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The winter of 2010–11 was a weather event that brought heavy snowfalls, record low temperatures, travel chaos and school disruption to the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. It included the United Kingdom's coldest December since Met Office records began, with a mean temperature of −1 °C (30 °F), breaking the previous record of 0.1 °C ...
Castlederg, in western Northern Ireland, recorded a new record-low temperature of −18 °C (−0.4 °F) on 18 December 2010. [35] The previous Northern Ireland record was −17.5 °C (0.5 °F). The same location then beat this record on the morning of 23 December, reaching −18.7 °C (−1.66 °F). [36]
4 January – Author Maggie O'Farrell, born in Coleraine, wins the 2010 Costa novel award for her novel, The Hand That First Held Mine [10]; 17 April – Epic fantasy television series Game of Thrones, filmed in Belfast and on location elsewhere in Northern Ireland, premieres on HBO in the United States
3 February – Peter Robinson resumes his role as First Minister, but has yet to convince his party to accept a deal. [12]5 February – Justice and policing powers are to be devolved to Northern Ireland's power-sharing government from 12 April 2010 following agreement between Sinn Féin and the DUP, endorsed by the presence of the British and Irish Prime Ministers.
The storm follows the coldest winter in decades to hit the UK and this is the second most severe storm to hit the UK this year, the most severe was the January 6 snowfall in Southern England and South Wales, despite lower snow depth of 40 cm the south is less prepared and has a higher population density than Northern Ireland and Scotland so ...
The winter of 2009–10 in the United Kingdom (also called The Big Freeze of 2010 by British media) was a meteorological event that started on 16 December 2009, as part of the severe winter weather in Europe. January 2010 was provisionally the coldest January since 1987 in the UK. [1]
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Ireland participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Included were Ireland's first bobsleigh team of pilot Aoife Hoey and brakewoman Claire Bergin, as well as Pat Shannon in the Skeleton and three skiers, including Niall O'Connor. [281] Ireland's bobsleigh team faced a legal challenge from Australia who were later added as a 21st team ...