2006 in Northern Ireland
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2006 in Northern Ireland
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[edit] Events
- January 30 - Postal workers enter a 20 day wildcat strike disrupting most of Belfast's delivery service
- February 25 - Rioting in Dublin as Republican protestors condemn the right for a "Love Ulster" (Unionist) parade in the city.
- May 15 The members of the Northern Ireland Assembly are recalled 3 and a half years after the assembly was suspended, with a view to electing an executive, and having the suspension lifted
- May 22 - Belfast City airport is renamed George Best Belfast City Airport on what would have been George Best's 60th birthday.
- July 1 - President Mary McAleese and leading representatives of all political parties in Ireland, north and south, mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme at the National War Memorial, Islandbridge
- 11 October - Multi-party political talks on Northern Ireland held in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, ending on 13 October and resulting in the St Andrews Agreement.
- 18 October - Northern Ireland overtake the Republic of Ireland in the Fifa rankings for the first time. [1]
- 24 November - Loyalist Michael Stone, attempts to bomb the NI Assembly on the first day of the 'transitional assembly' following the St Andrews Agreement and when nominations for first and deputy first minister are due to be made.[2][3]
[edit] Government
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland - Peter Hain
- First Minister - office suspended
- Deputy First Minister - office suspended
[edit] Arts and literature
- Seamus Heaney's poetry collection District and Circle is published and wins the T. S. Eliot Prize.
- In August Seamus Heaney suffers a stroke from which he recovers, but it requires him to cancel all public engagements for several months. [4]
[edit] Sport
[edit] Athletics
- 18 February-19 February - Irish Indoor Athletics Championships, Odyssey Arena, Belfast.
- Northern Ireland compete in the Commonwealth Games claiming two silver medals
[edit] Football
- Northern Ireland 0 - 3 Iceland (2 September)
- Northern Ireland 3 - 2 Spain (6 September)
- Denmark 0 - 0 Northern Ireland (7 October)
- Northern Ireland 1 - 0 Latvia (11 October)
- Other International Matches
- Setanta Cup
- Winners: Drogheda United
- Irish League
- Winners: Linfield F.C.
- FAI Carlsberg Cup
- Winners: Derry City 4 - 3 St Patrick's Athletic (after extra time)
[edit] Gaelic Athletic Association
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- Christy Ring Cup Winners: Antrim
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- Nicky Rackard Cup Winners: Derry
[edit] Golf
Europe won the 2006 Ryder Cup, held in Kildare Golf and Country Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare from the September 22 to the September 24.
[edit] Ice Hockey
- Belfast Giants won the Elite Ice Hockey League championship.
[edit] Motor Cycling
- May 13 - North West 200 2006 motor cycle road racing took place.
[edit] Rugby Union
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- Ireland claim the triple crown
[edit] Deaths
- 5 January - Merlyn Rees 85, third Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
- 8 January- Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, former Labour Party MP and Minister for Sport (b.1943)
- 4 April - Denis Donaldson, 55, former member of Sinn Féin who was exposed in 2005 as an MI5 spy.
- 30 April - Billy McComb, magician and comedian (b.1922).
- 22 May - Richard McIlkenny, one of the Birmingham Six.
- 21 June - Monsignor Denis Faul, 73, PP VF, President St Patricks Academy Dungannon, parish priest of Carrickmore County Tyrone, Northern Ireland civil rights activist, chaplin to prisoners in Maze Prison during 1981 hunger strikes.
- 17 August - Ken Goodall, 59, Irish international rugby player 1967-1970.
- 5 September - Anne Gregg travel writer and TV presenter (b.1940).
- 14 November - John Hallam, actor (b.1941).
[edit] References
- ^ BBC article on Northern Ireland's Ranking
- ^ [1] Stormont attack devices defused(BBC news)
- ^ [2] Ahern welcomes further 'clarity' from Paisley (RTE news)
- ^ Today Programme, BBC Radio 4, 16 January 2007.
