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"What we plant now, we must be ready to harvest, not for the DUP, but for Northern Ireland. The work has already started and will continue in the weeks ahead," he will say. "The opportunity is ...
1. Results by constituencies. The 2024 general election in Northern Ireland was held on 4 July 2024, with all 18 Northern Irish seats in the House of Commons contested. The general election occurred after the recently completed constituency boundaries review.
On the evening of 22 February 2023, two gunmen shot and wounded off-duty Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell of the Police Service of Northern Ireland in Omagh, Northern Ireland. The gunmen are believed to have been linked to the New Irish Republican Army. [1][2] Fifteen people were detained in connection with the shooting, [3] and by ...
10 December – As Northern Ireland nears the end of its latest lockdown, ministers urge people not to "get caught up in the Christmas spirit" and to behave sensibly. [250] 11 December – Non-essential retailers, and restaurants, cafes and other venues serving food are permitted to reopen as Northern Ireland's latest lockdown ends. [251]
19 June – Northern Ireland Education Minister Peter Weir confirms the Northern Ireland Executive have agreed to extend the country's free meals scheme to cover the summer holidays. [ 39 ] 20 June – *Northern Ireland records one death in the most recent 24 hour period, but no new cases of COVID-19 for the first time since March.
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]
On 16 October, Northern Ireland went into an eight-week lockdown, although schools remained open, and some restrictions were eased for one week. The lockdown was mostly lifted on 11 December. Following a brief easing of restrictions at Christmas, another lockdown was imposed on 26 December, including schools, as the positivity rate rose sharply.
Politics of Northern Ireland. Since 1998, Northern Ireland has devolved government within the United Kingdom. The government and Parliament of the United Kingdom are responsible for reserved and excepted matters. Reserved matters are a list of policy areas (such as civil aviation, units of measurement, and human genetics), which the Westminster ...