The following is a list of the IRMA's number-one singles of 1996.
Dates given are the Saturday of publication.
Issue date Song ArtistRef. 5 January "Father and Son" Boyzone 12 January "Jesus to a Child" George Michael 19 January "Spaceman" Babylon Zoo 26 January 2 February 9 February 16 February 23 February "Don't Look Back in Anger" Oasis 1 March "How Deep Is Your Love" Take That 8 March 15 March 22 March "Aon Focal Eile" Richie Kavanagh 29 March 5 April 12 April 19 April 26 April 3 May 10 May "Man Utd Man" Men Utd 17 May 24 May 31 May 7 June "Nobody Knows" The Tony Rich Project 14 June "Killing Me Softly" The Fugees 21 June 28 June 5 July 12 July 19 July 26 July 2 August "Lemon Tree" Fool's Garden 9 August "Wannabe" Spice Girls 16 August 23 August 30 August 6 September The Hurling Songs (EP) The Wild Swans 13 September 20 September "How Bizarre" OMC 27 September 4 October 11 October "Words" Boyzone 18 October 25 October 1 November 8 November 15 November "Rat Trap" Dustin & Bob Geldof 22 November 29 November 6 December "Breathe" The Prodigy 13 December 20 December "2 Become 1" Spice Girls 27 December
See also 1996 in music List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
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