43 - 13 England 10 March - Scotland 18 - 19 Ireland 17 March - Italy 24 - 51 Ireland Ireland finished in second position in the Championship after France. 2007 Rugby World Cup Ireland 32 - 17 Namibia Ireland 14 - 10 Georgia Ireland 3 - 25 France Ireland 15 - 30 Argentina Deaths 3 January - Sir Cecil Walker, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Belfast (1983–2001), heart attack. (born 1924) 8 January - David Ervine, leader of the Progressive Unionist Party, heart attack leading to stroke and brain haemorrhage. (born 1953). 8 February - Benedict Kiely, writer, broadcaster and journalist (born 1919). 16 February - Norman Miscampbell, British Conservative Party MP (born 1925). 22 February - Miriam Mone, fashion designer (born 1965). 2 April - Emma Groves, blinded by a rubber bullet in 1971, became a leading campaigner for banning the use of plastic bullets, co-founder of the United Campaign Against Plastic Bullets (born 1920). 12 June - Eamonn Coleman, Gaelic footballer and manager (born 1948). 24 June - Derek Dougan, footballer (born 1938). 1 August - Tommy Makem, folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller (born 1932). 6 September - John Kelly, Sinn Féin Councillor and MLA (born 1936). 30 September - Len Graham, footballer (born 1925). 17 October - Sammy Duddy, member of the Ulster Political Research Group (born 1945). 3 November - Martin Meehan, Sinn Féin politician and former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (born 1945). 13 November - Alec Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh, businessman and politician (born 1920). 31 December - Tommy Dickson, footballer (born 1929). See also 2007 in England 2007 in Scotland 2007 in Wales References