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The evening. A US investment firm is in the process of completing the

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biggest ever Northern Ireland property deal.

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It will take control of office blocks, hotels, building sites, pubs

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and shopping centres which had been in the Irish government's bad debt

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bank NAMA. The assets were once valued at ?4.5 billion, but the sale

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is for much less. Here's our business correspondent, Julian

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O'Neill. This deal is huge, one which alters

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the landscape in terms of commercial property. Out goes a major player,

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the so called bad bank in June, which managed the portfolio of loans

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or assets hit by the. What is being sold are not just buildings that

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parcels of undeveloped land, over 1000 property assets now under the

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control of new owners, a New York investment firm. NAMA had been

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funding the completion of this Belfast office block but a lot of

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lesser project is on its books are sitting idle. Experts predict this

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New York firm will change that. To a large extent, NAMA found that its

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hands were tied. A lot of projects have been on hold for many years, so

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hopefully now they can come out of storage and those projects can be

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bought through to completion. The price has not been disclosed but it

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is expected to be close to ?1.3 billion. NAMA said this represents a

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significant achievement and the sale was the best possible result for the

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Irish taxi -- tax player. The fact an American company sees an

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investment opportunity here is visiting a fantastic sign as well.

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If we can get some more of these projects of the ground, then we will

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see jobs for people on these projects. The deal comes with the

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blessing of the first Minister who recently criticised NAMA for not

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doing enough to help the local economy. Now the onus is on a new

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player. A 31-year-old man has been arrested

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under the terrorism act in relation to trouble in Larne last Sunday

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night. A number of people and homes were attacked in disturbances which

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the police have blamed on the south-east Antrim UDA. The man was

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arrested in Carrickfergus this afternoon.

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The Secretary of State says it's unrealistic to suggest the

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government could take back powers from Stormont to legislate for

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welfare changes. Last night, the First Minister, Peter Robinson, told

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the BBC that might have to be one of the options explored if the logjam

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with Sinn Fein over welfare reform continues. Here's our political

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correspondent, Gareth Gordon. Bridge building not bridge burning

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was on Peter Robinson's mind as he helped open a new one in East

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Belfast today, accompanied by the Sinn Fein Lord Lane. But less of a

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welcome from his government partners for a claim that the D P once

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believed it had had an agreement with the Deputy first Minister over

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the fixed subject of welfare reaffirmed -- welfare reform. It is

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your belief that he took that agreement to the wider party and

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they said no? It is not my belief, it is my knowledge. I know that was

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the case. Martin McGuinness does not agree. He quite clearly crossed the

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line he should not have crossed. For a start, in terms of his

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interpretation of the discussions that took place between his party

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and my party on welfare cup is, what he said for no reality in relation

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to the outcome. I have said I would go to my party to seek the sanction

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and support of my party. That was for the outcome of the discussions

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that we have had with PDU P. I made it very clear in the interval -- the

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interview that no deal is done until we have the support of both

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parties. I outlined that position and I stand by it. But Mr

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Robinson's claim that without agreement, power could be held back

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-- handed back to Westminster appears to be a nonstarter. The

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powers are clearly in the devolution settlement. It is not practical to

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bring them back to Westminster. So Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness

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need to make up and this dispute over welfare reform must be

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resolved, though it is unlikely to happen ahead of the right -- the

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elections in May. 50 staff at Fivemiletown Creamery

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are to begin talks over redundancy. It follows the decision to sell the

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business to Ireland's largest dairy processor, Glanbia. They have agreed

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to buy the milk supply and the Fivemiletown brand, effectively

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ending processing in the town. People, some of them pensioners, had

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to flee their homes early this morning in Londonderry when

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arsonists set fire to an oil tank. The blaze took hold outside a block

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of flats in the Carnhill estate. The Fire and Rescue Service say it's

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lucky no one was hurt. With the rise in the number of

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tablets and mobile phones among children and young people comes a

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rise in cyber-bullying. And that's been shown in a new survey carried

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out among teachers at dozens of schools across Ireland. As Kevin

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Sharkey reports, many schools are already taking action to create a

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greater awareness of the problem. Hands up if you have a tablet of any

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description. Hands up if you have a mobile phone. Mobile communication

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to allergy becoming increasingly popular amongst schoolchildren and

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leading to an increase in cyber bullying. According to this new

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report, one third of primary school principals see cyber bullying is a

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growing problem in their own schools. 92% of school leaders want

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advice on tackling online bullying. When it happens, it has. This was

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sent to a 13-year-old in another part of Northern Ireland:

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cyber bullying is not a problem at this class and the school wants it

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to stay that way. It is beginning to emerge. It is not a crisis by any

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manner of means but we are finding example of children with technology

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beginning to misuse it. It is not just a problem in primary schools

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either. In this report, three quarters of secondary school pupils

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agreed cyber bullying was a problem in their school as well. This school

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does not have a cyber bullying problem, but does have an awareness

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and campaign about it. I know it is a growing issue. I think it is more

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of a problem than physical bullying in school. There are restrictions on

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when and how pupils can use their phones in school and cyber bullying

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only becomes a problem when they break the rules inside or outside

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school. And Belfast boxer, Carl Frampton,

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has earned a chance at a world title bout. He defeated the two-time

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former champion Hugo Cazares from Mexico at the Odyssey arena in a

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second round knock-out. He should now go on to fight the WBC champion,

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Leo Santa Cruz, later this year. Football, and in tonight's League of

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Ireland game Derry City beat Sligo Rovers 1-0 at the Brandywell. It's

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their first win of the season. Now the weather with Angie Phillips.

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We are heading into the weekend with mixed fortunes. There is rain in the

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forecast and the priest will be picking as well. Other positive

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note, dry spot between those bands of rain and the priestly -- the

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breeze lifts the gloom. Patchy fog and patchy rain overnight, turning

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more persistent, but mild the close of six degrees. Into tomorrow,

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things will improve after dismal start. First thing, wet with heavy

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and persistent spas offering clearing from the East Coast

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mid-morning. That rain and edges into western and central parts of

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Scotland, northern England and Scotland. Another pageant of the

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Republic of Ireland later on as well. The breeze is picking up a

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little bit in the south-west to, helping to clear the list and see

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fog, including -- improving the air quality across the West of England.

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

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the way, it looks that bit drier. Still a good bit of cloud around,

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with temperatures reaching 13 or 14 degrees. Through tomorrow night, we

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have another batch of rain moving its way in, giving us a damp start

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on Sunday again. A breezy day as well. That rain will move along and

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that afternoon looks brighter and drier. Much fresher because of the

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breeze. That's it for now. You can keep up

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