2016 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 2016 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

11 January Ã¢ÂÂ Arlene Foster becomes the first women to lead the Democratic Unionist Party and becomes Northern Ireland's first woman First Minister.
8 March Ã¢ÂÂ Austins (department store) in Derry closes suddenly after 186 years' trading.
5 May Ã¢ÂÂ 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election. There is no significant change to the position of the main parties.
4 October Ã¢ÂÂ Flights are disrupted at Belfast International Airport after a freight plane gets stuck on the runway.

7 January Ã¢ÂÂ Paddy Doherty, activist (born 1926)
12 January Ã¢ÂÂ Robert Black, serial killer (born 1947 in Scotland)
25 June - Patrick Mayhew, 10th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (born 1929).