2020 in Northern Ireland
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Events from the year 2020 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
- First Minister of Northern Ireland – Arlene Foster
- Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland - Michelle O'Neill
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Julian Smith (24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020), Brandon Lewis (13 February 2020-)
Events
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January
- 9 January – The UK and Irish governments publish a deal aimed at restoring the Northern Ireland Executive; the Democratic Unionist Party gives its backing to the agreement.[1]
- 10 January – Sinn Féin gives its backing to a deal to restore power-sharing government to Northern Ireland for the first time since 2017.[2]
- 11 January – The Northern Ireland Assembly reconvenes after a three-year hiatus; DUP leader Arlene Foster is appointed Northern Ireland's first minister, while Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill is appointed deputy first minister.[3]
- 13 January – Same-sex marriage is legalised in Northern Ireland.[4]
February
- 5 February - the PSNI found a Continuity Irish Republican Army bomb in a lorry in Lurgan, County Armagh.
- 11 February – The first same-sex marriage ceremony to be held in Northern Ireland takes place at a hotel in Carrickfergus, County Antrim.[5]
- 27 February – Authorities confirm the first case of coronavirus in Northern Ireland.[6]
Sport
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Deaths
- 9 January – Jimmy Shields, football player (b. 1931)[7]
- 24 January – Seamus Mallon, Gaelic footballer and politician (b. 1936)[8]
- 14 February – Godfrey O'Donnell, priest[9]
- 16 February – Harry Gregg, football player, Munich air disaster survivor (b. 1932)[10]
- 13 March – Ivan Davis, politician (b. 1937)[11]
- 17 March – Betty Williams, political activist (b. 1943)[12]
- 3 August – John Hume, politician (b. 1937)[13]
See also
- 2020 in politics and government
- 2020 in the United Kingdom
- History of Northern Ireland
- List of years in Northern Ireland
Specific issues
External links
General news sites
Articles
- Stormont talks: DUP says discussions are at a 'critical moment', bbc, January 9, 2020.
- Stormont talks: Draft deal to break deadlock published, Jan 9, 2020, bbc.
- DUP leader says draft deal 'not perfect', Jan 9, 2020. bbc.
References
- ^ Madden, Andrew (9 January 2020). "DUP accept governments' draft agreement to restore Stormont, Sinn Fein 'studying' text". Belfast Telegraph. Independent News and Media. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Sinn Féin agrees to rejoin NI government after deal". BBC News. BBC. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Stormont deal: Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill new top NI ministers". BBC News. BBC. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Same-sex marriage now legal in Northern Ireland". BBC News. BBC. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Same-sex marriage: Couple make history as first in NI". BBC News. BBC. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Northern Ireland diagnoses first coronavirus case". BBC News. BBC. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Jimmy Shields: An appreciation". Southampton FC.
- ^ "Former NI deputy first minister Seamus Mallon dies". 24 January 2020 – via www.rte.ie.
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- ^ Sport, Telegraph (17 February 2020). "Harry Gregg, former Manchester United goalkeeper and Munich air disaster hero, dies aged 87" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Ivan Davis: Tributes pour in for 'man of the people'". www.newsletter.co.uk.
- ^ "Tributes pour in as Nobel Prize winner and 'a true soldier of peace' Betty Williams dies at 76" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Former SDLP leader and Nobel laureate John Hume dies". Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.