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Good evening. A judge has granted the police more time to detain Gerry | :00:10. | :00:14. | |
Adams. They are questioning him about the murder of Jean McConville | :00:15. | :00:21. | |
in 1972. Our reporter Helen Jones is there. | :00:22. | :00:28. | |
It is understood Gerry Adams appeared in court by video link | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
during a hearing which was held in private. The police could have asked | :00:34. | :00:40. | |
for five more days to question him but the extension for 48 hours was | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
granted by a judge. He voluntarily handed himself to police on | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
Wednesday night. An hour ago, Gerry Adams spoke to the gathered media. | :00:51. | :01:01. | |
There is a growing anger with every hour he spends here. | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
An extension is cold for. I was canvassing last night and the | :01:07. | :01:16. | |
tension is palpable. We cannot lose sight that behind | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
this high-profile case is a family, the family of Jean McConville and | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
they have ever wanted is justice but consistently, Gerry Adams has denied | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
any involvement in her murder. The Deputy First Minister has hinted | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
at a rethink of policing if the detention of Gerry Adams doesn't | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
work out the way Sinn Fein think it should. Martin McGuinness said Sinn | :01:38. | :01:40. | |
Fein will do that in the context of their commitment to peace. | :01:41. | :01:54. | |
This is the image of Gerry Adams his party wants to portray, a peacemaker | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
who has been victimised by what Sinn Fein claims is dark forces, | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
anti-peace and anti-Sinn Fein. As a news conference today, Sinn Fein's | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
most senior figure at Stormont ended his anger that Gerry Adams is facing | :02:10. | :02:17. | |
a third night in police custody. There is a group in the PSNI who | :02:18. | :02:21. | |
have a different agenda, and negative and destructive agenda, to | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
both the peace process and to Sinn Fein. We, under the leadership of | :02:26. | :02:33. | |
Gerry Adams, have no intention whatsoever of allowing these | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
elements to succeed. While he stressed there are progressive | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
elements in the police, Martin McGuinness ended Sinn Fein's support | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
the policing could be affected if the outcome of the current situation | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
was not resolved satisfactorily. We would have to review the situation | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
and we would have to do that in the context of continuing with our very | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
positive and constructive role within what is a vitally important | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
peace process. Earlier the Secretary of State explained by the Prime | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
Minister had telephoned with the First Minister and Deputy first | :03:11. | :03:12. | |
ministers after Gerry Adams's arrest. He is keen to make sure that | :03:13. | :03:21. | |
the reaction to this is a measured one and that Northern Ireland's | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
political leaders continue to work together with the good of Northern | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
Ireland. But the Prime Minister and I appreciate the sensitivity and | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
seriousness of the situation. That is why he was engaging with the | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
first and Debbie First Minister. When did you learn of his arrest? I | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
was told on Monday that it was expected, that he would be | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
questioned in relation to this. I was told by one of my officials who | :03:50. | :03:55. | |
had been informed by the PSNI. What was your response to that? I noted | :03:56. | :04:04. | |
it and obviously started to think through the potential consequences. | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
I ministers may be far apart on policing and Gerry Adams's arrest | :04:10. | :04:12. | |
but they did unite this evening, opening a new stand at Ravenhill. | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
The Belfast mother's remains were found by chance 11 years ago at | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
Shelling Hill Beach in County Louth. As a TD, Gerry Adams now represents | :04:22. | :04:24. | |
that constituency. BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson visited the town of | :04:25. | :04:27. | |
Dundalk today to gauge reaction to misty Adam's arrest. | :04:28. | :04:37. | |
60 miles from the serious crime suite in Antrim, this is where Gerry | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
Adams was supposed to be today, helping a party colleague canvass | :04:42. | :04:47. | |
for this month's elections. A recent opinion poll suggested he was the | :04:48. | :04:50. | |
most popular party leader in the South at the moment. Sinn Fein | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
support here is growing, including amongst young people. Will the | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
arrest of Gerry Adams this week damage the party in the Republic? | :05:00. | :05:06. | |
Probably not that much because everybody and Gerry himself handed | :05:07. | :05:09. | |
him self in so is not that big a deal. I am not sure, I know there is | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
a Sinn Fein society here. More young people are swayed that way, they are | :05:17. | :05:22. | |
not bothered by the past. The arrest of Gerry Adams on Wednesday came too | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
late for the paper in Dundalk but is the story having a big impact on the | :05:29. | :05:34. | |
town? People here have already made up their minds about Gerry Adams and | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
you choose to believe whatever story you want. People have made up their | :05:39. | :05:45. | |
minds. Ten miles from the centre of Dundalk, this is the beach where | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
Jean McConville's body was secretly buried. What happened here on this | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
quiet corner of the coastline more than 40 years ago is still relevant | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
today. A reminder of how the past is casting a shadow on the present. | :06:01. | :06:11. | |
A 47-year-old mild has been charged with possession of explosives with | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
intent to danger life. He is due to appear before court tomorrow | :06:16. | :06:21. | |
morning. It follows the discovery of a substantial amount of explosives | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
in north Belfast yesterday will stop they were found during searches of a | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
flat in the new Lodge area. Rugby now and Ulster have earned a | :06:32. | :06:34. | |
place in the Pro12 play-offs in spite of losing to Leinster by 20-22 | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
at Ravenhill. Paddy Jackson opened the scoring for Ulster but were soon | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
down to 14 men once again after Tom Court was given a red card. Earlier | :06:43. | :06:45. | |
there were celebrations as Ravenhill's redeveloped grounds were | :06:46. | :06:49. | |
officially opened. Almost ?17 million was provided by the | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
Executive to build three new stands to increase capacity to 18,000. | :06:53. | :07:03. | |
There are festivals for music, literature and drama but this week | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
the Cathedral Quarter in Belfast rolls them all into one. Not only | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
that, it runs alongside a festival of very foolish acts. | :07:12. | :07:26. | |
On its 15th birthday, the festival which prides itself on having a | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
little bit of anarchy is now fixed in the entertainment calendar. Among | :07:32. | :07:38. | |
the 120 shows, this 70 for-year-old drummer and 72-year-old Martha | :07:39. | :07:45. | |
Reeves are selling well. There is plenty of youthful energy as well | :07:46. | :07:49. | |
like this comedian. She has sold out in the festival has reached its | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
target per ticket sales on only the second day. I talk funny because I | :07:54. | :08:06. | |
come from Canada! It is very affordable and we are in a great | :08:07. | :08:09. | |
location, everybody can get to the city centre. The spread of the | :08:10. | :08:16. | |
festival, it is slightly and kick and people like that. There is no | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
excuse for not being entertained in Belfast whether it is watching acts | :08:22. | :08:25. | |
from across the world in the Festival of fools, or more than 100 | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
shows, you are spoiled for choice. The weather is next. | :08:32. | :08:42. | |
It is a bank holiday Monday so there is some ring around but it will not | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
be raining all the time. You will to make the most of the dry gaps. It is | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
dry tonight although generally quite cloudy. Should not drop below 56 | :08:52. | :09:01. | |
degrees. To begin with, it will be dry but some drizzle will edge in | :09:02. | :09:16. | |
from the West as the day goes on. This is the area of rain coming in | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
slowly from many parts of Ireland. There is some drier weather behind | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
it so it will dry up again later in the day. Many parts of Britain will | :09:25. | :09:31. | |
get away with a lot of dry weather tomorrow. Some sunshine to, | :09:32. | :09:35. | |
especially in parts of the Midlands and the North of England. Tomorrow | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
our temperatures will be slightly higher than today but not that | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
pleasant but the region around. Some dry weather will come in from the | :09:47. | :09:49. | |
west it tomorrow afternoon and through the evening. On Sunday, | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
there will be some dampness to begin with but it will dry up in the | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
afternoon. A dry start to mandate that some rain and strong winds are | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
likely it in the day. If you are running in the marathon, most of the | :10:05. | :10:08. | |
morning is staying dry with a risk of being in the afternoon. | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
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