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January 2005 in Britain and Ireland
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* Fury erupts in the UK over [[Prince Harry]] wearing a [[Nazi]] military uniform at a private "[[fancy dress]]" party. He later apologised for any offence caused. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1105573215455_53/?hub=World (CTV Canada)]
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* The [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[Comptroller and Auditor General]] (C&AG) is to conduct an investigation into whether [[Irish Government|government]] deals with [[National Toll Roads]] (NTR) achieved "value for money". NTR recently increased the toll on [[Dublin]]'s [[M50 motorway|M50]] [[West-Link]] [[toll road|toll bridge]]. [http://home.eircom.net/content/irelandcom/topstories/4840885?view=Eircomnet (Irish Times - eircom.net)]

==[[12 January]] [[2005]]==
* Searchers looking for [[Robert Holohan]], a missing [[Cork]] boy, have discovered a body 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)]
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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)''