2017 in Northern Ireland

Incumbents

• First Minister – Arlene Foster
• deputy First Minister – Martin McGuinness
• Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – James Brokenshire

  Events

• January – The deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness resigns in protest of the handling of the Renewable Heat Incentive scandal.
• 2 March – 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election takes place.
• 8 April – Robin Swann announced as the new Ulster Unionist Party leader.
• 8 June – UK General election takes place.

  The arts

• June – Agreement for filming of Krypton at Belfast Harbour Studios.

  Deaths

• 27 January – Billy Simpson, footballer
• 1 March – P. J. Bradley, politician
• 21 March – Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin politician and presidential candidate, amyloidosis.
• 4 June – Patrick G. Johnston, physician
• 11 June – Alan Campbell, Pentecostal pastor
• 25 June – Robert Overend, farmer, businessman and Unionist politician
• 24 October – Glenn Barr, UDA politician and advocate, member of Northern Ireland Assembly and Constitutional Convention