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life changing experience. The question is whether the Games will

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Extra staff have been brought into the Royal Victoria Hospital in

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Belfast to deal with the large number of patients. The trust has

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also made more beds available to cope with the pressure.

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At one point today, there were over 100 people waiting in the emergency

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department and another 30 on trolleys. The trust triggered what

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they call escalation plans and brought in extra staff. This is the

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largest apartment in Belfast, the lead -- is the believed the backlog

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developed because of pressures at the weekend. A union representing

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health care workers says the situation is stressful for staff. It

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is exhausting, morally and physically. They are doing their

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best for patients. Patient safety is the top priority. The Royal's

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emergency department became the centre of attention last month when

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the trust declared a major incident because of a backlog of patients.

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Today, the situation has eased but as of yet o'clock, there were 80

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patients waiting with 15 on trolleys. One had been there since

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two this morning. The trust says they are monitoring the situation

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closely. Two men have been charged in

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connection with an assault in north Belfast yesterday. A 24-year-old man

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is in a critical condition in hospital following an attack on a

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group of four men in the Antrim Road area. The police have tonight

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charged a 23-year-old man with attempted murder, assault, and

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several drugs charges. A 31-year-old man has been charged with causing

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actual bodily harm and also faces drugs charges. Both will appear in

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court tomorrow. County Down fishermen say their

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families are having to rely on food parcels because months of bad

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weather has forced the fleet to stay in port. Now fishermen say they are

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at breaking point. This skipper has just arrived back

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from C. He took his boat out and it cost over ?200 for fuel. His entire

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hall is in one bag. This is our catch for today. The weather has

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been atrocious in the last four months. It is making it impossible

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for us to make any money. In bad weather, prawns burrow into the sea

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bed for shelter. Today was relatively calm but few had

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surfaced, but to the despair of local fishermen. This skipper has

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only been to see twice this year. Now he and others are having to rely

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on charity hand-outs. The indignity of having to go on television and

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say that people arguing for food vouchers. Fishermen are proud

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people, they don't want to have to do this. David is a fish processor,

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he buys the prawns from the fishermen for expert. This is all he

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got today. Today, is devastating and you can see for yourself how empty

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it is. One of the poignant images for me in this industry is to see

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these ones strong dignified men standing in a queue waiting for a

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hand-out from the fishermen 's mission. Like foreigners, they feel

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they are entitled to subsidies, especially in bad weather. -- like

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foreigners. The Sinn Fein Policing Board member

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Gerry Kelly is taking legal action against the Chief Constable about an

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incident in which he was carried on the front of a police Land Rover in

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Belfast. Both Mr Kelly and the officer driving accept informed

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warnings for their actions at Carrick Hill in June last year.

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The father of a student who ended up in hospital after a night out says

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drink promotions must end. John Kelly's 19-year-old son drank a

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bottle and a half of wine and six shots of tequila at a club in the

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Odyssey in Belfast last 30. The teenager's cousin Joby Murphy died

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after a similar night out in 2012. BBC Newsline's Tara Mills has been

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talking to the father and son. Two dads who want an end to drinks

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promotions. Joby Murphy died after he fell into the river after a night

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out two years ago. His cousin ended up in hospital after attending a

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drinks commotion at the Box nightclub last Thursday. The

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19-year-old did not want to appear on camera. It was ?6 for a bottle of

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wine and ?1 for a shot. I should not have been drinking that much. There

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was no need for it. I took responsibility for the amount I

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drank, it was stupid. He collapsed outside the club and ended up with

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hypothermia. His dad says it could have been worse if he had not been

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taken to hospital when he was. I went down to the hospital and I

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opened the door and he was there, ice-cold, two drips into him, one

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for blood and one for fluid. Hypothermia blanket over him,

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unconscious. I could not get any sense out of him. I thought I had

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lost him. I thought, here we go again. I don't know what was going

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through my mind. It is down to cheap drink. Drinks promotions are regular

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here and the student says he was thrown out by the bouncers for being

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too drunk but management said they called the ambulance when he was

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found unconscious. On Thursday night, Friday morning, at last week,

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but the ones who reported the incident to the ambulance so I think

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it has been taken out of context incense of the timeline. I am happy

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that our staff had a Judy of care that night. The Odyssey has had its

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fair share of publicity surrounding events at the complex and allows

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couple of weeks. Those that run the Box nightclub said they are happy

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they have all the adequate safety measures in place.

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More than 200 jobs are being lost in Dungiven following the collapse of

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its largest employer. KPL which carried out work for utility firms

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like BT, NIE and NI Water was placed in administration on Friday. Over

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the weekend, the administrators said the efforts to save the business had

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been unsuccessful. There have been calls for politicians to help the

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town. The time for tea and sympathy has

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passed, we need action. Places like this have struggled with maybe one

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factory going and then another. We are being told, we are doing all we

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can. Nothing ever happens. We see announcement after a announcement in

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Belfast and it seems there is not a level playing field.

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You can find out what MLAs had to say today on the KPL losses on

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Stormont Today over on BBC Two at 11:20.

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Football and in the premiership tonight: Linfield beat Glenavon 2-1

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tonight. In the Setanta Cup tonight there were a few bruising encounters

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for the four local teams in action. Crusaders went down 4-1 against

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Sligo Rovers. Coleraine managed the only win with a 3-2 victory over

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Dundalk. The weather is next.

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The low pressure has moved in and there is a lot of rain over eastern

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counties. Temperatures fall to four or five degrees. There may be the

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odd patch of frost. Tomorrow, many of us getting a dry and bright

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start. The low pressure will stay in control so there will be some

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showers coming in from the West but it will not be raining all day. In

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between the showers, there will be some sunshine and sunny spells. The

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showers will extend right across Ireland but for Britain it will be a

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largely dry and bright start of the day with some good spells of

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sunshine. Eventually the wet weather will push across affecting Scotland

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and Wales and the south-west before gradually nudging its way eastwards.

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For Northern Ireland, if you are out and about, it will be quite windy

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and the showers will continue to come across with those winds.

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Temperatures, cooler than today. More normal for the time of year.

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The showers will continue overnight into Wednesday. It will improve

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during the day, eventually brightening up with some good spells

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of sunshine. Those will be short lived however because on Wednesday

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night, more rain and on Thursday and Friday, sunny spells and scattered

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showers. That's it for now.

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