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8 March The report of a 20-year survey by The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland revealed that 56% of Ireland's native plant species are in decline due to habitat loss, altered grazing pressure, and degradation (re-seeding, over-fertilising, nitrogen deposition, herbicides, soil drainage, mineral enrichment), rather than rising temperatures whose botanical effects – so far – are minor.
c. 16,000 BC. During the Last Glacial Maximum, Ireland is covered in ice sheets. c. 12,000 BC. A narrow channel forms between Prehistoric Ireland and southwest Scotland [1] c. 10,000 BC. Carbon-dating on bear bones indicate the presence of Paleolithic people in County Clare. [2] c. 8000 BC.
The Department of Public Health expressed concern over increases in COVID-19 transmission linked to social gatherings involving the student population in the mid-west region. [85] 4 February. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Ireland surpassed 200,000 cases, with over half confirmed in 2021.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland, numerous protests took place over the government's response. Anti- lockdown protests took place in opposition to restrictions, starting in March 2020 against the first national lockdown, and continuing during subsequent lockdowns and other regional restriction systems.
Saint Brigid's Day. Lá Fhéile Bríde. First observed in 2023. First Monday of February, or on 1 February if it is a Friday. [2][3] Co-celebrated with the traditional festival of Imbolc. 17 March. Saint Patrick's Day. Lá Fhéile Pádraig. National Day. Became an official public holiday in Ireland in 1903.
Assault. Casualties. Injuries. 3 Gardaí injured, 1 person assaulted. Arrested. 47. A series of riots began in Dublin, Ireland on the night of 4 June 2021 over the June bank holiday weekend and during the COVID-19 pandemic, in which glass bottles and other objects were thrown at members of the Garda Síochána. [ 1]
July 2021. 1 July – Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan announced that a fourth wave of COVID-19 was beginning in Ireland following an increase in cases caused by the Delta variant. [ 102] 2 July – The government agreed a deal to purchase one million unwanted COVID-19 vaccine doses from Romania. [ 103] 3 July.
12 December – Ireland saw its coldest day in 12 years since 2010 across Met Éireann's network of 25 synoptic. [ 263 ] 15 December – Tributes were paid after 24-year-old Irish soldier Seán Rooney serving with the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon was killed and a second Irish soldier 22-year-old Shane Kearney was seriously injured in an ...