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January 2005 in Britain and Ireland
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* [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|Asian tsunami]]:
** The [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[Irish Government|Government]] cabinet meets to discuss the aid situation. A [[Garda Síochána|Garda]] team is to be sent to the area. There have been calls for the government to increase their €10 million pledge to match rising public donations. [http://home.eircom.net/content/unison/national/4792508?view=Eircomnet (Irish Independent - eircom.net)]
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Even ten days since the disaster, British casualties are still being determinedCasualties are still being determined even though ten days have passed since the disaster; reports include the parents of celebrity [[Charlie Dimmock]] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/05/ndimm05.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/01/05/ixnewstop.html] and government advisor [[Nim Hoy]] are among the victims, [http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/publish/article_27808.shtml], with presenter [[David Dickinson]] narrowly avoiding death. [http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3966504]

==[[4 January]] [[2005]]==
* [[Smoking]] has been [[smoking ban|banned]] in all [[Northern Ireland]] [[civil service]] offices. Public health lobbyists are calling for a complete workplace ban, similar to that in force across the border in the [[Republic of Ireland|Republic]]. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0104/smoking.html (RTÉ)]
* [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|Asian tsunami]]:
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* A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of [[pregnant]] teenager Amy Williams in [[Telford]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/4137045.stm (BBC)]
* New [[Chip and PIN]] legislation comes into effect today.  It makes retailers liable for fraudulent transactions if they have failed to sign up to the scheme. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4139211.stm (BBC)]

==Earlier British and Irish events==

[[British and Irish December 2004 events]]