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1 February – At Stormont, MLAs vote to set a target date for Northern Ireland to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. [11] 4 February – First Minister Paul Givan resigns as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party over disagreements regarding the Northern Ireland Protocol. [12] Sinn Féin call for an early election as a result.
5 May – As polling opens for the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, voters are asked to wear face masks while voting at polling stations. [63] 20 May – Northern Ireland's Department of Health publishes its final set of daily COVID statistics after two years of doing so. 262 positive cases are recorded and no deaths. [64]
18 February – The Strabane transmitter opens, bringing ITV coverage to the west of Northern Ireland for the first time. 1964. Newsview replaces Roundabout as Ulster's regional news programme. 24 February – The Brougher Mountain transmitting station is switched on, bringing BBC Television to the western areas of Northern Ireland. 1965. No ...
3 August – Media Nation 2023, a report published by the UK media watchdog Ofcom, indicates that Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls was the most watched television programme in Northern Ireland during 2022. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where a Channel 4 programme featured in the top ten most watched shows. [48]
Northern Ireland wants to move forward. But 25 years after the Good Friday accord celebrated by Clinton and Biden, many are mired in a painful past.
On 31 December 1961 Ireland's first national television station, Telefís Éireann, was officially launched.A new Television Complex was built at Donnybrook in Dublin and the news service was the first to move in. Charles Mitchel read the first television news bulletin at 18:00 on 1 January 1962.
A Northern Ireland Assembly election will be held to elect 90 members to the Northern Ireland Assembly on or before 6 May 2027.. After the Northern Ireland Assembly election on 5 May 2022, the DUP (the largest unionist party in the legislature) declined to agree on the appointment of Speaker to the Assembly, preventing the formation of an Executive.
25 August – Stormont's economy committee sets 12 September as the launch date for Northern Ireland's High Street voucher scheme. [312] 26 August – With half of patients waiting for a first consultation having waited for longer than a year, Health Minister Robin Swann apologises for the length of waiting lists in Northern Ireland. [313]