2019 in Northern Ireland
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Events from the year 2019 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
- First minister of Northern Ireland – Vacant
- deputy first minister of Northern Ireland – Vacant
- Secretary of state for Northern Ireland – Karen Bradley (until 24 July), Julian Smith (from 24 July)
Events
- 19 January – car bomb attack at a courthouse in Derry, for which the New IRA are the "main line of enquiry".[1]
- 2 May – Elections in all 11 councils in Northern Ireland.
- 12 December – Northern Ireland's 18 seats in the British House of Commons are contested in the 2019 United Kingdom general election. The results are DUP 8 seats (down 1), Sinn Féin 7 seats (no change), SDLP 2 seats (up 2), and Alliance Party 1 one seat (up 1).
Sport
- July – The Open Championship (golf) held at Royal Portrush Golf Club; winner: Shane Lowry.
Deaths
- 21 January – Padraic Fiacc, poet, (born 1924)[2][3]
- 10 February – Sam McCready, actor, theatre director and playwright, (born 1936)[4][5]
- 18 April – Lyra McKee, journalist (born 1990)[6]
References
- ^ "Police arrest further two men in connection with Londonderry car bomb attack" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Padraic Fiacc: Tributes after Belfast poet dies". BBC News. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Belfast poet Pádraic Fiacc's funeral to be held". The Irish News. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ Suzanne Mcgonagle (12 February 2019). "Tributes paid to actor and playwright Sam McCready". The Irish News. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ Laurence White (12 February 2019). "Sam McCready, doyen of Ulster theatre, dies at the age of 82 in United States". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Obituary: Lyra McKee, journalist who wrote about the troubles in her native Northern Ireland". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
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