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| 1994 |
| | | The IRA declares a cease-fire in Northern Ireland, a gesture followed a month later by Protestant paramilitaries | |
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| 1994 |
| | | Divorce is legalized in the republic of Ireland | |
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| 1994 |
| | | Riverdance, based on traditional Irish step dancing, is presented first as an entertainment in the Eurovision Song Contest | |
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| 1996 |
| | | Irish author Marina Carr's play Portia Coughlin is performed at the Abbey Theatre | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Irish author Martin McDonagh's play The Beauty Queen of Leenane is the first in a trilogy | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Bertie Ahern, leader of Fianna Fáil, becomes the prime minister (Taoiseach) of the republic of Ireland | |
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| 1997 |
| | | The Real IRA, a splinter group of the Provisional IRA, declares its commitment to a continuing campaign of violence | |
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| 1998 |
| | | A proposed referendum on northern Irish issues is accepted by all the relevant political parties in what becomes known as the Good Friday Agreement | |
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| 1998 |
| | | In the referendum to endorse the Good Friday Agreement, the terms are accepted by majorities in both the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland | |
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| 1998 |
| | | The Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble becomes First Minister of the newly convened Northern Ireland Assembly | |
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