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March 2005 in Britain and Ireland
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==[[March 14]] [[2005]]==
*Three [[United Kingdom]] [[member of Parliament|MPs]] - [[Jonathan Sayeed]], [[Paul Boateng]] and [[Iain Coleman]] - announce that they will not be contesting their seats in the [[UK general election, 2005|next general election]]. Sayeed and Coleman are retiring due to ill health; Boateng plans to become the UK's high commissioner to [[South Africa]] if the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government is returned in the 
[[UK general election, 2005/06|next generalnext election]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4347171.stm (BBC)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4348179.stm (BBC)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4348979.stm (BBC)]

==[[March 12]] [[2005]]==
*In the two [[by-election]]s in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Shane McEntee]] of [[Fine Gael]] takes the [[Meath]] seat, while an independant, [[Catherine Murphy]] is elected in [[Kildare North]]. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0312/byelection.html (RTÉ)]
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==Past British and Irish events by month==

*[[2005 in the United Kingdom]]: [[January 2005 in Britain and Ireland|January]] [[February 2005 in Britain and Ireland|February]]
*[[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)''