Sources: BBC
The Northern Ireland Executive issues a stay-at-home order in Northern Ireland, which is currently in the second week of a six-week lockdown, legally enforceable from January 8, in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. 2021-01-5
Restaurants, cafés, non-essential shops, and other venues that serve food, reopen in Northern Ireland after two weeks of lockdown. However, pubs that do not serve food will remain closed. 2020-12-11
A car bomb explodes outside a courthouse in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The bomb exploded as the area was being evacuated, and there were no injuries. Investigations currently point responsibility for the attack towards the New IRA dissident organisation. 2019-01-19
The Supreme Court of the UK dismisses a legal challenge by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission of the restrictive Northern Ireland abortion laws, as the court has no jurisdiction in this specific case. Four of seven judges note that these laws are incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights "in prohibiting abortion in cases of rape and incest and fatal foetal abnormality", a matter of right to respect for private and family life guaranteed by the Convention. 2018-06-7
A total of 56 police officers are injured in Belfast, Northern Ireland after a night of Ulster loyalism rioting. 2013-08-10
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
People are hospitalised after sectarian clashes in East Belfast in Northern Ireland. 2011-06-20
Three Northern Ireland police officers are injured after a bomb is thrown at them while investigating a robbery in West Belfast. 2010-11-6
Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland wins the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. 2010-06-20
A car bomb explodes outside a police station in Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. 2010-04-23