9 January –
Holy Cross dispute: Confrontations outside Holy Cross Primary School, a
Roman Catholic girls' school in the largely
ProtestantArdoyne district, during the afternoon school run, explode into widespread sectarian rioting which spreads across north
Belfast and continues on 10 January, when the school is closed.[1]
4 October – "
Stormontgate":
Denis Donaldson,
Sinn Féin’s Northern Ireland Assembly group administrator, and two others are arrested for intelligence-gathering.[8]
14 October – The
Northern Ireland Assembly and the Executive are suspended by order of the Secretary of State.[9]
9 January –
Holy Cross dispute: Confrontations outside Holy Cross Primary School, a
Roman Catholic girls' school in the largely
ProtestantArdoyne district, during the afternoon school run, explode into widespread sectarian rioting which spreads across north
Belfast and continues on 10 January, when the school is closed.[1]
4 October – "
Stormontgate":
Denis Donaldson,
Sinn Féin’s Northern Ireland Assembly group administrator, and two others are arrested for intelligence-gathering.[8]
14 October – The
Northern Ireland Assembly and the Executive are suspended by order of the Secretary of State.[9]