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Ireland uses Irish Standard Time (IST, UTC+01:00; Irish: Am Caighdeánach Éireannach) in the summer months and Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+00:00; Irish: Meán-Am Greenwich) in the winter period. [1] Roughly two-thirds of the Republic is located west of the 7.5°W meridian. Thus the local mean time in most of Ireland is closer to UTC-01:00 time ...
An Act to provide for the time in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man being in advance of Greenwich mean time during a certain period of the year. Citation: 12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 22: Dates; Royal assent: 20 July 1922: Other legislation; Repealed by: Summer Time Act 1972
Ulster opens a second studio at its Havelock House, Belfast base. 17 September – Today in Northern Ireland is replaced by a 20-minute programme called Six O'Clock. [3] 1963. 18 February – The Strabane transmitter opens, bringing ITV coverage to the west of Northern Ireland for the first time. 1964
Northern Ireland ran out 2-0 winners in the reverse fixture, and though they may be away this time round, expect them to beat a team with just two points so far this campaign. Luxembourg 0-2 ...
BBC Northern Ireland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Northern Ireland. It is widely available across both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland . BBC Northern Ireland is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions , BBC Scotland and BBC Cymru Wales .
From the late 19th century, the majority of people living in Ireland wanted the British government to grant some form of self-rule to Ireland. The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) sometimes held the balance of power in the House of Commons in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a position from which it sought to gain Home Rule, which would have given Ireland autonomy in internal affairs ...
The Dundrod Circuit (Irish: Dún dTrod) in Co Antrim, first used in 1950 for the RAC Tourist Trophy automobile race and the Formula One (non-championship) Ulster Trophy (1950–1953), was 7.416 mi (11.935 km) in length and later amended for the 1965 racing season to 7.401 mi (11.911 km) with the addition of the Lindsay Hairpin.
The pro-Union community in Northern Ireland oppose the Protocol and the checks on goods arriving into ports as having created a border between the region and the rest of the UK.