNAL
FILES 		Timeline, from BBC News
Article Republic of Ireland, from Wikipedia
DOCUMENTS List of Irish presidents, prime ministers, from World Statesmen by Ben Cahoon
REFERENCE Article : Ireland, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1991-1992 pp.718-732, 1992-1993 pp.793-807, 1993-1994 pp.790-804, 1994-1995 pp.783-797, 1995-1996 pp.778-793, 1996-1997 pp.720-734, 1997-1998 pp.728-742, 1998-1999 pp.781-796, 2000 pp.897-914, 2001 pp.873-891, 2002 pp.909-927, 2003 pp.911-929, 2004 pp.915-933, 2005 pp.920-939, 2006 pp.916-934 [G]
Entry : Travel Warning - Ireland, pp.517-519, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2000, Supplement [G]
Entry : Ireland, Cabinet p.51, Background Notes : Ireland, pp.713-718, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2003 [G]
Entry : Ireland, pp.576-581 in : IMF, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2001 [G]
Article : Ireland, in : Americana Annual 1992 pp.294-295, 1993 pp.294-295, 1994 pp.291-292, 1998 pp.286-287, 2006 p.214 [G]
Article : Ireland, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1991 pp.455-456, 625, 1992 pp.432-433, 1993 pp.442-443, 632, 1994 pp.440-441, 633, 1995 pp.423, 633, 1996 pp.421, 633, 1997 pp.433-434, 631, 2002 pp.444-445, 635 [G]



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