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That is all from us. Don't forget, first look at

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Good evening. The Sinn Fein President says he has asked his

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solicitor to contact the police to check if they want to interview him

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about the murder of Jean McConville. Who Gerry Adams has again declared

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he was not involved in the disappearance of the West Belfast

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mother-of-ten in 1972. At the weekend, the veteran republican Ivor

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Bell was charged in connection with her abduction and murder. Mark

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Simpson has more. For Gerry Adams, the questions won't go away.

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Questions about being in the IRA, about being involved in the murder

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of Jean McConville, the mother who was abducted and killed by the IRA

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in 1972. In a statement, Gerry Adams attempted to set the record

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straight. He said what happened to Jean McConville? Last week, the

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police arrested his one-time associate, Ivor Bell, who was

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charged with aiding and abetting the murder of Jean McConville. He denies

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the charge. In the 1970s and 1980s Ivor Bell was a senior republican,

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seen here after the collapse of a trial. The RUC see the recent gains

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by Sinn Fein as a major threat. The evidence against him in relation to

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the killing of Jean McConville involves an interview he allegedly

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did for the Boston College tapes. The history project began 20 years

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ago and was led by the former journalist Ed Moloney. IRA and UVF

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members gave interviews on the basis that their words would only be made

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public after their death. One interview was given by former IRA

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commander Brendan Hughes, who alleged that Gerry Adams was linked

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to the Jean McConville murder. I had no control over the squad. Gerry had

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control over the squad. Gerry Adams has always said that's not true.

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That's just recycling of the same story. You can repeat it ad nauseam

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but it's not true. Police went to court in America to try to gain

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access to some of the tapes and succeeded. The legal wrangle and the

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controversy has had repercussions, not least in the academic world.

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Historians are now thinking twice about similar projects. One

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unfortunate consequence will to be make it less likely for people to

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get first-hand research on conflict and that's unfortunate because if

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we're going to understand violent conflicts, we need to understand the

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perspectives around those who were in them. The investigation into Jean

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McConville stretches back for decades. For eight months, police

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have been studying information from the Boston College tapes but we do

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not know whether the Ivor Bell court case is a one-off or whether there

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will be more. Ten patients who had been on trolleys at the Emergency

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Department at the Royal Victoria Hospital are tonight being

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transferred to the City Hospital. The Belfast Trust says it has been a

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very busy day in the unit. As of 9pm this evening, 27 patients were on

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trolleys and 90 people were waiting to be dealt with at the hospital.

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The funeral has taken place of David Warnock, one of the two men from a

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Portadown angling club who died in an accident in County Westmeath last

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week. A search of Lough Ree for the body of the second victim, Darryl

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Burke, continued today. Gordon Adair reports from County Armagh. Their

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faces set against the driving rain, members of the Portadown angling

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club perform one final sad task for their chairman and friend, David

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Warner. Inside Saint John's Church near

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Markethill, clubmates and hundreds of other mourners heard a reading

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from the book of Matthew in which Jesus saves Peter from drowning. The

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presence of Jesus lifted Peter and brought him to safety. I believe

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that same presence of Jesus was with David when he was in the water on

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that cold and restless lake in County Westmeath. I believe he made

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his peace with God. I know Jesus heard his cries for help and was

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with him. Jesus reached out his hand to him to and lifted him up.

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Mourners heard of the family's gratitude to all those who risked

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their own lives in an effort to save David. We thank the members of the

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RNLI in Athlone and all those who went out on the lake to help. David

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is survived by his partner Sharon and his four-year-old son, described

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in church today as a miracle baby, having being born prematurely. David

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Warnock's family expressed their gratitude that John Trumbull had

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survived and urged people to pray for those searching for Darryl

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Burke. And in that search for Darryl Burke, divers says the visibility is

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down to two metres at most. Julian Fowler has spent the day at Lough

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Ree. Heading out into stormy waters. For a fifth day, Lough Ree lifeboat

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set out to try and find Darryl Burke. The weather today has made

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the task even more difficult. But they've been helped by the surviving

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fisherman, John Trimble. He's now recovering in hospital and has told

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the police where they were when their boat sank. That information

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has been vital because at least it confirms our own calculations based

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on where we found the first person and that is dictating how we are

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designing the search. Dive teams also returned to the water. Over the

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weekend, more than 30 volunteers from local sub-aqua clubs joined

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police divers on the search. The conditions aren't great under the

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water. We have very bad visibility, a metre or two metres, so it is not

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easy searching. We were hoping we would be able to find more people or

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find the boat. We are searching two main areas here, two peninsulas, one

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team have searched on the side of the peninsula and then another team

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were dispatched to this barrier up here, which is very difficult. One

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team will search north and the other south. Electronic survey equipment

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was also being used today to try and find the boat, but so far to no

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avail. The divers spent about two hours out on the lough this morning.

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They have now returned to shore and are waiting for conditions to

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improve before resuming the search. The lifeboat and volunteer divers

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were stood down this afternoon. But they are determined to continue, to

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end the agonising wait for Darryl Burke's family.

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The funeral has taken place in Newry of Lord Ballyedmond, the

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multi-millionaire who died in a helicopter crash in England earlier

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this month. Also known as Edward Haughey, the businessman developed

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Norbrook Pharmaceutical Laboratories to become one of Northern Ireland's

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richest people. The First Minister, Peter Robinson, and Deputy First

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Minister, Martin McGuinness, were among the mourners A look ahead to

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tomorrow's BBC Newsline at 6.30pm, online and on radio on Good Morning

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Ulster. Now look to tomorrow's Newsline. We have uncovered what is

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described as a crisis in the world of archaeology. Hundreds of

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thousands of ancient exhibits are lying, often without being properly

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examined are classified. It is estimated the equivalent of 24 fully

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loaded containers of material is being stored outside the museum

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sector and, in some cases, outside Northern Ireland. And this is just

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some of it. That will also be online and on radio on Good Morning Ulster.

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Now the weather forecast with Angie Philips.

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It was a pretty miserable day but it looks like it will be the wettest

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part of the week once this moves along. There will be showers but

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some dry spells also and given variable amounts of cloud, we should

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have sunny spells. But clear spells at night leads to the risk of patchy

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frost. That will not be a problem tonight, mostly frost free with rows

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of three and five degrees. It will be wet throughout and the wind will

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ease. We will have lighter wind tomorrow, still a lot of cloud and

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some showers around, the bulk of those during tomorrow morning, the

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remnants of the overnight rain. The odd heavy burst in the North and

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West. Brighter generally and dryer across Republic of Ireland, into

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Wales and the south-west of England. The East also mainly dry but

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sandwiched in between, it is likely to remain cloudy up into Scotland

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with spells of rain. Coming back to Northern Ireland for the afternoon,

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there will still be showers around, mostly towards the north and West

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but they will be easing and elsewhere it looks like a drier

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afternoon of perhaps brighter spells coming through. Temperatures up to

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maybe 11 degrees. Through the rest of the week, one or two showers

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around, particularly on Thursday but generally, more dry than wet

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weather. That's it for now. You can keep up-to-date online and follow

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this programme on Facebook and Twitter. Goodnight.

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