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January 2005 in Britain and Ireland
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==[[12 January]] [[2005]]==
* Searchers looking for [[Robert Holohan]], a missing [[Cork]] 
Bboy, have discovered a Bbody about 10 miles from his home.  The body is yet to be identified. [http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=150292520&p=y5xz93335&n=150293406 (Ireland On-Line)]
* [[Antony Pitts]], a [[BBC]] [[BBC Radio 3|Radio 3]] producer has resigned in protest at the corporation's broadcast of [[Jerry Springer - The Opera]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4167391.stm (BBC)]⏎
* A man is found dead after last night's storm near the causeway between the [[Scotland|Scottish]] islands of [[Benbecula]] and [[South Uist]]. Concern is rising about four other members of his family who are missing. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4166901.stm (BBC)]

==[[11 January]] [[2005]]==
*Another fierce storm system strikes the northern British Isles:
**In [[Derry]], the driver of an articulated lorry is killed when his vehicle is blown off the Foyle bridge. 3,000 customers across Northern Ireland have lost their electricity supply. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4165489.stm (BBC)]
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* 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)]

==Past British and Irish events by month==

[[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)''