1960 in Ireland

Events

January 13 – The Broadcasting Authority Bill proposes to establish an authority to provide the new national television service.
January 16 – A 103-year old shipping service between Cork and Glasgow ends.
February 3 – Irish candidate F.H. Boland receives the support of the United States for the presidency of the General Assembley of the United Nations.
February 4 – Figures released today show that 118 million telephone calls were made in 1959.
February 5 – Mise Éire is premiered in Dublin's Regal Rooms cinema.
February 17 – The Television Bill passes its final stage in Seanad Éireann.
May 27 – The last barge on the Grand Canal leaves Dublin carrying Guinness to Limerick. It is the end of 156-year-old service.
November 8 – Nine Irish soldiers serving with the United Nations are killed in the Congo.
November 22 – The nation mourns as the funerals take place of the eight soldiers killed in the Congo.