Deaths
- 31 January - Robert McCartney, victim of murder allegedly carried out by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (born 1971).
- 28 April - Mickey Marley, street entertainer
- 13 August - Robbie Millar, chef and restaurateur (born 1967).
- 19 August - Mo Mowlam, 11th British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
- 26 August - Gerry Fitt, founder of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (born 1926).
- 4 October - Jim Gray, former Ulster Defence Association leader in east Belfast (born 1958).
- 25 November - George Best, former Northern Ireland and Manchester United footballer (born 1946).
- 19 December - Charles Brett, lawyer, journalist, author and founding member of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society (born 1928).
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