2016_in_Northern_Ireland
2016 in Northern Ireland
List of events
Events during the year 2016 in Northern Ireland.
- First Minister - Peter Robinson
- deputy First Minister - Martin McGuiness
- Secretary of State - Theresa Villiers (until 14 July), James Brokenshire (from 14 July)
- 11 January – Arlene Foster becomes the first women to lead the Democratic Unionist Party and becomes Northern Ireland's first woman First Minister.[1]
- 8 March – Austins (department store) in Derry closes suddenly after 186 years' trading.[2]
- 5 May – 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election. There is no significant change to the position of the main parties.
- 4 October – Flights are disrupted at Belfast International Airport after a freight plane gets stuck on the runway.[3]
- 7 January – Paddy Doherty, activist (born 1926)[4]
- 12 January – Robert Black, serial killer (born 1947 in Scotland)[5]
- 25 June - Patrick Mayhew, 10th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (born 1929).[6]
- "Arlene Foster is first woman elected as leader of DUP". BBC News. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- Allan, Claire (8 March 2016). "Austins: Jobs fear as Ireland's oldest department store closes its doors". Derry Journal. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- "Belfast International Airport: Flights to start arriving but disruption remains". BBC News. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- "Derry civil rights activist Paddy 'Bogside' Doherty dies". The Irish Times. Dublin. 7 February 2016.
- McAleese, Deborah (30 January 2016). "World exclusive: Serial killer Robert Black's unclaimed remains cremated in secret Belfast funeral". Belfast Telegraph.
- "Former NI Secretary Lord Mayhew dies, aged 86". BBC News. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.