Sources: BBC
First Minister Arlene Foster announces a "circuit breaker" lockdown in Northern Ireland effective October 16. Pubs and restaurants will have to shut down for four weeks unless they offer a takeaway service, and schools will close for two weeks until November 2. Meanwhile, places of worship, shops, and gyms can stay open. 2020-10-14
Police discover 39 bodies inside a lorry container in Grays, Essex, UK. They had been transported from Zeebrugge, across the English Channel to Purfleet. The driver, a man from Northern Ireland, is arrested. 2019-10-23
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
Prime Minister David Cameron tells the House of Commons that legal experts advise that the UK-wide Brexit result binds the entire nation, even though Northern Ireland and Scotland voted to stay in the EU. Yesterday, both Scottish and Northern Irish representatives told the European Parliament's plenary session they will leave the UK if that is the required price to keep their homelands fully connected to Europe. 2016-06-29
Thousands of homes in Scotland and Northern Ireland are without electricity and many roads are closed after snowfall and strong winds hit over the weekend. 2013-03-25
The Marie Stopes organisation is to open the first private clinic to offer abortions to women in Northern Ireland from 18 October. 2012-10-11
Irish republican dissidents have issued a bomb threat for London, the first coded warning outside Northern Ireland in 10 years, officials have said. 2011-05-16
Severe gales batter large parts of England, Northern Ireland and Wales with some bridges being closed. 2010-11-11
A car bomb explodes in Derry, Northern Ireland, injuring no one. 2010-08-3
A car bomb explodes outside a police station in Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. 2010-04-23