2018 in Northern Ireland

Centuries:	20th; 21st;
Decades:	1990s; 2000s; 2010s; 2020s;
See also:	2018 in the United Kingdom; 2018 in Ireland; Other events of 2018; List of years in Northern Ireland;

Events during the year 2018 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

Monarch – Elizabeth II
First Minister – office vacant
Deputy First Minister – office vacant
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – James Brokenshire; (until 8 January), Karen Bradley; (starting 8 January)

15 January – Resignation of Sinn Féin MP, Barry McElduff, which will result in a by-election for West Tyrone[1] on 3 May; the seat is retained by Sinn Féin.
10 October – In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of the U.K. rules the Christian owners of Ashers Baking Co. were not obliged by law to make a cake featuring the words "Support Gay Marriage".[2][3]

4 January – Sitcom Derry Girls, set in the 1990s, premieres on Channel 4 television.[4]
4 April – The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards take place at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.[5]
May – Anna Burns' novel Milkman, set in a fictionalised Belfast during The Troubles, is published; on 16 October it is awarded the Man Booker Prize, making the author its first winner from Northern Ireland.[6]

3 March – Arthur Stewart, footballer (Glentoran, Derby County, Detroit Cougars) (b. 1958)[7]
7 July – William Dunlop, motorcycle racer, collision during practice (b. 1985)[8]
10 July – John Laird, Baron Laird, Unionist politician (b. 1944)[9]
5 September – Robert Coulter, Unionist politician, MLA for Antrim North (1998–2011) (b. 1929)[10]
22 September – Jo Gilbert, film producer (Closing the Ring) and casting director, brain tumour (b. 1955 in England)[11]
4 October – Bertie McMinn, footballer (Distillery, Glenavon, Moyola Park), cancer (b. 1958)[12]
11 October – Jimbo Simpson, UDA paramilitary, lung cancer, 60[13]

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