30 January – Postal workers entered a 20-day
wildcat strike disrupting most of Belfast's delivery service.
25 February –
Rioting took place in
Dublin as
Republican protesters organised counter protests to a "
Love Ulster" (
Unionist) parade in the city, which subsequently became violent.
15 May – The members of the
Northern Ireland Assembly were recalled 3½ years after the assembly was suspended, with a view to electing an executive, and having the suspension lifted.
December –
George Best Memorial Trust launches a fund-raising drive to raise £200,000 in subscriptions to pay for a life-size bronze sculpture of
George Best.[9]
30 January – Postal workers entered a 20-day
wildcat strike disrupting most of Belfast's delivery service.
25 February –
Rioting took place in
Dublin as
Republican protesters organised counter protests to a "
Love Ulster" (
Unionist) parade in the city, which subsequently became violent.
15 May – The members of the
Northern Ireland Assembly were recalled 3½ years after the assembly was suspended, with a view to electing an executive, and having the suspension lifted.
December –
George Best Memorial Trust launches a fund-raising drive to raise £200,000 in subscriptions to pay for a life-size bronze sculpture of
George Best.[9]