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with the late news after the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony,

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The man and woman who died in last night's fatal road crash

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in Newry were 67 year old Joan Connor from Drogheda

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and 19 year old Niall Murphy who was originally from the Newry area.

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A white flag the distressing to another fatal road crash in which

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two more lives were lost. It along this busy section of the old Dublin

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to Belfast road that the accident happened at around 5:30pm

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yesterday. The 19-year-old driver of one of the vehicles died here at the

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scene. The 67 euros woman who was a passenger in the other car guides in

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the hospital from her injuries. One local councillor expressed the shock

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felt by the community. Unbelievable, dreadful. I'm sure the

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young person and the lady, I'm sure they did not realise this would

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happen to them. It is really serious and awful news.

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The police are appealing for anyone who saw this crash to contact them.

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The deaths at this spot yesterday have brought the number of people

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killed on our roads to 5 cents Friday.

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Earlier, the Army pay tribute to soldiers who died in a crash on

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Friday night. Lance Corp David Welt and Dale Harris, both of the 2nd

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Battalion, were based at these barracks in the spring. In a

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statement, the army described the man as hugely competent soldiers and

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-- US fast -- fantastic futures ahead of them.

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Another man died in hospital following a crash on Wednesday. He

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was originally from the and had been living in Portadown for several

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years. These latest deaths bring to 48 number of people who have lost

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their lives on the roads this year. 17 people, including twelve

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children, have been treated in hospital for minor injuries

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after a mini-train overturned They were taken to the

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South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen following

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the incident at Drumhoney Holiday The health and safety executive say

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they're investigating the incident Thousands

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of Republicans have taken part in a hunger strike commemoration parade

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in Derrylin in county Fermanagh. Twenty seven bands

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along with their supporters paraded down the main street

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of the village to attend the rally. Among those taking part was the

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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams and deputy first

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Minister Martin McGuinness. Local MP Michelle Gildernew said

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the event wasn't intended to offend We understand that people may be

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offended but there are, as I said, different narratives to the story. I

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don't think people necessarily understand the narrative. I respect

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their rights to have a different opinion.

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Meanwhile in a statement this evening , the TUV

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leader Jim Allister said the parade in Derrylin was never intended by

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Sinn Fein to be anything other than a glorification of IRA terrorism

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A petrol bomb has been thrown at a house in Fermanagh in the early

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hours of this morning. There were no injuries. A device was thrown from a

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car on Station Road just before half past three.

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Following tonight's Commonwealth Games closing ceremony

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in Glasgow, the Northern Ireland team will return home tomorrow with

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a grand total of twelve medals, the second-biggest tally

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Stephen Watson reports now from Glasgow.

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Tonight's closing ceremony brings to announce the 11 days of competition.

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It's been a very successful Commonwealth Games for Northern

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Ireland. 12 medals in all with two gold, three silver and seven bronze.

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The second biggest haul ever. Nine of those medals came from one

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sports. After a memorable day for our boxers in Glasgow yesterday.

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It was a night when Northern Ireland boxers lived -- lit up the

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Commonwealth games. This was the moment which made all the hard work

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worthwhile. Celebrating gold medal success

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together. To fighters are close friends. Now they have another

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common bonds. It has kicked in a bit now. It's a

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great feeling, especially sharing it with Paddy because he came along

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last time and I was the only medallist.

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At the Olympics, I got bronze. The year before, I got silver. It's

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great because we doing brilliantly. In the right corner, representing

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Northern Ireland. Michael is just 22 years old but may decide to miss the

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opportunity of fighting at the Olympics in Brazil in two years

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time. My style is it to professional and

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it's something I've always wanted to do. I will always do that, whether

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it is now or later. Who knows. I could go to Rio and pick up a gold

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medal, we're just getting better. But Barnes still has unfinished

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business as an amateur. One of my main targets is to win a

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gold medal at the Olympic Games. Hopefully, in the next two years, I

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will improve any more and -- improve even more and hit that target. Here

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it is, a gold medal. Paddy Barnes and the rest of team

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and I will now sail back to Northern Ireland to a special homecoming. I

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will be live there for BBC newsline. Armagh have qualified

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for the quarter finals of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship

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for the first time since 2008 with an 18 points to 13 victory over

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Meath at Croke Park last night. A strong performance in the last

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half-hour of the game secured Meanwhile Monaghan set up

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a quarter-final tie with Dublin This goal from

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Christopher McGuinness in extra time Now with the weather

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forecast here's Barra Best Through this evening we will have

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some further spells of wet weather, courtesy of an area of low pressure

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which has given us... Through the night, it is -- edges away leaving

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brighter conditions. Monday will be a much better day. Not dry all the

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time but it will be much more brights. A dry start for many of us

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to begin with, with one or two isolated showers. A not bad day

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right across Britain. Much calmer for us all with some good spells of

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sunshine. Some scattered showers will begin to develop. Temperatures

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still reaching the mid-20s in parts of the site -- south-east of

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England. Tebbit was getting up to about 19 in the North. Right across

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Ireland tomorrow, some decent spells of sun with scattered showers.

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Tomorrow afternoon, a few of those showers will pass. Temperatures

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reached 19 or 20 degrees with fairly light winds. As we go into Tuesday,

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further spells of rain to come and that really is the outlook for the

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rest of the week. That's it for now -

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our next BBC Newsline bulletin is

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