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Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline. The police apply for more

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time to question the Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams. It has

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prompted an angry reaction from Sinn Fein. There is a cabal in the PSNI

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who have a different agenda. A negative and destructive agenda to

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build the peace process and to Sinn Fein. Gerry Adams was supposed to be

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an Dundalk today. I have been getting reaction in the town to the

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events. Also on the programme. A call for a change in the law. This

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pensioner says she was denied an operation because she's over 70.

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They only considered by age, they did not consider me as a person.

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Johann Muller prepares to bid farewell to Ravenhill. And it's a

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Bank Holiday weekend so of course there will be some rain but also a

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fair amount of dry weather. I'll have your forecast later. The police

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went to court today to ask a judge for permission to detain Gerry Adams

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for longer. They are questioning him about the murder of Jean McConville

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in 1972. The Sinn Fein President has been under arrest in the police

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holding centre at Antrim since Wednesday. Our reporter Claire

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Savage is there. There is still a large media presence outside the

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police station in antrum and Gerry Adams is still being detained in the

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building behind me. -- Antrim. The PSNI have asked for more time to

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question Gerry Adams. They want more time to question him. If they do not

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get that application approved and if it is not granted, they will have to

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release or charge Gerry Adams by 8pm. At that hearing in the High

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Court in Belfast, it is still ongoing. Gerry Adams is being

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detained under very Terrorism Act and he could be held at the

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application is granted up to 26 days. In a separate development

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today, the former IRA member Peter Rogers has revealed that he was

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approached by a PSNI Historical Enquiries Team detected to ask if he

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wanted to give a statement about the transportation of explosives to

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Britain in 1980. Last month, Peter Rogers told us that he had been

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ordered to transport those explosives by Gerry Adams and Martin

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McGuiness. That is something that both those men deny. He said that he

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would not be giving a statement to the PSNI detective as he said that

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the incident took place south of the border. The Deputy First Minister

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has said if matters surrounding Gerry Adams' detention don't work

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out the way Sinn Fein believes it should, his party will review the

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situation. Martin McGuinness said Sinn Fein will do that in the

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context of continuing its role in the peace process. We have more

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revelations this evening about the political background to the Sinn

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Fein President's detention. It's also emerged that some records about

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Royal Pardons during the peace process are missing. Here's our

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political correspondent Martina Purdy on today's developments. This

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is the image of Gerry Adams his party wants to portray, a peacemaker

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who has been big demise by what Sinn Fein claims is dark forces,

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anti-peace and anti-Sinn Fein. At a news conference this afternoon,

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Martin McGuiness vented his anger that Gerry Adams is facing a third

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night in police custody. There is a cabal in the PSNI and

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night in police custody. There is a different agenda, and negative and

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destructive agenda to both the different agenda, and negative and

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process and to Sinn Fein. Willie, under the leadership of Gerry Adams,

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have no attention whatsoever to allow these elements to succeed --

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we, under the leadership. Martin McGuiness hinted that Sinn Fein's

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support for policing could be affected if the outcome of the

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current situation was not resolved satisfactorily or -- in a

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satisfactory way. We would have to review that situation in the context

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of continuing with our very positive role within what is vitally

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important peace process. Earlier the Secretary of State explained by the

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Prime Minister had telephoned Peter Robinson and Martin McGuiness after

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the arrest of Gerry Adams. We are keen to ensure that the reaction to

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this case is a measured one. We want to ensure that the political leaders

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continue to work together for the good of Northern Ireland. We

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appreciate the sensitivity and seriousness of this situation and

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that is why he was in gauging with Peter Robinson and Martin McGuiness.

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Did you have advanced knowledge of this? I was told on Monday that it

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was expected that Gerry Adams would be questioned about Jean McConville.

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I was told by one of my officials who had been informed by the PSNI.

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What was your response? I noted its and started to think through

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potential consequences. Just weeks after celebrations around a new

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relationships, there are new revelations this evening involving

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Royal pardons. The Secretary of State in a written parliamentary

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answer to Kate Hoey revealed 365 Royal pardons were issued in

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Northern Ireland between 1979 and 2002. It was also revealed that no

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records can be found between 1987 and 1997 and there is no information

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to say whether paramilitaries received these pardons. The

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government seems to have last ten years of records of something which

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is hugely important. The Queen presumably signed these. How can

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they be lost? We want to know how many there are wire and who they

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were and why they were given a pardon. This is something that the

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public needs to know. We want transparency and honesty. Peter

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Robinson says he wants the matter investigated. I do not believe there

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were no such records. Government was not have a record of each occasion

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when her maddest is asked to sign the Royal prerogative of Mercy, it

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not possible -- the Queen. It is a matter for further attempts by

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enquiries. By the ministers are far apart on policing, they did unite

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this evening, opening a new stand at Ravenhill. Central to the

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investigation into the murder of Jean McConville are interviews,

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which have become known as the Boston Tapes. The project launched

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by Boston College 13 years ago, involved former republican and

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loyalist paramilitaries chronicling their involvement in the Troubles.

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In 2010, claims by the former IRA man Brendan Hughes about Mrs

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McConville's murder were published in a book based on the Boston

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project. Those claims led to the police here to begin legal action to

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access the college interviews. Last year, a US Appeal Court ruled that

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interviews must be handed over and after studying them the police began

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the process of questioning people about Jean McConville's murder. The

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Belfast mother's remains were found by chance 11 years ago at Shelling

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Hill Beach in County Louth. As a TD, Gerry Adams now represents that

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constituency. BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson visited the town of Dundalk

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today to gauge reaction to Mr Adam's arrest. 60 miles from the serious

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crime suite in antrum, -- Antrim, this is where Gerry Adams was

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supposed to be, helping a party colleague canvas for elections. A

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recent opinion poll suggested he was the most popular party leader in the

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South at the moment, Sinn Fein support here is growing, including

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amongst young people. We'll be arrest of Gerry Adams damage the

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party in the Republic? Probably not that much. Gerry Adams handed

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himself in, it is not that big a deal. I know there is a Sinn Fein

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society here, a lot more young people are swayed that way. They are

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not bothered with the past. The arrest of Gerry Adams came too late

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for the weekly newspaper here. Is the story having a big impact?

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People here have made up their minds about him and Sinn Fein. You choose

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to believe what version of the story you believe. You either believe he

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was a member of the IRA or you do not. It is in the public domain. Ten

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miles from the centre of Dundalk, this is the beach where Jean

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McConville's body was secretly buried. What happened here more than

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40 years ago, is still relevant today. A reminder of how the past is

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casting a shadow on the present. This is the only part of the UK

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where people can be legally discriminated against on the basis

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of their age. The charity Age NI has called for an urgent change in the

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law following what happened to an 81-year-old woman from County

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Fermanagh. She says she was told she'd have to wait more than a year

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for a hip replacement because she's over the age of 70. BBC Newsline's

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Tara Mills has the details. Pat Kelso would put many younger people

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to shame, fit and healthy she has looked after herself throughout her

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81 years, but when she needed a hip replacement she felt the hospital

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treated her age instead of her. If you are old, you're putting --

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clinically unfit. This does not fit everyone. We are individuals. The

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elderly are also individuals. She went on to have the operation

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privately but knows that is not an option for everyone. I had

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sufficient savings, I had a supportive family. There are other

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elderly people who are as fit and in one case, a lady of 89 years old who

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is better than me and had to go through the same procedure. There

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are some people who may not have that money. It is very unfair. I

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would like them to give everyone the opportunity to at least be medically

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assessed before they decide that you are over the hill, on the scrapheap.

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In a statement, the health trust says it does not use age as a

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discriminative -- as a factor. But they would not comment further. A

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local charity says it is time for it the Executive to act. We were

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promised that the Assembly would deliver. This has to be a priority

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for older people. Older people are worried. Pat Kelso and her family

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say this case goes far beyond the individual health trust and they say

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it is a reflection of how older people are treated in Northern

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Ireland today. The police are still asking for information about a hate

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crime in east Belfast earlier this week when a Romanian man was

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attacked, and excrement thrown in his face. It throws into stark focus

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some of the problems facing people born in other countries who come to

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settle here. The police have launched what they call Operation

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Orion to tackle such hate crimes. And it's in that atmosphere that the

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Polish community has begun it's latest Cultural Week, well aware of

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what some of their community suffers. Will Leitch has been

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finding out more. This is Polish cultural week, chance

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to showcase their culture. Poland has been in the EU for ten years, it

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is a chance to challenge negative perceptions and attitudes, how do

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you go about doing that? I have been to meet one Belfast Polish family

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who already are doing it. Polish, living here for over a

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decade, and with three Belfast born bilingual children. They are

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determined that the Polish cultural week will make a difference, after

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all the work of settling in to life here. When I came here, I learned

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English, at school, and university, but, English from Cambridge and

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Oxford books and not much conversation, so when you come here

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and you it's round the corner, you don't know what they are saying.

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Marta runs her own business, a stall at St George's market. He her

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husband works in tech support, they know about the racist attacks which

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can happen to people like them. With time, hopefully, you know, we will

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find things we can share. That fear, why are people scared of, you are

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difference so I will put, set your car on fire, you know. Where does

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that come from? For this family it is important to be part of this

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community, while remembering their own language, culture and history.

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My thanks to that family, over the next week or two in venues in I a

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cross Belfast you can enjoy Polish film, theatre music, exhibitions and

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workshop, even some sporting fixtures.

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The Northern Ireland Conservatives have launched their manifesto for

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the European and local elections on the 22nd May. On local Government,

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they say they will fight for low cost off street parking for the

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needs of business. Put job creation at the heart of council development

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and economic plans and prior ties attracting tourists to communities

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in Northern Ireland. On Europe, as part of the wider Conservative Party

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they say they are offering a referendum for a reformed EU and

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change through funding initiatives that will help rebalance the

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economy. There is change we heed to implement

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in Northern Ireland, for a centre-right party, the only right

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of enter party, the only party that is totally focussed on the economy,

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totally focussed on education, totally focussed on job, jobs and

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more jobs and we won't hideaway from reforming welfare.

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Because I believe that reforming welfare is as important to the

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problems %ty and economic growth of Northern Ireland as corporation tax.

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There are festivals for music, literature force, drama but this

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week the Cathedral Quarter in Belfast rolls them into one, not

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only that, it runs alongside a festival of very foolish acts. Our

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arts correspondent reports. On its 15th birthday the festival

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which prides itself on having a little bit of anarchy is a fixture

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of the entertainment calendar. Among the 120 shows, a few veteran

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performer, the 74-year-old drummer ginger baker and 72-year-old Martha

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Reeves are selling well. -- ginger Baker. There are is plenty

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of youthful entertain. . Kath Ryan Ryan has sold out and the festival

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has reached its target for ticket sales. My name is Catherine Ryan,

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what is yours? Shout it out. I talk funny because I am from Canada. We

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try to keep tickets affordable. We are in a great low care, everybody

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can get to the city centre t spirit of the festival is anarchic and a

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bit subversive and people like that. There is no excuse for not being

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entertained in Belfast this next while, who whether it is watching

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act from across the world or more than 100 shows in the Cathedral

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Quarter festival, you are spoilt for choice.

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An Italian job has left the Ulster rugby team sitting pretty a ahead of

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tonight's derby against Leinster. Mark is sheer with the sport.

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#12k3w4 the Zebre outfit trampled the Ospreys in Italy and that means

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Ulster now need just one point from their remaining two Pro12 matches to

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make the play-offs. Leinster are the visitors tonight in what is like to

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be a last Ravenhill outing for Johann Muller.

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In his final team talk the big captain's message to the players

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will be a simple one. Win. LAUGHTER

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Yes, obviously that is the fist one, we want to win, we want to go out on

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a high, at Ravenhill for the season. It is the opening of the new stand,

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it will be a great atmosphere within the stadium, and I think we want to

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play this game with a smile on our face, enjoyment, and obviously get

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that win under our belt. Johann Muller's contribution means he's

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that win under our belt. Johann will be sorely missed. He is a good

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man, he brings experience, and his leadership qualities, everybody well

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knows, he is a popular figure among the team, he plays, you know, heart

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on his sleeve in the way he goes about it, and he has had setbacks of

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broken arm, we had last year and that, but he wants to play for the

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team. When you think how far he has brought the team on, obviously the

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biggest leader in the team, he is a giant on the man on and off the

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pitch. When sneaks you listen to him, you just take him in, and it is

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going him, you just take him in, and it is

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void. The last couple of weeks I, poem have come up to say their

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goodbyes and that makes it, you know, even tougher and more

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emotional, but like I said you look up, I made no secret of my last four

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year here, we have loved it here, my family has enjoyed it. My little boy

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was born over here, so Belfast will have a really special place in our

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hearts. And a sold out Ravenhill will no doubt bid him a fond

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farewell this evening. It it is live on BBC Two from seven. From one

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great to another you would be foolish to bet against AP McCoy in a

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three horse race and so it proved at Punchestown. He rode Jonathan

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Edwards I can -- Jezki in a comfortable finish seeing off Ruby

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Walsh and Hurricane Fly in the process.

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Tomorrow's Irish Cup final pits Ballymena United against Glenavon.

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In almost 25 years, as a player, Glenn Ferguson did it all. Five

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Irish Cups and 563 goals, a wealth of experience hopes will count for

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something ahead of his first final as a manager. I may count in

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dressing room, talking about the expense of winning, one the players

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cross the white line there is little we can do. We will have them fired

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up about what it is is like to win it and how important it is and the

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Meddle and treasuring it. One mistake in front of goal could cost

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you the final. It will be a tense occasion but it is important both

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sets of players enjoy themselves. And for his opposite number, this

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occasion means everything. It is my home town team. It have followed

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them all my life. It will give home town team. It have followed

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supporters and I would swap everything I have done in my career

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supporters and I would swap to lift the trophy. The The current

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crop of players know what is at stake United have

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crop of players know what is at breakthrough. We have allowed

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ourself to dream the chance breakthrough. We have allowed

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winning the Irish Cup. Think when you come to such a big game you heed

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to let yourself have that dream and think of what it would be like to

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lift it. Not that many players have played in

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front of that big a crowd and it is how those players are going to cope

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with the added pressure of how those players are going to cope

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in front of that cloud crowd is going to come up trumps on the day.

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They can almost reach out and touch it.

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You can reach out and watch it tomorrow on BBC Two from 2.30.

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Finally unless you have been on a business trip to another galaxy you

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will have noticed there is is a bike race coming town. The Giro d'Italia

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will be live on BBC Northern Ireland. Watch every twist and turn

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of the three stages through Belfast, the Glenns of Antrim and then to

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Dublin on BBC Northern Ireland. That is the sport. Don't switch over

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yet because our ray of sunshine is here with the weather. There might

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be a bit of sunshine at Ravenhill, although there has been a cloud

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round there is a break now coming up across South Down peninsula. Also

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some blue sky spotted up in the north coast today. This picture

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taken earlier at west bay in Portrush. It is dry tonight, it will

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stay dry at Ravenhill, a bit cool in the Breeze, but the cloud will mean

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we have no frost problem, temperatures no lower than round

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five degrees. It starts dry tomorrow, but then it goes down hill

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for a while from the west. Damp drizzly weather, it will be edging

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its way in, it looks like it will reach Belfast round about lunchtime.

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If you are heading in to Belfast to do some shopping it is worth taking

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the umbrella or there will be rain and drizzle round for a while, that

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won't feel pleasant. It will start to clear away again, from the west.

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Mid afternoon on wards, as it does so temperatures should jump up to

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round 14, maybe 15. So it means a bit damp at Windsor Park for the

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football that is going on there tomorrow. Lots of other things going

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on. Lots of festivals, the Tulip festival. Some damp weather there,

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but it will be dry some the time. We have the city of Derry jazz and big

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band festival, and if you are heading up to the north-west, you

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may well spot in pink giant elk, keeping the pink theme going.

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Tomorrow night some damp drizzly weather, staying mild tomorrow night

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as well. And to begin with on Sunday it will be cloudy and damp but it

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should dry up for a while, with temperatures up to 15, possibly 16

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degrees. Bank Holiday Monday it is the city of marathon, the city of

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marathon? The Belfast city marathon. Run fast because it is going to be

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dry through the morning but wet and windy weather coming in tomorrow

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afternoon. So a bit of a mixed bag this weekend. Make the most of the

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dry gaps and hopefully the rain won't be too heavy.

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Finally our main story and the police are applying for more time to

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question the Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams about the 1972 murder of

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Jean McConville. That was BBC Newsline, thanks for

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watching. Bye.

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