Events during the year 2014 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents First Minister - Peter Robinson Deputy First Minister - Martin McGuiness Secretary of State - Theresa Villiers
Events
January
1 January – New Year's Day (public holiday).All Holidays for 2014 Bank Holiday Dates for Northern Ireland. Retrieved: 2013-12-06. 24 January – Amnesty Northern Ireland condemned as "utterly unjustified" and an "interference with freedom of speech and artistic expression" the cancellation of a comedy play by the Reduced Shakespeare Company called The Bible: The Complete Word Of God (Abridged) due to be performed in the Theatre at the Mill in Newtownabbey because of blasphemy alleged by the borough council led by the Democratic Unionist Party.Cancellation of 'blasphemous' play interferes with freedom of speech: Amnesty International Irish Independent, 2014-01-24.
February
12 February – A Police Service of Northern Ireland vehicle crossed the border into County Donegal, leading to a Police Service investigation.‘International incident’ as PSNI Land Rover ends up in Donegal 2014-02-12.
March
17 March – Saint Patrick's Day (public holiday). 30 March – Mothering Sunday. Clocks went forward one hour when British Summer Time (BST) began.
April
18 April – Good Friday (public holiday). 21 April – Easter Monday (public holiday). 30 April – Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams was arrested and questioned by serious crime detectives at Antrim police station about the murder of Jean McConville in 1972.Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams held over 1972 Jean McConville killing The Guardian, 2014-04-30.
May
4 May – Gerry Adams was released without charge after four days in police custody. It was decided to send a file to the Public Prosecution Service, which would decide if criminal charges should be brought.Shadow of Jean McConville murder still hangs over Gerry Adams and Sinn Fein Irish Independent, 2014-05-05. 5 May – May Day and Labour Day (public holiday). 9 May – The Giro d'Italia cycle race started in Belfast. 26 May – Spring public holiday.
June
15 June – Father's Day.
July
1 July – A Ku Klux Klan flag was taken down from a lamppost in Ballymacarrett in East Belfast. Its erection was condemned by politicians from a variety of political parties.Irish Ku Klux Klan flag perpetrator branded an 'idiot' by minister Irish Independent, 2014-07-02. 12 July – Orangeman's Day (public holiday). Marching season culminates in The Twelfth celebration of the Glorious Revolution and the Battle of the Boyne.
August
25 August – August public holiday.
October
26 October – Clocks go back one hour when British Summer Time (BST) ends. 31 October – Hallowe'en.
December
23 December - David Cameron agreed to a subsidy of £2 billion to help preserve local welfare budgets. President Barack Obama congratulated ' ..all the leaders involved who, once again, have shown that when there is a will and the courage to overcome the issues that have divided the people of Northern Ireland, there is a way to succeed for the benefit of all. ' 25 December – Christmas Day (public holiday). 26 December – Boxing Day (public holiday).
Sports
Association football
January – Football League Cup final.
Deaths
12 May — Hugh Smyth, 73, Lord Mayor of Belfast 12 September — Ian Paisley, former First Minister and founder of the DUP
See also 2014 in England 2014 in Scotland 2014 in Wales
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