2016 in Northern Ireland

Incumbents

• Monarch – Elizabeth II
• First Minister – Peter Robinson, until 11 January; Arlene Foster.
• Deputy First Minister – Martin McGuinness

  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 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
• 12 January – Robert Black, serial killer
• 25 June - Patrick Mayhew, 10th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.