21/12/2015 BBC Newsline

An investigation has begun into the death of a man

The police and Health and Safety Executive investigators

It's thought the incident involved a tractor.

Our reporter Colletta Smith joins us from Kilclief

In the County Down coast and it was close to hear that earlier this

evening a man in his 70s lost his life at a farm. Tonight, police are

still at the scene, beginning an investigation into what happened

earlier on today. Cause this was a death at a farm, the Health and

Safety Executive are looking into the circumstances and trying to

examine the cause of the death of this man. Neighbours and friends of

the man are gathering at the host of eight and understandably are all

shocked. Family members have told me that this was a very private man and

that is a sentiment echoed by the local MP who knows the family.

Deepest sympathies will go to the bereaved of the family, the poor man

who lost his life in such tragic circumstances, to his three sisters

and his brother, who, I'm sure, will be in a deep sense of grief. The

farming community asked or call, strong and in support of that family

tonight -- Stoic. It brings home the death of somebody who was special in

their community and somebody who enjoyed life but above all loved his

farm and his animals and the work you did on a daily basis all his

life. Farming families across Northern

Ireland are feeling the pain that this community has suffered as they

remember a man who lost his life doing the job that he laughs. --

loves. A priest has urged young people

in west Belfast not to take the law He was speaking at the funeral

of Christopher Meli, who was beaten to death in Twinbrook

where he was visiting friends One of the teenagers accused

of Christopher Meli's murder Another had bail refused amid fears

that he would re-offend. Brumley and friends gathered outside

the home this morning. Standing silently as the coughing of

20-year-old Christopher Meli was carried outside before being placed

in a horse-drawn hearse. A lone piper played a lament. More people

joined, filing and for Requiem Mass. Fr Aidan Denny described what he

called stupid teenagers who did this deed. He urged people not to take

the law into their own hands, echoing the calls from the family.

The priest also spoke of the tragic loss which the family are having to

come to terms with. Nothing can prepare us for this and

we ask why it happened. The tendency is to say that it is the will of

God. Let us be perfectly clear, God did not will this tragedy to happen.

As they moved away from the church for boreal, Christopher Meli's

mother the Nessa clutched a picture of her. -- the Nessa clutched a

picture of him. A community in County Fermanagh

is mourning the loss of a seven-year-old boy who was

killed in a road accident yesterday. He was hit by a car

on Lattone Road near Belcoo. Here's our south west

reporter, Julian Fowler. Seven-year-old Ryan McGovern lived

with his parents and brothers a few miles from where he was killed. He

was struck by a car that was moving along the road. You later died in

hospital. This latest tragedy has left another family and another

community devastated. We are heartbroken. On behalf of the

whole community, I cannot believe how they are feeling because I have

a wee boy the same age and the play together for the local club. It is

very, very sad. For the school beside us, last week

they would have been full of the joy of Christmas.

Yes, and Santa Claus came to town and they were all playing. It is

desperate. Words can't describe it. I am devastated.

The police have appealed for any witnesses to contact them.

A man who admitted taking part in several attacks against the security

forces has been sent to prison. The Deputy First Minister Martin

McGuinness has praised the prominent republican Thomas "Slab" Murphy for,

what he called, "his invaluable support"

for the peace process. The South Armagh man was convicted

last week on nine counts of tax evasion by the Special

Criminal Court in Dublin. Here's Our Political Editor

Mark Devenport. For decades he was known as a

prominent Republican. He was charged with nine counts of tax evasion but

Sinn Fein said he was treated unfairly. Gerry Adams criticised the

choice of court chosen to deal with them which works with a judge but no

Judy. Ministers faced questions about Tom Murphy's case. Martin

McGuinness said it had been vital. It wouldn't have happened without

the support of people like Murphy. We need to understand that. Tom

Murphy has found himself before a court on revenue matters. There have

been business people found before courts but none of them are to be

described as criminals. Others didn't ensure those concerns.

A Robinson and thought it would be sheer madness to have the Murphy

case in front of a jury. I don't think there would have been

a different result but they would have been more susceptible to

pressures. There have been good reasons for a

number of years why we have had special criminal courts and continue

to have them. We believe it is important in the context of bringing

people to justice that every effort is made to ensure that we bring an

end to the scourge of organised crime.

Ministers confirmed that a new joint task force intended to tackle cross

force organised in Parliament Rotary crime will have a meeting next

month. -- Pala military crime. With a rain warning issued

for parts of the west, here's the latest weather

forecast with Cecilia Daly. We have wet and windy boreal --

weather coming in over night and a weather warning. The rain is piling

up in the south west in particular. Still raining in many places first

thing tomorrow but that wet and windy weather will clear quickly. If

you are up early, it will be mild but there will be water spray and

localised flooding. Not a bad day for shopping later on. The rainfall

area becoming slow moving across northern England and Wales and

Scotland. It will get colder across Northern Ireland as the day goes on

but fairly dry with just a few showers around. That will lead into

the night. There could be some nice round on Wednesday morning. -- ice.

We are expecting that to clear to lead a fairly crisp day on Christmas

Eve with a few flakes of snow on the hills.

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