1988 in Northern Ireland

Centuries:	; ; 20th; 21st; ;
Decades:	1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s;
See also:	1988 in the United Kingdom; 1988 in Ireland; Other events of 1988; List of years in Northern Ireland;

Events

11 January - SDLP leader, John Hume and Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin, have a surprise meeting in Belfast^[1].
16 March - Three men are killed and 70 are wounded in a gun and grenade attack by Michael Stone on mourners in the Milltown Cemetery attack during the funerals of three IRA members.
19 March - Two British Army soldiers were abducted and beaten by Irish republicans, after they drove into the funeral of Provisional Irish Republican Army members killed in the Milltown loyalist attack. They were later shot and killed by the IRA. (See: Corporals killings)
15 June - The IRA kills six British soldiers in a bomb attack in Lisburn.
20 August - Eight British soldiers are killed by an IRA bomb attack on their bus in Ballygawley^[2].
12 October - As Pope John Paul II addresses the European Parliament, Ian Paisley heckles and denounces him as the Antichrist.
11 November - Belfast Castle is reopened to the public following major renovation by Belfast City Council.
19 October - Broadcasting ban against Sinn Féin and other paramilitary linked groups begins^[1].

Winners: Glentoran

Winners: Glentoran 1 - 0 Glenavon

Winners: Dundalk 1 - 0 Derry City