Editing 1997 in Ireland (section)

== Incumbents ==
* [[President of Ireland|President]]:
** [[Mary Robinson]] (until 12 September 1997)
** [[Mary McAleese]] (from 11 November 1997)
* [[Taoiseach]]:
** [[John Bruton]] ([[Fine Gael]]) (until 26 June 1997)
** [[Bertie Ahern]] ([[Fianna Fáil]]) (from 26 June 1997)
* [[Tánaiste]]:
** [[Dick Spring]] ([[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour]]) (until 26 June 1997)
** [[Mary Harney]] ([[Progressive Democrats]]) (from 26 June 1997)
* [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Minister for Finance]]:
** [[Ruairi Quinn]] (Labour) (until 26 June 1997)
** [[Charlie McCreevy]] (Fianna Fáil) (from 26 June 1997)
* [[Chief Justice of Ireland|Chief Justice]]: [[Liam Hamilton]]
* [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]]:
** [[27th Dáil|27th]] (until 15 May 1997)
** [[28th Dáil|28th]] (from 26 June 1997)
* [[Seanad Éireann|Seanad]]:
** [[20th Seanad|20th]] (until 10 July 1997)
** [[21st Seanad|21st]] (from 17 September 1997)