10 January – Jane Hutt loses her job as Health Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government, a post she has held since 1999. She is replaced by Dr Brian Gibbons. First Minister Rhodri Morgan denies it is a dismissal, and moves Hutt to the post of Business Minister.[1]
6 May – Welsh Secretary, Peter Hain, makes a public apology to soprano Katherine Jenkins for using her image on election leaflets without her permission. Following the general election, Hain is also appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whilst retaining his Wales appointment.
13 June – Poet Dannie Abse is injured and his wife Joan is killed in an accident on the M4 in South Wales.[4]
21 June – A new exhibition, "Cardiff's Century", opens to commemorate its first hundred years as a city.
29 June – Aspers is selected as the casino operator to invest in Cardiff's planned new £700 million International Sports Village.[5]