Editing 1993 in Ireland (section)

==Events==
*8&ndash;17 January – The [[Braer Storm of January 1993|Braer Storm]] blew in the North Atlantic.
*12 January – [[Albert Reynolds]] was elected [[Taoiseach]] in [[Dáil Éireann]]. A [[Fianna Fáil]]–[[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] coalition government came to power.
*10 March – The [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] received planning permission for the redevelopment of the [[Croke Park]] stadium.
*25 March – [[Castlerock killings]]: four Catholics were shot dead by the [[Ulster Defence Association]] as they arrived for work in Castlerock, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
*27 May – The first meeting of an Irish head of state with a British monarch took place when President [[Mary Robinson]] makes a private visit to Queen [[Elizabeth II]] at [[Buckingham Palace]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Flashback 1993: The first Irish head of state meeting with a British monarch |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/flashback-1993-the-first-irish-head-of-state-meeting-with-a-british-monarch-34725933.html |website=The Independent |access-date=2 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*1 June – [[Mother Teresa]] met President Mary Robinson at [[Áras an Uachtaráin]].
*24 June – [[Dáil Éireann]] passed the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act, decriminalising consensual homosexual acts.
*15 July – The Beef Tribunal ended after 226 days.
*September – The sale of land beside a Dublin convent and the consequent exhumation of at least 133<!-- Irish Times say 133; New York Times say 155 --> former residents of a [[Magdalene asylum]] from unmarked graves brought the existence of these institutions to wide public attention.<ref>{{cite news|title=Funeral ceremony sought for 'Magdalens'|last1=O'Loughlin|first1=Edward|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=8 September 1993|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/world/europe/25iht-abuse25.html?_r=3|title=Irish Church's Forgotten Victims Take Case to U.N.|first=Carol|last=Ryan|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=25 May 2011}}</ref>
*16 September – A new green coloured £10 note was issued depicting the writer [[James Joyce]]. 
*23 October – [[Shankill Road bombing]] – Ten people were killed when a [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) bomb exploded at a fish shop on the Shankill Road in Belfast.
*30 October – [[Greysteel massacre]] – The Ulster Defence Association shot 21 people in the Rising Sun Bar in [[Greysteel]], County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, during a Hallowe'en party. They chose the pub as it was in a Catholic area.
*12 November – The issue of a new, smaller 10&nbsp;pence coin meant there was no longer a coin equivalent in size to a [[florin]] after 22 years.
*December – [[Brú na Bóinne]] became the first [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] designated in Ireland.
*15 December – Taoiseach [[Albert Reynolds]] and British Prime Minister [[John Major]] issued a joint [[Downing Street Declaration]] on the future of Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/15/newsid_4032000/4032141.stm|title=1993: Anglo–Irish pact paves way for peace|access-date=2008-02-13|date=15 December 1993|work=On This Day|publisher=[[BBC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307120320/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/15/newsid_4032000/4032141.stm|archive-date=7 March 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>
*25 December – [[Elizabeth II]] spoke of her hopes for peace in Northern Ireland in her Christmas Day speech to the U.K.<ref>{{cite web |title=Christmas Broadcast 1993 |website=The official website of The British Monarchy |publisher=[[Royal Households of the United Kingdom|The Royal Household]] |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/ImagesandBroadcasts/TheQueensChristmasBroadcasts/ChristmasBroadcasts/ChristmasBroadcast1993.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726060248/http://www.royal.gov.uk/ImagesandBroadcasts/TheQueensChristmasBroadcasts/ChristmasBroadcasts/ChristmasBroadcast1993.aspx |archive-date=26 July 2015 |access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref>
*29 December – The IRA announced it would fight on against the British presence in Northern Ireland.