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Events from the year 2024 in Northern Ireland.

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Events

January

  • 1 January – Figures released by the Police Service of Northern Ireland show there were a total of 71 deaths on Northern Ireland's roads during 2023, the highest number for eight years.[2]
  • 2 January – Provisional data released by the Met Office indicates 2023 was the second warmest year on record in the UK behind 2022, with Wales and Northern Ireland experiencing their warmest year on record during 2023.[3]
  • 8 January –
    • The High Court in Belfast dismisses a libel case brought against writer Malachi O'Doherty by Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly over two radio interviews during which O'Doherty claimed Kelly had shot a prison officer during the 1983 Maze Prison escape. Kelly was tried and acquitted for the shooting in 1987, and has always denied responsibility, although the officer concerned has claimed Kelly fired the shot.[4]
    • The junior doctors' union, the Northern Ireland Junior Doctor Committee, is to ballot its members on industrial action over pay, which is significantly lower than that for junior doctors in England, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland.[5]
  • 14 January – Gerry Murphy of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) tells BBC News NI's Sunday Politics that it will evaluate next steps after a one-day strike planned across several sectors on 18 January, although such action is not endorsed by major unions involved in the dispute.[6]
  • 15 January – Road gritters belonging to the GMB and Unite unions announce a week-long strike from Thursday 18 January, coinciding with a period of cold weather and snow in Northern Ireland.[7]
  • 17 January – The current session of the 7th Northern Ireland Assembly is suspended following the failure of Democratic Unionist Party to support nominations to elect Mike Nesbitt (UUP) or Patsy McGlone (SDLP) to the role of Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.[8]
  • 18 January – Nurses belonging to the Royal College of Nursing are scheduled to stage a one-day strike in Northern Ireland over pay.[9]

Scheduled events

Holidays

Source:[11][12][13]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Damien Edgar & Eimear Flanagan (3 February 2022). "DUP: NI First Minister Paul Givan announces resignation". BBC News. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "NI's road death figures for 2023 'simply horrific'". BBC News. BBC. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Stallard, Emma (2 January 2024). "UK weather: 2023 was second warmest year ever, says Met Office". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  4. ↑ O'Neill, Julian (8 January 2024). "Gerry Kelly libel case against journalist thrown out". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  5. ↑ Connolly, Marie-Louise (8 January 2024). "Junior doctors in NI balloted for first time over pay". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Public sector strike: Civil disobedience call 'not endorsed by all unions'". BBC News. BBC. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Snow and ice: NI road gritters to take week-long strike action". BBC News. BBC. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Bid to elect Northern Ireland Assembly speaker fails after Stormont recall". ITV Ulster. 17 January 2024.
  9. ↑ Connolly, Marie-Louise (5 January 2024). "Northern Ireland nurses to strike on 18 January". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "2024 Provincial Football Championships draw". GAA. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Northern Ireland Bank Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Bank Holidays in Ireland 2024". BankHolidays.ie. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "UK bank holidays". UK Government. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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