16/07/2014 BBC Newsline

at the papers over on the BBC News Channel, but now on BBC One it's

time former Assistant Chief Constable

says it's possible there was a cover-up of child sex abuse in the

1970s by the intelligence services Alan McQuillan was speaking

as pressure grows for the former Kincora Boys? home in

East Belfast to be included in a UK Our political correspondent

Martina Purdy reports. In 1980, the systematic sexual abuse

of young boys in this hair care home was revealed and three men,

including this man, William McGrath, were jailed. He was the housemaster

who had also founded a far right loyalist organisations some years

earlier. What made the revelations even more shocking were claims that

the RUC has been told of the use several years earlier and has failed

to act. Looking back, this former senior policeman thinks it is

possible that the abuse of children was covered up in exchange for

intelligence information. You have to remember the time that

this was going on in Belfast. Effectively, law and order had

broken down. There was undeclared martial law. The police had

collapsed as an organisation and were trying to get back on their

feet. The army were in the lead of security operations. There were lots

of strange security operations around Belfast at that time. In that

atmosphere, with the security forces and the government trying to get

control of a massive amount of murder and mayhem, quite frankly,

anything was possible. There are growing demands for the

Home Office to include Kincora in a national enquiry into child sex

Home Office to include Kincora in a The allegations there

serious about prominent little figures, not just in Northern

Ireland but also in Great Britain, who were

Ireland but also in Great Britain, have written to the Secretary of

State and tabled questions to the Home Secretary and I'm awaiting a

response. Remit every MP at Westminster needs

to put pressure on the government to ensure that Northern Ireland is and

to put pressure on the government to Kincora in particular is included

within that enquiry. This former boys home is already part of a

historic enquiry into abuse boys home is already part of a

appointed by the Deputy First Minister's office.

That enquiry is not considered sufficient to answer the questions

about politicians -- that sufficient to answer the questions

politicians and journalists have posed for decades

A former scout leader, GAA referee and part-time

firefighter has been jailed for eleven years for abusing children.

Patrick McQuillan from Moyle Avenue in Ballycastle was found guilty

The 62 year old carried out the abuse while serving

He was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.

Fourteen suspected paedophiles have been arrested here as part of a

UK-wide operation targeting people accessing child abuse images online.

The PSNI say two children were identified as being at risk.

More than 650 suspects were arrested across the UK.

The family of a young UDR soldier murdered

near Castlederg 30 years ago say they've been left heartbroken after

tributes marking the anniversary of her death were destroyed.

20 year old Heather Kerrigan was killed alongside colleague

and friend Norman McKinley when the IRA attacked their foot patrol.

A broken poppy, the only visible families of the two soldiers killed

in 1984. The tributes were vandalised after a service on Monday

night marking the anniversary of their deaths will stop the family of

Heather Kerrigan said their grief has been compounded by IRA graffiti

Dort close to the scene of her murder. The PSNI had already taken

the sign away which said IRA to, UDA none. This cross is all that is

left. This is the spot where Heather Kerrigan and Norman McKinley were

killed 30 years ago. There were 80 UDR soldiers on patrol that morning,

including Heather's brother who was also injured. It's just as if it

happened yesterday. It brings the whole thing back. I am very sad and

depressed as to what is going on. We were starting to move on but when

we see this here, it's going to plunge us back years.

While the tributes are now gone, the family have a much loved daughter --

the family of a much loved daughter and sister say her memory will

always remain. Plans for

a republican hunger strike parade in County Fermanagh have been described

as highly insensitive by unionists. The parade in Derrylin,

scheduled for the 3rd of August, commemorates the 1981 hunger strikes

in which 10 republicans died. Unionists say families whose

relatives were murdered by the IRA Sinn Fein say unionist sensitivities

were considered in deciding where People need to understand the very

high esteem in which the hunger strikers Bobby Sands Martin Hurston

and the others are held in by our community. They need to respect

that. We have had lectures from unionism, we are having lectures

from unionism today about tolerance and respect. Well, there needs to be

tolerance and respect given to Republicans as well. These people

were terrorists and murderers. They were not law-abiding citizens. The

way that those people -- I think that's the reality of it. These

people are being glorified irrespective of what they did. They

were murderers. Now tomorrow sees the start

of the Open at Royal Liverpool. Northern Ireland?s three major

champions Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell, and Darren Clarke

will tee off in the morning. Stephen Watson is there for

BBC Newsline. Playing in the world's biggest golf

tournament is a serious business. Well, most of the time. Missed!

Darren Clarke and three Michael Roy were relaxed during their early

morning practice. There was a competitive match taking place

between two of Northern Ireland's major champions, with Michael Roy

taking the bragging rights on the last hole. Only ?20. It's not the

cash, the amount is irrelevant. It's got to do with a youngster with all

that money in the bank, getting 20 quid of my hard earned cash. Beating

and open champion. He's too young to gloat. It was good. We did this in

2011. We did. That worked out well for one of us. It's him this time.

Whenever I was first out on tour, I was testing myself and try to better

myself. We had a good game, a good bit of fun. Who is the smart money

on for The Open? Perhaps, don't bet against another winner from Northern

Ireland. All three of our major champions are upbeat about their

chances of another major moments. Staff at Belfast Zoo have announced

more details about a new arrival The baby was born four months ago

but the mother was so protective of it keepers have only just found

out it's a girl. Kee-bee-bee - which means little

lady in Swahili - is the second Now with the weather forecast

here's Cecilia Daly. Good evening. The forecast is set to

get warm and humid over the next couple of days. Tonight, by

comparison, will be fairly fresh. Lots of dry weather around, maybe

one or two showers lingering. There will be some sunshine to start with

tomorrow. A lot of fine and warm weather around through Thursday. A

pretty good day for heading to the beach. The maybe one or two showers

early in the morning but they will be extremely isolated. Otherwise,

increasing amounts of sunshine developing as the day goes on. A

ridge of high pressure over us tomorrow, so both Britain and the

Republic of Ireland will have a lot of fine, warm and sunny weather.

Average is reaching the high 20s across London and the south-east.

Very high temperatures for part of the Republic of Ireland.

Increasingly warm and muddy as the day goes on. Some cool, fresh

weather left over at the north-east of Scotland. Later in the day, mist

and low cloud may develop across the Irish Sea. Some of that may drift

onto parts of the County Down coast. Otherwise, the highest temperatures

over Fermanagh and Tyrone, possibly up to 24 degrees. On Friday, the

humidity is there with boundary showers in places. Also some sunny

gaps and when the sun comes out, temperatures will reach the low 20s.

It will be a sticky feel to the day. That boundary weather should move

away from us on Friday night, leaving warm and dry conditions.

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