Sources: BBC
Rioting takes place in Plymouth and Birmingham, England, while police are attacked with molotov cocktails in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as the number of people arrested rises to 400. 2024-08-5
The European Court of Human Rights announces that the Republic of Ireland has launched legal action against the United Kingdom over a law that gives amnesty to soldiers and militants involved in decades of violence in Northern Ireland. 2024-01-19
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
The family of Pat Finucane, murdered during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, win a declaration from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom that the investigation into his killing was sufficiently ineffective to amount to a failure of the state's obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. The Supreme Court stops short of mandating a public inquiry as requested by the family. Members of the security services are accepted to have colluded with Finucane's murderers, but the scale and nature of collusion is unclear. 2019-02-27
New research has suggested lung cancer patients could benefit from the use of statin drugs. Dr. Chris Cardwell, Ph.D., and researchers at Queens University Belfast in Northern Ireland found lung cancer patients who used statins within a year of diagnosis had a reduced risk of death from the disease, the American Association for Cancer Research reported. To make their finding, the research team looked at data on about 14,000 patients who were newly diagnosed with lung cancer between the years of 1998 and 2009 and were a part of the English cancer registry. 2015-05-2
In Northern Ireland, 15 police officers are injured during rioting at Belfast City Hall following a vote to change Belfast City Council's policy on flying the union flag. 2012-12-4
A photographer is shot during violence in east Belfast in Northern Ireland. 2011-06-22
Severe gales batter large parts of England, Northern Ireland and Wales with some bridges being closed. 2010-11-11
Flights in and out of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are grounded for several hours. 2010-05-4
Almost 25,000 homes remain powerless after part of Northern Ireland's electricity network is knocked out. 2010-04-1