January
|
| Day |
North |
Republic
|
| 1st |
Gardener's
Question Time star John Cushnie dies
Hoax
baby announcement left Van Morrisson 'flabbergasted'
|
Record
drop in road deaths
Gardaí
to interview trucker in DART debacle
|
| 2nd |
Cardinal Daly's body lies in state in Belfast
[Peter] Robinson's 'silence' on Cardinal's death sparks backlash
|
Atheists challenge new blasphemy laws
'Snowed under'
|
| 3rd |
Coldest December since 1981
UVF brothers to turn 'supergrass' in 10-year-old murder case |
State paid out €130m in funding to Travellers
Extra grit imported to treat roads - NRA
|
| 4th |
Gun victim attacked by three men
Faulty computer software could have led to Chinook crash, report claims
|
We're cleaning up our act... but cities are getting dirtier
Family held during Dublin robbery |
| 5th |
Mourners attend Cardinal Daly's funeral
Slips on ice lead to cancelled surgery |
Explosives planted on man to test airport security
Warning of further heavy snowfall
|
| 6th |
Iris Robinson attempted suicide after an affair
Loyalist group UDA decommissions illegal arsenal
|
Cold snap destroys €15m worth of spuds
Severe [snow] disruption to flights, bus services |
| 7th |
Bovine foetus used in attempt infect cattle herd with brucellosis
Peter Robinson back at work after revelations
|
Grit supplies running critically low
Heartache over freak death of backpacker Donal Bolton |
| 8th |
Policeman injured in Randalstown bomb critically ill
Robinson defiant despite pressure |
Irish police discover gun in raid [on dissident republicans]
Baby dies after Lusk incident
|
| 9th |
[Northern Ireland Secretary] Woodward warns [Peter] Robinson crisis must not derail assembly
Iris Robinson thrown out of DUP after Kirk McCambley revelations
|
Decision to close schools [over snowfall] welcomed
Defence Forces to take more active role[in clearing snow and ice from roads] |
| 10th |
[David] Trimble calls on Robinson to go
Northern Ireland Mirror journalist Philip Coburn hurt in Afghan bomb
|
Sinn Féin on attack as councillor quits [in Dublin]
Two dead after gun attack in Dublin city centre
|
| 11th |
Peter Robinson steps aside as NI First Minister [for six weeks]
Gerry Adams rejects 'cover up' claims over suspect brother
|
Four questioned over Dublin double murder
Snow and ice still affecting road conditions |
| 12th |
Sammy Wilson details £367m budget cuts from April
Kidnap gang 'threatened to shoot family'
|
Irish tycoon Bernard McNamara 'has no assets left'
Man abducted in Dublin is freed
|
| 13th |
Inquiry into award of contract to Iris Robinson's lover
DUP turmoil brings little joy to republican streets of Belfast
|
Pony forced onto ice and left to drown
Plane grounded after emergency landing
|
| 14th |
GAA team 'target of bomb attack' in Antrim
NI talks on policing and justice set to continue
|
Irish sailors rescued near Java
Millions flock to famous attraction [Guinness Storehouse]
|
| 15th |
Sinn Féin detail Liam Adams role amid sex abuse claims
Arrests at home of Iris Robinson's lover Kirk McCambley
|
Conjoined twins born to Irish couple
Cancer vaccine programme to go ahead
|
| 16th |
Newry-Larne Irish Cup game abandoned after fighting
Exclusive: Peter Robinson full interview: truth about Iris and me
|
Man held over Finglas ammunition find
Man stabbed to death after row in [Dublin] street |
| 17th |
Acting First Minister Arlene Foster hails positive atmosphere at NI talks
[Peter] Robinson shakes hands with [Martin] McGuinness for the first time
|
Flight of the developers as creditors tighten grip
[Dublin] house targetted in petrol bomb attack |
| 18th |
Man, 29, remanded over Belfast stabbing
Presbyterian Mutual Society savers 'feel forgotten'
|
Probe after man stabbed to death outside his home [in Tipperary]
21% increase in organ donations in 2009
|
| 19th |
DUP and UUP hold secret meetings in England
Church raises £10,000 for Haiti |
Movie star Gabriel Byrne speaks of his boyhood sex abuse anguish
Louk Sorenson claims first Irish grand slam win in open era at Australian Open
|
| 20th |
Gerry Adams anger over Sunday Tribune claims [that he has not done enough to help the victims of sexual abuse]
NI policing devolution talks end
|
Irish government accused of cover-up over bank inquiry
Pope calls all Irish bishops to meeting about child abuse |
| 21st |
Police inquiry into Iris Robinson programme claims
Man shot in leg in raid by gang
|
Cork murder victim was shot once
Boards.ie suffers hacking attack |
| 22nd |
Robert Black denying murder [of Jennifer Cardy]
Solicitor jailed for stealing £480,000 from clients
|
Dublin facing more water cuts
Baby left in Carlow cathedral |
| 23rd |
Sinn Féin discuss talks collapse
Officer arrested over Loughinisland misconduct probe
|
Bank raiders escape with cash in Wicklow
Man injured in Limerick shooting
|
| 24th |
Injured officer Peadar Heffon 'regains consciousness'
Northern Ireland Tories condemn secret talks with Unionists
|
'Guards can't cope as gangs take over'
Man arrested over Galway drugs seizure |
| 25th |
[Gordon] Brown and [Brian] Cowen in NI for emergency justice talks
Gerry Adams and niece Aine Tyrell row over abuse claims
|
Irish public sector workers begin work-to-rule
€300m to be spent fixing water mains |
| 26th |
All-party Northern Ireland crisis talks begin
[David] Cameron's Unionist blunder
|
Dad-of-four dies in horror farm accident
Public sector may face more pay cuts
|
| 27th |
PM Gordon Brown leaves NI without justice deal
Cattle starved to death on Northern Ireland farm
|
Gaming company [GALA] creates 103 Dublin jobs
Angry victims 'appalled' by four-year term for abuser [Edwin Curry]
|
| 28th |
'Legal high' link to gun attack
Orange Order convened 'unionist unity' talks
|
Ireland accused of exposing women to anti-abortion lies
FÁS report reveals serious deficiencies
|
| 29th |
Hopes fading for weekend NI justice transfer deal
Hughes Christenson and Nortel: hundreds of jobs to be lost as US companies withdraw
|
Employee held over Irish Republic's largest bank raid
[Eamonn] Lillis found guilty of manslaughter
|
| 30th |
Armed pair attack couple at home [in Tyrone]
No blueprints from the governments, no sign of a deal... just what is going on at the Northern Ireland talks?
|
Raiders beat diamond dealer with hammer in €1m robbery
Poll shows jump in support for Fianna Fáil
|
| 31st |
Policing and justice progress made - McGuinness
Man threatens staff with sword
|
Funeral for Irish Haiti victim [Andrew Grene]
30km/hr Dublin speed limit extended |