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February 2005 in Britain and Ireland
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==[[February 17]] [[2005]]==
* [[Garda Siochana|Irish police]] arrest four people in [[Cork]] and three in [[Dublin]] in raids concentrating on the financing of the [[Provisional IRA]]. Over 2.3 million [[Pound sterling|pounds sterling]] were seized in Cork, and £60,000 in [[Northern Bank]] notes believed to be from the £26.5 million robbery in [[Belfast]] just before Christmas. Among the people arrested are reported to be a [[Sinn Fein]] councillor and someone working in the banking industry. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0217/cork.html (RTE)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4274611.stm (BBC)].⏎
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==[[February 15]] [[2005]]==
* Yusuf Islam, formerly known as [[Cat Stevens]], receives substantial damages from two British newspapers, ''[[The Sun]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', which alleged that the [[United States]] was correct to ban him from the country. The Sun has published, and the Sunday Times will publish, acknowledgments that he is not, and never has been, involved in or supported terrorism, and that he abhors all such activities. They also highlight t(contracted; show full)

==Past British and Irish events by month==

*[[2005 in the United Kingdom]]: [[January 2005 in Britain and Ireland|January]]
*[[2004 in the United Kingdom]]: [[December 2004 in Britain and Ireland|December]]

''(For earlier events in Britain and Ireland, see [[November 2004]] and preceding months)''