6 May – The
32nd Dáil elected a Taoiseach and a new Cabinet was announced.
9 May – A gathering of naturists at
Curracloe Strand,
County Wexford was criticised by the Mayor of
Wexford, councillor Ger Carthy. The Irish Naturist Association stated that no-one asked the men and women to leave.[5]
13 June – The
Ireland football team played their first match, against
Sweden, at the
Euro 2016 football competition.[6]
21 June – The US Vice President
Joe Biden arrived in Ireland for a six-day visit with his brother and sister, daughter, and five grandchildren. His itinerary included visits to his ancestral counties of
Louth and
Mayo, the neolithic monument at
Newgrange in
County Meath, and engagements in
Dublin including meeting President
Michael D. Higgins and Taoiseach
Enda Kenny. Biden visited Ireland a number of times previously in a private capacity.[7]
17 April –
Ellis O'Reilly becomes the first female gymnast to qualify for an Olympics representing Ireland.[17][18]
22 June – golfer
Rory McIlroy announces his withdrawal from the Olympics.[19]
23 June – golfer
Graeme McDowell announces his withdrawal from the Olympics, citing the expected birth of his second child.[20]
28 June – golfer
Shane Lowry announces his withdrawal from the Olympics.[21]
Event
4 August – the Irish Examiner reports that an Irish male boxer tested positive for a banned substance on the eve of the Olympics.[22] He is later named as
Michael O'Reilly.[23] O'Reilly becomes the first athlete to test positive for drugs at the 2016 Olympics.[24]
7 August – Michael O'Reilly's legal team announces it is to officially appeal the boxer's proposed suspension following a failed drug test.[25]
8 August – boxing captain
Paddy Barnes, who medalled at the previous two Olympics, loses his opening bout to a Spaniard in a shock result.[26]
9 August – boxer Michael O'Reilly is ruled out of the Olympics after announcing he is no longer contesting his proposed suspension and admitting to taking a supplement that may have contained a banned substance.[27][28]
14 August –
Minister for Transport, Tourism and SportShane Ross flies to Rio de Janeiro to meet with OCI president Pat Hickey in a bid to have Hickey permit an independent member be included on the OCI's own inquiry into the ticketing fiasco.[29][30]
15 August – defending lightweight champion
Katie Taylor loses her Olympic crown to a Finn in her opening bout.[31]
16 August – boxer
Michael Conlan, a favourite for the gold medal, loses his opening bout to a Russian in contentious circumstances.[32]
17 August – OCI president
Pat Hickey is arrested naked in a hotel room in Rio de Janeiro and charged with three crimes.[citation needed]
21 August – the 2016 Summer Olympics concludes, as more IOC officials are sought by Brazilian police and the organisation's former president remains locked up in a Rio de Janeiro jail.[35][36]
6 May – The
32nd Dáil elected a Taoiseach and a new Cabinet was announced.
9 May – A gathering of naturists at
Curracloe Strand,
County Wexford was criticised by the Mayor of
Wexford, councillor Ger Carthy. The Irish Naturist Association stated that no-one asked the men and women to leave.[5]
13 June – The
Ireland football team played their first match, against
Sweden, at the
Euro 2016 football competition.[6]
21 June – The US Vice President
Joe Biden arrived in Ireland for a six-day visit with his brother and sister, daughter, and five grandchildren. His itinerary included visits to his ancestral counties of
Louth and
Mayo, the neolithic monument at
Newgrange in
County Meath, and engagements in
Dublin including meeting President
Michael D. Higgins and Taoiseach
Enda Kenny. Biden visited Ireland a number of times previously in a private capacity.[7]
17 April –
Ellis O'Reilly becomes the first female gymnast to qualify for an Olympics representing Ireland.[17][18]
22 June – golfer
Rory McIlroy announces his withdrawal from the Olympics.[19]
23 June – golfer
Graeme McDowell announces his withdrawal from the Olympics, citing the expected birth of his second child.[20]
28 June – golfer
Shane Lowry announces his withdrawal from the Olympics.[21]
Event
4 August – the Irish Examiner reports that an Irish male boxer tested positive for a banned substance on the eve of the Olympics.[22] He is later named as
Michael O'Reilly.[23] O'Reilly becomes the first athlete to test positive for drugs at the 2016 Olympics.[24]
7 August – Michael O'Reilly's legal team announces it is to officially appeal the boxer's proposed suspension following a failed drug test.[25]
8 August – boxing captain
Paddy Barnes, who medalled at the previous two Olympics, loses his opening bout to a Spaniard in a shock result.[26]
9 August – boxer Michael O'Reilly is ruled out of the Olympics after announcing he is no longer contesting his proposed suspension and admitting to taking a supplement that may have contained a banned substance.[27][28]
14 August –
Minister for Transport, Tourism and SportShane Ross flies to Rio de Janeiro to meet with OCI president Pat Hickey in a bid to have Hickey permit an independent member be included on the OCI's own inquiry into the ticketing fiasco.[29][30]
15 August – defending lightweight champion
Katie Taylor loses her Olympic crown to a Finn in her opening bout.[31]
16 August – boxer
Michael Conlan, a favourite for the gold medal, loses his opening bout to a Russian in contentious circumstances.[32]
17 August – OCI president
Pat Hickey is arrested naked in a hotel room in Rio de Janeiro and charged with three crimes.[citation needed]
21 August – the 2016 Summer Olympics concludes, as more IOC officials are sought by Brazilian police and the organisation's former president remains locked up in a Rio de Janeiro jail.[35][36]