had yet to make a profit. 20 October – Polling took place in the Northern Ireland Assembly election. Sinn Féin won its first five seats in the Assembly, with Gerry Adams representing Belfast West. 27 October – Pte Michael McAleavey, an Irish Army soldier on service with UNIFIL in South Lebanon, murdered three of his colleagues: Pte Peter Burke, Pte Thomas Murphy, and Cpl Gary Morrow. 1 November - A newly-designed £50 note was launched featuring a portrait of musician Turlough O'Carolan. 2 November – Former leader of the Labour Party, Michael O'Leary, joined the Fine Gael Party. 4 November – The government lost a confidence motion in the Dáil by 82 votes to 80. President Hillery dissolved the 23rd Dáil. 24 November – General election: Fine Gael was the largest party. 1 December – Grafton Street in Dublin officially became a pedestrianised street. 6 December – Ballykelly disco bombing: The Irish National Liberation Army killed 17 people in a bomb attack at the Droppin Well Inn, Ballykelly, County Londonderry. 14 December – The 24th Dáil assembled; Garret FitzGerald was elected Taoiseach. Undated event: Rice Bridge replaced Redmond Bridge in Waterford City. Arts and literature 11 March – Frank McGuinness's first play, The Factory Girls, set in a Donegal shirt factory, was premiered on the Abbey Theatre's Peacock stage in Dublin. 22 April – Graham Reid's play The Hidden Curriculum, set in West Belfast, was premiered on the Peacock Stage of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. 16 June (Bloomsday) – Ulysses broadcast: RTÉ Radio transmitted an uninterrupted, unabridged, 30-hour dramatised performance of James Joyce's novel Ulysses to mark the centenary of the author's birth. The marathon broadcast won a Jacob's Award. 24 July – The second Slane Concert took place with The Rolling Stones, The J. Geils Band, The Chieftains, and George Thorogood and the Destroyers playing at Slane Castle. September – Medbh McGuckian was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, with a special prize to Seán Ó Tuama and Thomas Kinsella for An Duanaire / Poems of the Dispossessed. McGuckian's poetry collection The Flower Master was published this year. Maeve Binchy's first novel Light a Penny Candle was published. Unlicensed operator Radio Nova began broadcasting in Dublin. Sport Gaelic football Kerry were denied a fifth consecutive All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title by Offaly in a famous final. Golf The Irish Open was won by Irishman John O'Leary. Hurling