Editing 2000 in Ireland (section)

==Events==
===February===
* 3 February – The gangster [[John Gilligan (Irish criminal)|John Gilligan]] was extradited from the UK to Ireland on drug trafficking and murder charges.
* 11 February – The [[British government]] suspended [[devolution]] in Northern Ireland.

===April===
* 10 April
** The [[Dublin Area Rapid Transit]] rail system was extended southwards from [[Bray Daly railway station|Bray]] to [[Greystones railway station|Greystones]] and northwards from [[Howth Junction]] to [[Malahide railway station|Malahide]].
** The ambulance service regulator, the [[Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council]], was established.
* Spring – The American [[Clive Cussler]]'s National Underwater and Marine Agency discovered the wreck of {{RMS|Carpathia}} (sunk in 1918) 190 kilometres west of [[Fastnet Rock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.titanic-titanic.com/carpathia_found.shtml|title=Discovery of R.M.S. Carpathia|work=Titanic-Titanic.com|date=23 September 2000|access-date=2012-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022092729/http://www.titanic-titanic.com/carpathia_found.shtml|archive-date=22 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===May===
* 5 May – [[The People in Need Trust]] held its seventh event. 
* 6 May – The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] began decommissioning its weapons.
* 30 May – Devolution returned to Northern Ireland.

===July===
* 6 July – The Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000 came into effect abolishing the so-called "[[:wikt:holy hour|holy hour]]" between 2&nbsp;pm and 4&nbsp;pm on Sundays when pubs had been forced to close their doors.<ref>[http://www.hayes-solicitors.ie/news/news_14_2000_June_10.htm Licensing law regime] Hayes Solicitors, July 2000.</ref>

===December===
* 12 December – President [[Bill Clinton]] of the United States arrived in [[Dublin]] beginning his [[List of international trips made by the President of the United States|last international trip as President]]. He met President [[Mary McAleese]], [[Taoiseach]] [[Bertie Ahern]], and gave a speech in [[Dundalk]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Clinton arrives in Belfast|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/1212/clinton.html|access-date=18 March 2011|newspaper=RTÉ News|date=12 December 2000}}</ref>
* 13 December – Bill Clinton met the political leaders of Northern Ireland.