21 May – Justice Minister Alan Shatter apologises to independent deputy Mick Wallace in the Dáil Éireann after he divulged that Wallace had been excused from receiving penalty points for using a mobile phone while driving during a debate about people escaping penalty points on an edition of RTÉ's Prime Time. Shatter had previously admitted receiving his information from Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan but claimed he was not "in the business of collecting secret files on politicians".[17][18] 30 May – Three international deals are announced by Dublin-based Network Ireland Television that will see 50 Irish-made short films aired on television channels in the Americas, Europe and Middle East.[19]