24 January - The international body proposes six principles of democracy and non-violence ('the Mitchell principles') as conditions for entry to all-party talks in Northern Ireland.
7–11 July - Drumcree conflict: A standoff over the annual Orange Order parade at Drumcree leads to rioting here and elsewhere in Northern Ireland.[1] There are two related deaths and around 150 injuries.
20 April - Robert Dunlop, after an accident in 1994, returns to race in the Cookstown 100, taking ninth place in the 125cc race won by brother, Joey Dunlop.
Births
15 February - Blue Hydrangea (Joshua Cargill), drag queen
↑ Deane, Seamus (1996). Reading in the Dark. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. pp.3, 240.
↑ "Eureka Street and me: Robert McLiam Wilson has put a lot of himself into Eureka Street, his novel and now TV drama". Evening Standard. London. 1999-09-08.
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