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29/08/2014

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Gompertz has the story. That's all

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The Irish Justice Minister, Frances Fitzgerald, says she's

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disturbed by a report in the Evening Herald that a Garda officer passed

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information to the IRA about two dissident republicans in custody.

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She's asked the Acting Garda Commissioner for a full report.

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Here's our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison.

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I'll this is highly embarrassing for the Garda, coming 12 months after it

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was fine that an unnamed Drink Think colluded in the matter of senior RUC

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officers in the 1980s. -- after unnamed Garda. It is said that

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information was passed on by text to the IRA about dissident republicans

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held in a station within the past 12 months. It is reported the man

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involved has left the force but without disciplinary action taken

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against them by authorities, but the Department of Justice said this

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evening he is under criminal investigation in relation to this

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and another matter. A lawyer representing one of the RUC families

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at the tribunal said that lack of disciplinary action is totally not

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satisfactory and the Republic's Department of Justice and its

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minister, Frances Fitzgerald, has asked for a full report on the

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matter. A 23-year-old man has died

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in hospital after being injured in a car crash in Enniskillen

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at the weekend. He was in a car which crashed into

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the Johnston Bridge roundabout in An 18-year-old man was arrested

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on suspicion of a number of motoring offences

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and has been released on bail. A special needs teacher has won

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his appeal against a conviction for assaults

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against two 12-year-old girls with Stephen Downes of Glebe Gardens

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in Moira was convicted of cruelty to the two pupils at Parkview

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special school in Lisburn and given Mr Downes, who had been a teacher

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at the school since 1997, During the case,

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his solicitor acknowledged he had The former teacher said the two

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years before he was convicted Doctors and people providing care

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in the community say they're concerned

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about the impact of cuts as the row over the shortfall in the

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health budget rumbles on. Yesterday, BBC Newsline outlined

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some of the services that might be reduced

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in an attempt to balance the books. But some say there's

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a huge contradiction This resource centre in Derry

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provides a range of services for elderly people.

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Up to 30 come to the day centre. Another 80 get meals on wheels

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from here. A Stormont strategy called

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Transforming Your Care was intended to keep pensioners like these out

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of nursing homes and in their own homes by providing

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services in their communities. But now those services could be

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in line for cuts. Our massive contradiction there. And

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a massive impact it will have on all the people in the next 10-15 years.

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They come out with fancy documents and policies, but the cuts into

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community care, older people will be worse off.

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in line for cuts. Everything from emergency

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departments in hospitals to home visits by specialist nurses for

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people with chronic illnesses like type 1 diabetes are under pressure.

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Chris McCarroll is meant to get a home visit every three months.

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I last saw her in March this year, due another appointment in June or

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July, but I did not get an appointment and I called up and was

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told Saudi, it was unlikely I would get an appointment in December. So

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this is when I have had my diagnosis closely. But it could be nine

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months, rather than six months or three months.

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a home visit every three months. Tthe trust says demand

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for diabetic services outstrips its ability to supply it and it's

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having to prioritise patients. Edwin Poots says there's

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a ?140 million shortfall in the health budget.

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That led the spokesman for NI's GPs to warn of catastrophic

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and potentially life-threatening consequences. But the top doctor

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in one of our main emergency departments takes a different view.

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I would not use those terms. I would describe it as challenging. These

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cuts reportedly in the region of ?140 million, represents about 4% of

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the budget, a significant amount of money against challenging

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inflationary pressures. If the cuts went ahead, how could this

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department cope? There are some recommendations, such as locating

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GPI the virus, taking up the load of patients, and alternatives such as

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recruitment of staff from other areas. -- such as locating GP

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services. departments takes a different view.

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The health budget may be ring-fenced,

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but a growing elderly population with more complex medical needs

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means the pot to pay for health care is diminishing in real terms.

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A health pressure group in Londonderry has warned

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of the dangers of drinking during pregnancy.

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It's now begun a campaign to highlight the long term effects

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and claims there are mixed messages being given to expectant mothers

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Here's our North West reporter, Keiron Tourish.

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It's an exciting time when expecting your first child,

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and Caoimhe Deeney wanted to do everything right.

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She had researched the possible effects of drinking

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during pregnancy and decided to avoid alcohol completely.

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I felt that it was important for me not to drink alcohol.

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It was my first pregnancy, I was so excited,

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I was aware of the risks and I was afraid to cause any harm.

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I am glad now I did not, because I have a beautiful healthy baby here.

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And I would recommend that nobody drink alcohol,

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One pressure group, which promotes awareness

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around a range of health issues, says that giving children the best

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start in life should begin with the best start in life should begin with

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help about the long-term effects of drinking during pregnancy.

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We are trying to get across that the safest option is not

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What people do not realise is you would never give a child or toddler

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some alcohol to drink, and that is essentially what you're doing

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And a small baby in the womb cannot process alcohol

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One GP says there is no doubt about the potential harm that could

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be caused to babies if mothers overindulge while pregnant.

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Foetal alcohol syndrome is a very severe condition where the baby

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is permanently damaged by exposure to alcohol during pregnancy.

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What we are trying to do is everything possible to ensure that

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a healthy baby is born, hopefully with no problems whatsoever.

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And if you do not drink alcohol during pregnancy,

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Those behind the project say the most sensible option is to

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not drink alcohol during pregnancy, but recognise that some mums to be

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They have underlined the fact that help and advice is available.

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Thieves tried to steal an ATM in Castlerock

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A lorry, stolen from the Newmills Road in Coleraine,

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was driven to a petrol station on the Mussenden Road.

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It was reversed into the building a number of times

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The lorry was found at the Garvagh Road this morning

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Are we in for a decent weekend? A drier day than most for some, the

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North Coast holding onto some I'd break the rain. Eventually turning

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drier with clear skies and it will not be a cold night. We hold onto

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some brisk winds into Saturday, but not too bad, plenty of dry weather

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and decent spells of sunshine. Not completely dry, some showers into

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the afternoon, but plenty of dry weather to begin with, the sunshine

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kicking off the weekend, but slowed coming in from the waist in the

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afternoon and some showers moving eastwards. -- from the West. Across

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much of England, it is dry, but rain elsewhere. Across Ireland, apart

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from the North, southern areas much drier and brighter. For Northern

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Ireland, tomorrow afternoon, some showers making their way across all

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places, brightening up later in for a man, and sunshine tomorrow

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evening. -- in Fermanagh. A promising start on Sunday. Some

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stronger wind, patchy rain, clearing by the evening, then looking ahead

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to next week, mainly dry Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and

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temperatures into the 20s. Great stuff, what you want to

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