1998 in Northern Ireland

none 1998 Events during the year 1998 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents First Minister - David Trimble (from 1 July) Deputy First Minister - Seamus Mallon (from 1 July) Secretary of State - Mo Mowlam Events 9 January - British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam, visits loyalist prisoners in the Maze prison. Afterward loyalists agree to attend the Stormont talks.Archer Bimpe 2018-01-10 Anniversary of day Mo Mowlam visited the Maze to persuade prisoners to try peace http://www.irishnews.com/news/2018/01/10/news/the-day-mo-mowlam-visited-the-maze-to-keep-loyalist-prisoners-talking-peace-1228595/ 2021-08-08 The Irish News en 20 February - Sinn Féin is excluded from the Northern Ireland talks for two weeks. Protests in Belfast follow.BBC News UK Sinn Fein suspended from peace talks https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/58536.stm 2021-08-08 news.bbc.co.uk 10 April (Good Friday) - The British and Irish governments and all the political parties in the Northern Ireland (except the Democratic Unionist Party) sign the Belfast Agreement.The Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly Education Service https://education.niassembly.gov.uk/post_16/snapshots_of_devolution/gfa#:~:text=The%20Belfast%20Agreement%20is%20also,Northern%20Ireland%20should%20be%20governed. 2021-08-08 education.niassembly.gov.ukFenton Siobhan https://books.google.com/books?id=SWJSDwAAQBAJ&dq=good+friday+agreement&pg=PT3 The Good Friday Agreement 2018-05-24 Biteback Publishing 978-1-78590-382-3 enMorrissey M. https://pure.aber.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/northern-ireland-after-the-good-friday-agreement-victims-grievance-and-blame(107181de-0ad0-4a51-9644-309b4f7454d9).html Northern Ireland After the Good Friday Agreement: Victims, Grievance and Blame Smyth Marie Breen 2002 Pluto Press 978-0-7453-1673-4 English 19 May - John Hume and David Trimble join U2 on stage in Belfast as they make a direct appeal to young voters in Northern Ireland to vote 'yes' in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement.Tannam Etain Explaining the Good Friday Agreement: A Learning Process Government and Opposition October 2001 36 4 493–518 10.1111/1477-7053.00078 145060015 22 May - The Belfast Agreement is endorsed in a referendum by people north and south of the border.The Belfast Agreement https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/frdint22&div=43&g_sent=1&casa_token= 2021-08-08 heinonline.org 25 June - The people of Northern Ireland go to the polls to elect a new Assembly. June - Crumlin Road Courthouse is closed and the site is eventually sold to a private developer.UAH calls for Stormont to repossess Crumlin Road Courthouse https://www.ulsterarchitecturalheritage.org.uk/news/uah-calls-for-stormont-to-repossess-crumlin-road-courthouse/ 2021-08-08 UAH en 1 July - The new Northern Ireland Assembly first meets, in "shadow" form; Reg Empey and Seamus Mallon are elected First Minister and deputy First Minister respectively. 12 July - Drumcree conflict: Three young children are killed in a loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force arson attack in Ballymoney.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/12/newsid_2500000/2500503.stm 1998: Children die in Drumcree protests BBC News 2008-02-13 12 July 1998 https://web.archive.org/web/20080307121057/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/12/newsid_2500000/2500503.stm 7 March 2008 live 15 August - Omagh bombing: 29 people die in a car bomb explosion near the centre of Omagh, County Tyrone, caused by the Real Irish Republican Army.Collins Sean What about us? The psychological implications of dealing with trauma following the Omagh bombing Emergency Nurse March 2001 8 10 9–13 10.7748/en.8.10.9.s13 218277646 11935824 3 September - Bill Clinton, President of the United States, visits Omagh and views the bomb damage.Edwards Ruth Dudley https://books.google.com/books?id=IWXsQF0rab0C&dq=omagh+bombing+bill+clinton&pg=PT1 Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing and the Families' Pursuit of Justice 2013-09-30 Random House 978-1-4464-8578-1 en 16 October - John Hume and David Trimble are announced as the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. 6 November - David Trimble returns as First Minister in succession to Reg Empey. 10 December - John Hume and David Trimble are presented with the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway. Arts and literature Malachi O'Doherty's study The Trouble With Guns: Republican Strategy and the Provisional IRA is published. Sport Football Irish League Winners: Cliftonville Irish Cup Winners: Glentoran 1 - 0 Glenavon (after extra time). Motorcycling Robert Dunlop wins the Ultra-Lightweight race at the Isle of Man TT. Deaths 2 September - Jackie Blanchflower, footballer (b.1933). 13 November - Valerie Hobson, actress (b.1917). Full date unknown Sean McAloon, Uilleann piper and pipe maker (b.1923). See also 1998 in England 1998 in Scotland 1998 in Wales References Northern Ireland Category:1998 in Europe