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1 January - First freight arrives in Northern Ireland after the Irish Sea Border comes into effect under the Provisions of the Northern Ireland Protocol. [1]5 January - Education Executive announces AQE/GL transfer tests will not go ahead, then AQE announces they will hold one exam in late February, postponed for a second time.
BBC News Northern Ireland reports that plans are being drawn up by health trusts to ensure more urgent cancer treatment is provided in the coming week. [36] Following the cancellation of transfer tests, it is reported that grammar schools in Northern Ireland will not use academic tests to admit pupils in 2021. [37]
2 January – Figures show that COVID cases currently stand at 1,619.8 per 100,00, with the seven day rolling average for the final week of 2021 being above 5,000 daily cases; this is up from 2,000 the previous week. [2] 3 January – Northern Ireland's Public Health Agency reports COVID outbreaks were present in at least 120 care homes over ...
President Biden, in a speech in Belfast last week, hailed the accord’s achievements, but warned that hard work lay ahead to prevent a relapse into violence. “Northern Ireland will not go back ...
15 January – The Chief Medical Officers of Ireland and Northern Ireland Tony Holohan and Michael McBride issued a joint statement urging everyone to stay at home. [37] 16 January Around 1,800 healthcare workers received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at three mass vaccination centres that opened in Dublin, Galway and Portlaoise. [38]
A series of riots in loyalist areas of Northern Ireland began in Waterside, Derry, [b] on 30 March 2021. After four nights of rioting in Derry, [4] [5] disturbances spread to south Belfast on 2 April, where a loyalist protest developed into a riot involving iron bars, bricks, masonry and petrol bombs.
24 February – The Brougher Mountain transmitting station is switched on, bringing BBC Television to the western areas of Northern Ireland. 1965. No events. 1966. 11 June – BBC2 Northern Ireland goes on the air, broadcast only from the Divis transmitter. 1967. No events. 1968. January – Scene Around Six launches on BBC Northern Ireland.
The 2011 census indicated that 48.4% of the population of Northern Ireland was from a Protestant or other Christian background, with 45.1% from a Catholic background, and 7% saying they belonged ...