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Northern Ireland reports their first three cases of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa.
2021-02-23

Northern Irish bus manufacturer Wrightbus collapses into administration after buyout talks fail, with 1,200 jobs lost. Local politicians urge action from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who commissioned the so-called "Boris Bus" from the company when he was Mayor of London and previously promised to "do everything we can to ensure the future of" Wrightbus.
2019-09-25

A large wildfire has broken out in Glenshane Pass in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, rapidly growing to cover around one square mile of dry gorse. High temperatures hamper efforts to tackle the wildfire, and firefighters have to be airlifted close to the front line.
2018-06-27

Police investigate the discovery of human excrement in cans of Coca-Cola in a Northern Ireland bottling facility. None of the contaminated product left the facility.
2017-03-28

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and former IRA commander and Sinn Féin deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness shake hands at a historic meeting in Belfast.
2012-06-27

Laurence Mackenzie resigns as chief executive of Northern Ireland Water in response to the organisation's handling of the recent water shortage in Northern Ireland.
2011-01-6

Thousands of homes and businesses in Northern Ireland are without water as melting snow and ice from the recent freezing weather conditions reveals burst pipes. Northern Ireland Water says it is alternating supplies from reservoirs in order to help alleviate the crisis in which some have been without supplies since before Christmas.
2010-12-28

A car bomb explodes outside a police station in Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
2010-04-23

A 250lb car bomb explodes outside a courthouse in Newry, Northern Ireland, the first such bomb to explode in the area since 2000.
2010-02-23

Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Taoiseach Brian Cowen leave Northern Ireland after three days spent discussing its future.
2010-01-27