IRISH NEWS

51. On 14 June, Leo Varadkar became Taoiseach. How many Taoisigh have there been before him?

52. Rose of Tralee Jennifer Byrne was a first-time winner for which county?

53. Martin McGuinness, who died on 21 March, was the MP for which constituency between 1997 and 2013?

54. What scandal ultimately brought down the power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland?

55. The economist and public servant TK Whitaker, who died in January, aged 100, was born where?

56. Who headed up the commission of investigation into allegations of a top-level Garda campaign against whistleblowers?

57. A church in which county provided a ‘drive thru’ service on Ash Wednesday for parishioners to receive ashes?

58. The former Bishop of

Galway Eamon Casey, who died in March, was the first chairman of which charitable organisation?

59. Hot Press celebrated its 40th birthday this year. Who appeared on the first cover?

60. Which singing superstar drew crowds of fans to Galway in April as he filmed a new music video?

61. A post office in Kildare became the first in the country to offer what?

62. What kind of snake was found in Co. Meath in July, after being on the loose for a month?

63. The National Lottery turned what age this summer?

64. Which town was judged to be Ireland’s cleanest in this year’s Irish Business Against Litter Survey?

65. Which hotel group ended its sponsorship of George Hook’s Newstalk programme following controversial remarks he made about rape?

66. Which company pulled out of the tender process for the National Broadband Plan?

67. Where in Ireland is Europe’s leading tourist attraction, according to the 2017 World Travel Awards?

68. Proceedings in which court were filmed and broadcast in October for the first time in the history of the State?

69. Who took over Frances Fitzgerald’s Business, Enterprise and Innovation portfolio?

70. The overall winner in the Tidy Towns competition?