Editing 1987 in Ireland (section)

==Incumbents==
* [[President of Ireland|President]]: [[Patrick Hillery]]
* [[Taoiseach]]:
** [[Garret FitzGerald]] ([[Fine Gael|FG]]) (until 10 March 1987)
** [[Charles Haughey]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]]) (from 10 March 1987)
* [[Tánaiste]]:
** [[Dick Spring]] ([[Labour Party (Ireland)|Lab]]) (until 20 January 1987)
** [[Peter Barry (politician)|Peter Barry ]] ([[Fine Gael|FG]]) (from 20 January 1987 until 10 March 1987)
** [[Brian Lenihan Snr|Brian Lenihan]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]]) (from 10 March 1987)
* [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Minister for Finance]]:
** [[John Bruton]] ([[Fine Gael|FG]]) (until 10 March 1987)
** [[Ray MacSharry]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]]) (from 10 March 1987)
* [[Chief Justice of Ireland|Chief Justice]]: [[Thomas Finlay (judge)|Thomas Finlay]]
* [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]]:
** [[24th Dáil|24th]] (until 20 January 1987)
** [[25th Dáil|25th]] (from 10 March 1987)
* [[Seanad Éireann|Seanad]]:
** [[17th Seanad|17th]] (until 3 April 1987)
** [[18th Seanad|18th]] (from 25 April 1987)