18/06/2014 BBC Newsline


18/06/2014

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Hello and welcome to BBC Newsline. the London Mayor, Boris Johnson.

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A man originally from Nigeria has said he will not be

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moving in to a Housing Executive property in east Belfast,

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Banners with the words ?local homes for local people?

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were hung on the gate of the house in the Garnerville area.

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As BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson now reports police removed the banners

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This man has been living in Northern Ireland for four years. He was

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allocated a housing executive property in east Belfast. But the

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house he was hoping to move into was covered in protest poster. Local

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houses for local people was written on one of the banners. It's about

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discrimination and intimidation and racism. It speaks for itself. The

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banner they have placed there, local housing for local people. It is just

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shameful this is happening in this era. Michael has a three-year-old

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son who lives with him during part of the week. The protesters said

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their opposition to the family was nothing to do with the colour of

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their skin. They said the house should have gone to pensioners or

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the disabled. The protesters only agreed to speak on television if

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their faces were not shown. It is a mixed community. We do not have no

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racism up here. Why does nobody want to appear on camera? Now we are

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being called racist, which we are horrified. We are embarrassed about

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it. We are not racist. This is about a bung allow ekiped for pensioners

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and they cannot put families into them. As we were filming, the police

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arrived and removed the banners from them. As we were filming, the police

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around the house. One by one they were taken away and the street is

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now back to normal. But it is too late for Michael. He was supposed to

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move into the house this week. Now he says he doesn't know where he is

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going to stay. But he wants to remain in Belfast. I have received

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loads of text messages on Facebook as well and supporting me and they

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condemned that act. That is enough for me to realise Belfast is not

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bad. It seems this was not an isolated incident. Tonight the

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housing executive said there had been more than ten cases in South

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and East Belfast where people couldn't move into the house they

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had been allocated. The First Minister Peter Robinson

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said he doesn't think the protest He was speaking to our political

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editor Mark Devenport. I'm not sure this can be described

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as racism in term of what the intention of people was. There is

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concern and local in these terms means very local. You might have had

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the same reaction if it was somebody from up country moving into an area

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where local people can't get houses. So really. Do you really think that

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would have been the case if they had seen somebody with a white face

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moving in. I know it has happened elsewhere. There is people who have

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been brought up and raised and lived in housing estates all of their

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lives, their children grow up in the area and they cannot get them

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housed. So there is that resentment. Exactly 20 years ago today,

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six Catholic men were shot dead by the UVF as they watched a World

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Cup game at a pub in Loughinisland. Their relatives have reacted angrily

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to a fresh appeal for information They've accused the PSNI

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of hypocrisy for making the appeal - just two weeks after the Chief

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Constable was accused of withholding Our Home Affairs Correspondent

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Vincent Kearney reports. It should have been a night of

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celebration. It goes for the shot. Ray Houghton! Shortly after goal

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that beat Italy and secured the greatest victory in the republic's

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history, within seconds men who had been watching the match had been

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shot dead. A survivor has written about the attack and today Colin

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read an extract describing how his best friend's father saved his life.

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We are being hit, I shouted. He throws himself on top of me to save

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me from the bullets. I'm falling back now. Off my stool. And again I

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glimpse temperatures two boiler suits at the -- glimpse the the two

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boiler suits at the door. I assumed they're bull elts, but I feel no

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pain. I have nothing to compare this to. He is lying on me now.

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Completely still. Too still, I think. I slide out from under him.

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There are no moans, no breathing. Just silence. No one has ever been

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convicted of the murders. 20 years on, the PSNI appeal ed to anyone

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with information that could help catch the killers to come forward.

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But a solicitor for the families said they're angry because evidence

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provided at the time was destroyed. Thits This was a case the public did

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provided at the time was destroyed. assist within hours the getaway car

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was found by a member of the public. Within weeks all of the exhibits in

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the case, the guns, Within weeks all of the exhibits in

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the boiler suits, the gloves were all found by

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the boiler suits, the gloves were securing that evidence, the police

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set about destroying that evidence. The families have criticised the

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PSNI for refusing to give the police ombudsman information about the

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attack. Michael Maguire is investigating allegations that the

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killings were not properly investigated, because an informer

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was being protected. He is taking the Chief Constable to court in an

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attempt to force him to hand over information he says his

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investigators need. It is understood the two sides are engaged in

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discussions about the issue. Meanwhile, tonight in Loughinisland

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there was an anniversary mass for the six men who died followed

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by a procession by relatives, other victims and friends.

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They walked to the Heights Bar, where the shooting took place

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and held a vigil The chairman of the

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Historical Institutional Abuse The inquiry is examining allegations

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of abuse in institutions run by the church, state or charities

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between 1922 and 1995. If the extension is granted,

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the inquiry's report will be given Campaigners say that's

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too long to wait. If they need that extra year, change

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the terms of reference and set up a redress board now for us victims.

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There is enough evidence there through the acknowledgement form and

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I'm sure they could study the report right up-to-date and find out

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where... Who the onus is on for the neglect and abuse we suffered.

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Rory McIlroy says he intends to play for Ireland at the Olympic Games

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The 25-year-old from Holywood was eligible to play for Great Britain

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or Ireland and his choice had been the subject of ongoing speculation.

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He was speaking in County Cork ahead of this week's Irish Open.

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I'm a product of Northern Ireland and you know we have the British

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school system and we pay for everything in sterling. So there is

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obviously parts of me that feel a bit that way. But I have always

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grown up wanting to play for Ireland. Whether, it is not golf,

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rugby, cricket, hockey, they all view Ireland as one. Obviously I'm

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close to a lot of the Ulster boys and all they want to do is get in

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the Ireland team and they're proud to pull on the green jersey. Just as

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I will be in a couple of years time. It was another hot day today. But is

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there a change on the way? We have had another cracking days with

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temperatures up to 25 degrees. As we go through tonight, it won't be as

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warm as it has been. Temperatures down to 12 degrees. So we will see

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more cloud drift in and that will bring some cooler air tomorrow. But

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it is still going to be pretty good. Temperatures will be back to normal

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for the time of year, about four or five degrees lower than today.

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Across Britain and Ireland tomorrow it stays settled with some rain in

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England. Staying cool at 15 degrees in the north. Further south and west

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it will be warmer with temperatures in low 20s. Tomorrow it will be dry

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and bright and we will see some sunshine. Taerments up to about 19

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degrees. Still not bad for the time of year. Towards the

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