“This year's Irish Championship held in the City Hall, Cork and once again sponsored by I.B.M. Ireland Ltd. resulted in a three-way tie for first between the three highest graded players, the joint holders David Dunne (Dublin) and Philip Short (Cork) and the No. 3 seed John Delaney of Dublin all on seven points from nine games.

Short beat Dunne in Round Seven and going into the last round Short and Delaney had 6½ with Dunne on 6. In the last round Dunne beat Gerry O'Connell (Dublin) while Delaney drew with Alan Ludgate.

Short needed to beat Keith Allen (Belfast) to finish joint winner. The game was a memorable one lasting 13 hours and 52 minutes from 10 in the morning to just before midnight for the 128 moves played before Short was obliged to concede the draw on the 50 move rule in a position where he had King and Queen angainst King and Rook.”

— Jack Killane, Sunday Independent, July 25, 1982 p 20

David Dunne was initially awarded the title and trophy, but in December 1982, the Irish Chess Union upheld an appeal that the wrong tie-break method had been used, and awarded the title instead to John Delaney, for his first Irish championship.