Events during the year 2016 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents First Minister - Peter Robinson deputy First Minister - Martin McGuiness Secretary of State - Theresa Villiers (until 14 July), James Brokenshire (from 14 July)
Events
11 January – Arlene Foster becomes the first women to lead the Democratic Unionist Party and becomes Northern Ireland's first woman First Minister. 8 March – Austins (department store) in Derry closes suddenly after 186 years' trading. 5 May – 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election. There is no significant change to the position of the main parties. 4 October – Flights are disrupted at Belfast International Airport after a freight plane gets stuck on the runway.
The arts
Sports
Deaths
7 January – Paddy Doherty, activist (born 1926) 12 January – Robert Black, serial killer (born 1947 in Scotland) 25 June - Patrick Mayhew, 10th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (born 1929).
See also 2016 in England 2016 in Scotland 2016 in Wales
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