deputy-President, F. W. de Klerk, addressed a Forum for Peace and Reconciliation at Dublin Castle. 24 November – In the divorce referendum, citizens voted narrowly to allow divorce. 26 November – A recount of the divorce referendum confirmed the result. 30 November – American President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary spent the day in Northern Ireland. 1 December – 80,000 people cheered Bill Clinton at College Green in Dublin. Afterwards he attended a state dinner at Dublin Castle. 12 December – Plans for a £200 million light rail transit system in Dublin were announced. Eventually to be called Luas, it was to connect the city centre with Sandyford, Tallaght and Ballymun. 16 December – A tribunal was established to compensate victims of Hepatitis C. 21 December – Jack Charlton retired as manager of the Irish football team. Arts and literature 24 January – The Chieftains' album The Long Black Veil was released. It included collaborations with Van Morrison (on "Have I Told You Lately") and Sinéad O'Connor (on folk songs including "He Moved Through the Fair"). 21 April – Sitcom Father Ted, written by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan and starring Dermot Morgan and Ardal O'Hanlon, first aired on Channel 4 television in the United Kingdom. 2–23 May – Historical mini-series The Hanging Gale premiered on RTÉ One television. 13 May – Ireland staged the Eurovision Song Contest. 5 October – Poet Seamus Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Sebastian Barry's play The Steward of Christendom was produced for the first time. Phil Coulter wrote the anthem "Ireland's Call" to a commission from the Irish Rugby Football Union. Emma Donoghue's novel Hood was published. Anne Enright's first novel The Wig My Father Wore was published. Marian Keyes' first novel Watermelon was published. Patrick McCabe's novel The Dead School was published. Rachel Joynt and Remco de Fouw's sculpture Perpetual Motion was installed on the Naas by-pass. Sport Association football 15 February – A match between Ireland and England was abandoned in the first half after some of the England fans ripped out seating in the West Stand of Lansdowne Road stadium and hurled it onto the pitch. Ireland had been leading 1–0 before the match was stopped. Boxing 9 September – Steve Collins, "The Celtic Warrior", successfully defended his World Boxing Organization super middleweight title against Chris Eubank at the Green Glens Arena, Millstreet, County Cork. Gaelic football