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Lockdown restrictions are relaxed in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales as the number of cases continues to reduce, with non-essential shops, pubs, gyms, restaurants, hairdressers, community centres, libraries, and theme parks permitted to reopen. Domestic holidays are also permitted again in England with members of the same household. A "stay at home" order is ended in Northern Ireland, and secondary school pupils from years 8–11 return to school.
2021-04-12

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

Northern Ireland reports 319 new cases in the past 24 hours, setting a new record for the second consecutive day. The previous record was reported yesterday with 273 cases.
2020-09-26

A 40-year-old haulier from County Armagh, Northern Ireland, pleads guilty in the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales to the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese people, as well as conspiring to assist unlawful immigration.
2020-08-28

Northern Ireland reduces the number of people allowed in outdoor gatherings to 15 people and limits indoor gatherings in private dwellings to six individuals from two households amid a rise in cases.
2020-08-20

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

82 police officers are injured overnight in riots across Northern Ireland, sparked by the annual Orange march through Catholic neighborhoods.
2010-07-13

The Saville Inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday (1972) in Northern Ireland is published, as a result of the longest-running public inquiry in British legal history.
2010-06-15

Bishop of Down and Connor Noel Treanor says at St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast in Northern Ireland that the "crimes and sins of abuse of children and minors by clergy and religious" are "faith-shaking".
2010-04-2

Iris Robinson, the wife of Northern Ireland's First Minister, admits having previously attempted suicide. Her husband Peter Robinson gives an emotional interview in which he speaks of being "deeply hurt" after learning of her extramarital affair.
2010-01-6