1989 in Northern Ireland
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1989 in Northern Ireland
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[edit] Events
- January 8 - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes onto the M1 motorway on the approach to East Midlands Airport killing 44 people.
- 12 February - Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane is shot dead by loyalists.
- February 20- IRA bomb the Tern Hill Barracks in Shropshire, injuring 50 soldiers of the Parachute Regiment
- 5 March - Gerry Adams, Sinn Féin, says he wants a non-armed political movement to work for self determination[1].
- March 20- Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan of the Royal Ulster Constabulary are killed by the IRA
- 19 August - 10,000 people march from Dublin city centre to the British Embassy calling for British withdrawal from Northern Ireland.
- September 22- Deal barracks bombing- The IRA bomb the Royal Marine School of Music in Deal, Kent killing 11 soldiers.
- 19 October - Three of the Guildford Four are released in London. Paul Hill is immediately re-arrested.
- 3 November - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Peter Brooke, says the IRA cannot be entirely defeated militarily and talks could follow an end to violence[1].
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
- October 11 - The Republic of Ireland beat Northern Ireland 3–0 in a World Cup Qualifier at Lansdowne Road.
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- Winners: Linfield
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- Winners: Ballymena United 1 - 0 Larne
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- Winners: Derry City
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- Winners: Derry City 0 - 0, 1 - 0 Cork City
[edit] Snooker
- April 3 - Alex Higgins beats Stephen Hendry to win the British Benson and Hedges snooker championship.
[edit] Births
- 1 January - Andrew Simpson, actor.
[edit] Deaths
- January - Jackie Wright, comedian (b.1905).
- 12 February - Pat Finucane, solicitor murdered by loyalist paramilitaries (b.1949).
- 10 August - H. Montgomery Hyde, barrister, author and Ulster Unionist MP (b.1907).
