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January 2005 in Britain and Ireland
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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)]
* [[Mark 
Thatcher|Sir Mark Thatcher]] is fined approximately [[£]]265,000, and receives a four-year [[Suspended_sentence|suspended jail sentence]] after pleading guilty to supplying equipment to [[mercenary|mercenaries]] for an attempted [[coup]] of [[Equatorial Guinea]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4169557.stm]

==[[12 January]] [[2005]]==
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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)''