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Domestic career. Iyer made his Twenty20 debut against Railways cricket team at Holkar Stadium in March 2015 and made his List A debut against Saurashtra cricket team at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in December of the same year, while he was pursuing a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
12 January – Ulster Bank announced plans to cut 950 jobs from its Irish operations by the end of the year, with around 600 to be cut in the Republic of Ireland. [8] 13 January – The Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act 2012, drafted after the 2004 death of John Ward, came into effect.
17 June – The Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland was signed into law, repealing the absolute constitutional prohibition of divorce. 26 June – Crime reporter Veronica Guerin was shot dead in her car in Dublin. 4 August – The Proceeds of Crime Act, 1996 was signed into law providing for the seizure of the suspected proceeds ...
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27 March - David Trimble retains leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party at their annual general meeting. 30 June - Northern Ireland population estimated to be 1,710,300, a 4.1% increase over the 1994 figure. [1] 14 September - Belfast-born Mary McAleese announces her intention to run for a second term as President of Ireland in the Republic.
17 July–1 August – Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete at the Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and win 3 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze medals. 21 July – Christopher Ewart-Biggs, new UK ambassador to Ireland, and a civil servant, Judith Cooke, are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army landmine at Sandyford, County Dublin.
25 August – Shamrock Rovers became the first Irish side to reach the group stages of either of the top two European competitions by beating Partizan Belgrade in the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. 24 September – Derry City win the 2011 League of Ireland Cup.
MP's vote 361–245 against the reinstatement of the death penalty, 18 years after its abolition. 15 July – Much of the country embraces a heatwave as temperatures reach 33 °C in London. 16 July – Twenty people are killed in the 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash in the Celtic Sea.