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Events from the year 2022 in Northern Ireland.

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See also: Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland (2022)

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  • 1 December – Two bodies are found near the Irish border in County Monaghan, one in a house in Broomfield, near Castleblayney, and the other in a car crash. PSNI believe the deaths are linked.[76]
  • 5 December – PSNI discover the body of a 15-year-old boy in Fintona, later identified as Matthew McAllan. The death is classified as being 'unexplained'.[77][78]
  • 18 December – Natalie McNally, a 32-year-old, 15 weeks pregnant woman is stabbed to death at her home in Silverwood Green in Lurgan.[79]

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