2019 in Northern Ireland

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Events from the year 2019 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

• First minister of Northern Ireland – Position vacant (since 9 January 2017)
• Deputy first minister of Northern Ireland – Position vacant (since 9 January 2017)
• Secretary of state for Northern Ireland – Karen Bradley

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, 94.[2][3]
• 10 February – Sam McCready, actor, theatre director and playwright, 82.[4][5]

References

1. "Police arrest further two men in connection with Londonderry car bomb attack" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
2. "Padraic Fiacc: Tributes after Belfast poet dies". BBC News. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
3. "Belfast poet Pádraic Fiacc's funeral to be held". The Irish News. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
4. Suzanne Mcgonagle (12 February 2019). "Tributes paid to actor and playwright Sam McCready". The Irish News. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
5. 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.