July 2007 in Britain and Ireland

2007 January February March April May June July August September October November December

This page deals with events in the English-speaking places of Europe. These are England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and Gibraltar.

Ongoing
Cash for Peerages scandal Litvinenko murder investigation Operation Telic (British military operations in Iraq) International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan 2012 Summer Olympic development
Recent
Oxegen 2007 Live Earth Concert for Diana Labour Party (UK) deputy leadership election, 2007 Irish general election, 2007 National Assembly for Wales election, 2007 Scottish Parliament election, 2007 United Kingdom local elections, 2007 2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007
Recent deaths
1 Joe Rea, 69, Irish leader of the Irish Farmers Association (1984–1988), after short illness. [1]
Sport
2006-07 in English football 2006-07 in Scottish football 2006-07 Guinness Premiership All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2007 FAI League of Ireland 2007 season
Related portals
United Kingdom Portal Ireland Portal

Tuesday 31 July 2007 Operation Banner, the campaign of British Armed Forces in Northern Ireland since 1969, comes to an end at the end of the month. (BBC News) Friday 27 July 2007 England and Wales are experiencing their wettest early summer since records began in 1766, with heavy rain causing the worst floods in 60 years. The period between May and July has seen 38.7 cm (15.2 inches) of rain, double the average, and beating the previous record of 34.9 cm (13.7 inches) set in 1789. (Reuters via The China Post) Saturday 7 July 2007 Oxegen 07 begins at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland and lasts until Sunday July 8. Thursday 5 July 2007 Two die and two more seriously injured when a small plane crashes after missing the runway at Aerfort na Minna, in County Galway, Ireland. (RTÉ) 91 boats capsize during a junior regatta in Dún Laoghaire, on the Irish Sea, with 120 children swept out to sea. All have been rescued, according to the Irish Coast Guard, although 15 have been brought to hospital. (RTÉ) Eleven people are injured when a staircase collapses at the Natural History Museum in Dublin. (RTÉ) Tuesday 3 July 2007 Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern describes the seizure of over €107m worth of cocaine off the County Cork coast as a matter of serious concern. Following the retrieval of 60 bales of the illegal drug yesterday, a 61st bale is discovered wedged in some rocks off the south coast. (RTÉ) Monday 2 July 2007 Gardaí and coast patrol on a routine rescue mission seize over €300 million worth of cocaine, the biggest drugs haul in the history of the Irish State, in the sea off the coast of County Cork. (RTÉ) Sunday 1 July 2007 Concert for Diana takes place at Wembley Stadium, London from 4 p.m. until 10 p.m. [2] Authorities evacuate part of Heathrow Airport while they investigate a suspect package. (Reuters) A freak Irish explosion is heard in Rush, County Dublin. Nothing is found despite a helicopter search. (RTÉ)

British and Irish events by month

• 2007 in the United Kingdom: January February March April May June July
• 2006 in the United Kingdom: January February March April May June July August September October November December
• 2005 in the United Kingdom: January February March April May June July August September October November December
• 2004 in the United Kingdom: December

(For earlier events in Britain and Ireland, see November 2004 and preceding months)