#History - 1986

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#History - 1986

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Polling Day in Ballymun for the dicorce referendum. The resounding no vote left those suffering marital breakdown, estimated at about 80,000, in 'the most horrific hiatus.' File picture:</p>

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Clodagh Finn: Ireland of 1986 felt like an unforgiving, inflexible place for a young female student

Women faced huge social and cultural challenges in Ireland in 1986, particularly when it came to marriage breakdown, single motherhood, and societal attitudes

<p>Gardaí chasing suspects after petrol bombs were launched as Peter Robinson and his supporters marched through Clontibret, Co Monaghan in August, 1986. Picture: Alan Lewis/Photopress Belfast</p>

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1986: Fury over 'invasion' — Loyalist leader held after rally in Clontibret, Co Monaghan

<p>Then finance minister Alan Dukes, taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald, and tánaiste Dick Spring launching the divorce referendum campaign on April 23, 1986. Picture: Independent News And Media/NLI/Getty</p>

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Fergus Finlay: We made a bags of the 1986 divorce referendum

1986 revisited: The 'brutal murder' that shocked Kinsale

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1986 revisited: The 'brutal murder' that shocked Kinsale

Northern Ireland Riots

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Mick Clifford: Nostalgia softens the edges — but 1986 was a hard, cheerless year

Phil Lynott 40 years on: how Thin Lizzy’s frontman became Ireland’s first true rock star

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Phil Lynott 40 years on: how Thin Lizzy’s frontman became Ireland’s first true rock star