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Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:

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The moment gunman opened fire at a boxing weigh-in, killing one man and

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wounding two others. We have a reporter in Dublin.

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Dealing with the past - young voters give their views

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as a Troubles victim says it's time to reconsider some form of amnesty.

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I think that South Africa took the right course when they decided to

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draw a line under the past by declaring very firmly in the

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transitional constitution that an amnesty would be granted.

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New rules are coming in for hailing a taxi

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late at night in Belfast city centre - we'll have the details.

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Actor Liam Neeson appeals for everyone in his home town

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to get behind a jobs rally tomorrow.

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Overlooked for the World Cup, but Andrew Trimble

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has pushed his way back into Ireland Six Nations team.

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And it is turning drier after today, but it may not stay that way at the

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weekend. I will have the weather details shortly.

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Gunmen disguised as police officers opened fire on boxing fans in Dublin

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this afternoon, killing one man and wounding two others.

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It happened in a hotel at a weigh-in ceremony

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Our Dublin Correspondent Shane Harrison has more on this.

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He is at the scene and we hope to go to him shortly. Shane is there, can

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you tell us what happened in Well, it was at half past two this

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afternoon that the guard I say there was a weigh-in behind me for a

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number of flights tomorrow night and what happened was two men dressed as

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Gardai arrived at the scene and started firing. We have some footage

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and it really is quite shocking. Now, there were a number of sports

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fans there, people interested in the fight and of course, some sports

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journalist, including the BBC Radio Foyle journalist Kevin McAnena. You

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join me now, what did you see? I was coming out of the main room where

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the weigh-in had happened because most of the main fighters had

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finished, but some were still and I was walking through the corridor

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into the lobby and panic developed, people started running and running

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and pushing and shoving each other and I didn't know what had happened,

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I thought maybe a fist fight had broken out. I know they were

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shooting in the main room before. Then outside, I heard two gunshots

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and two gunmen in Gardai U came through the lobby to my left. One of

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them ran forward, he looked as if he was about to go into the restaurant

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part and then he turned and one guy was running through the lobby and he

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just shot him in the leg. He was maybe six feet in front of me, just

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over there. He seemed to shoot him so indiscriminately that I thought,

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is this actually the Gardai, because he didn't look at who he was

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shooting? I jumped over the receptionist's desk and he was

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shouting, don't shoot, don't shoot. The gunman leaned over the

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receptionist's desk, was pointing down at me and I was screaming,

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"Don't shoot, don't shoot," and he said something to me and at this

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point, everyone else had run away. I was looking straight down the

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barrel, he was pointing the gun straight at me and I was terrified

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and I lay there for a while and it stayed quiet so I scuttled off to

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the back, there was a room in there and I hid with the receptionist or

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maybe an hour before we rang the Gardai and they told us it was OK to

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get out. How'd you feel now? It must have been terrifying experience.

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Absolutely terrifying at the time, my whole body was shaking. I feel

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OKed now but probably tomorrow and the next day, the full trauma will

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hit you. I have never had a near death experience before so for me it

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was terrifying, but for everyone there, terrifying and someone has

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lost their life as well. I can tell you that a man has lost his life,

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two people are injured with suspected gunshot wounds. They are

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being treated in hospitals nearby. As to who carried it out, Gardai are

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obviously linking it to gangland crime and they suspect it may be

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linked to the killing of a gangland figure from Dublin, Gary Hutch, in

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southern Spain late last year. Shane Harrison, our Dublin

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correspondent there. A Queen's University academic has

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said the mounting costs of investigating deaths

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during the Troubles means politicians should reconsider

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the idea of some form of amnesty. Professor Adrian Guelke,

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who himself survived a paramilitary murder attempt, says the future

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is more important than the past. He says the mounting cost of

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investigating the past means politicians stood consider such a

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step. The gunman who tried to kill Adrian Guelke had never been found.

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He was upstairs in his flat when the loyalist gunmen who shot him

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mistakenly thought he was working for the IRA. He survived and today,

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his focus is on the future, not the past. I'm just happy to move on and

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I don't see any purpose in pursuing people

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involved in my particular case. I think South Africa took the right

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course when they decided to draw a line under the past by declaring

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very firmly in the transitional constitution that an amnesty would

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be granted. Victims' groups very commonly want both truth and

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justice. What people have to understand is they are more likely

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to get truth is they are more willing to be more flexible about

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justice and I think the cost of trying to deal with the past, we do

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need a different approached the one that is being currently used.

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Dealing with the past has already been expensive, but many believe it

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is a price worth paying. Enquiries have been held into bloody Sunday

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and deaths of Robert Hammell, Billy Wright and Rosemary Nelson, at a

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total cost of more than ?300 million. And millions more have been

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spent on inquests, ombudsman investigations, Victims' groups, the

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Victims commissioner, B Historical Enquiries Team and a range of other

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troubles related investigations. The next one will be the so-called steak

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knife inquiry. Police say it will cost around ?35 billion. What isn't

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clear is who is going to be paying for it. At the same time,

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politicians still can't agree on a final framework for dealing with the

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past, but some kind of amnesty has little support. We are very clear as

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a party that that is not about to happen. There will be no amnesty, no

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rewriting of history in Northern Ireland and we will continue to

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fight with the Victims for justice. For more than 20 years, politicians

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have been grappling with just how to deal with the past. It hasn't always

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been their number one priority but the fact that the issue is now right

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at the top of the political agenda at Stormont is in one way a sign of

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progress. Getting a consensus on how

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we deal with the past is, at the moment, beyond

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the reach of those who lived Well, sixth-formers gathered

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in Belfast today to talk But as our Education Correspondent

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Robbie Meredith discovered, they have plenty to say

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about the past as well. Your question is, what are three key

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issues in Belfast that need to be addressed?

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They were born at the time of the Good Friday Agreement.

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But has Northern Ireland moved forward enough during their lives?

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There are so many issues today that we need to focus on and I don't

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think there is enough focus on them, unique, funding, things that are

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important to students and important to young people. Now we have the

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lowering of the corporation Tax but not until 2017, so we need more

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things happening now to make Belfast attracted to people in the financial

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world. I do think things should have moved on and they haven't.

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These young people will be able to vote in elections for the first

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At the minute, there's political deadlock over how we deal

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with the past, the legacy of the Troubles and its cost.

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Does that matter to them or is it a source of frustration?

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At times, I sort of think we spend too much money and things like that.

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At the end of the day, in my opinion, the past should be in the

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past. There is only so much justice and rest you can get by

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investigating the past and it would be more worthwhile investing in the

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future. Do you feel we are being held back by the past? I do to an

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extent. But what happens in the past shapes the future but in a lot of

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places, yes. One of the organisers of today's

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event says politicians need It has gone even beyond frustration,

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these young people are looking forward. They don't have the

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experiences of some of us. I was going to school in the 1970s, this

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sort of thing was completely unthinkable. These young people are

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looking to the future. And there was even a blunt

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message for the media. If there is still a continual focus

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on the troubles and it is still brought up in the news and that the

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news always focus on it, it is still in people's heads and the more it is

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in people's heads, the more issues will arise from it. Food for

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thought. Five people escaped injury

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in a gun attack on a house Shots were fired at a house

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in Dill Avenue at about six o'clock, Two children were in the house

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at the time of the attack. New significant changes to taxi

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regulations You will be able to hail any taxi

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during certain hours of the weekend in Belfast City Centre

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without having a booking. It can be a confusing situation,

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which taxes can be hailed and which can't? Outside of Belfast, it is

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simple. All taxes can be waived down, but here in Belfast city

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centre, it is a bit different. Currently, only public higher taxes,

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or what we would know as black taxes, can be hailed on the streets.

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Other taxes have to be booked in advance. But that is about to be

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changed. What will change is that on a Friday and Saturday night, between

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the hours of 2359 and six o'clock the following day, and on public

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holidays, members of the public will be able to hail any taxi in the two

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mile zone within Belfast. Previously, that wasn't the case. We

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have done that because often demand outstrips supply and it is a way for

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the public to get a taxi quickly and get home as soon as they possibly

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can. This is the area in Belfast city centre covered by the new

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rules. Not everyone is happy about the change. If this is just to clear

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the streets, it is wrong, because if you are going to clear the streets,

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you must know that the clientele and the general public are getting into

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a legitimate taxi and that doesn't have that insurance. It is also

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introducing new signage that will look something like this, to deter

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those operating illegally. Black taxi drivers don't understand why

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they need it also. of the Derry city footballer

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Mark Farren. The City team formed a guard

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of honour outside St Mary's Church in Ballybrack, County Donegal,

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and the mourners included the Deputy First Minister

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Martin McGuinness and the former SDLP leader

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John Hume. 20 years ago next week,

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a bomb exploded at Canary Wharf in the heart of London's Docklands,

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ending a 17-month-old IRA ceasefire. In a BBC Northern Ireland programme,

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the man charged with catching those responsible talks in public

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for the first time. February 1996 came after a period

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of hope and a little glamour We invite to the platform,

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the president of the United States! But behind the scenes,

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it was stalling. When the president decided to go to

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Northern Ireland, there was no movement on the peace process.

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The issue of how and when the IRA should decommission seemed

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Sniper shootings were blotting the ceasefire.

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And then on the 9th of February, at teatime -

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Hundreds of people injured by flying glass. A scene of utter devastation,

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like anything you have ever seen in a movie and that sort of flickering

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light from the fire brigade and torches and all that, like a scene

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from the apocalypse. Two people died and hundreds were injured.

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This is the man who ran the operation to catch

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Now for the first time, he's explained how the public

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pointed them towards crucial fingerprint evidence.

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Perhaps you work in the motor trade, perhaps in the conversion industry,

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if you have seen somebody working on this vehicle.

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An abandoned tyre brought the first finger print.

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The second on an ashtray at a truck stop in Carlisle.

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But there was no one matching that print on the system.

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The breakthrough came during an RUC operation on snipers

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I got a phone call, OK, we have arrested the sniper team and I said,

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congratulations, that is wonderful, we got the car and we got the

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rightful -- rifle and we have got them all alive, which was really

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good. And he said and the fingerprint officers have had a look

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at the first set of fingerprints they have taken from the people

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arrested and it is your... He just took one look at him and said this

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is the triple thumbprint man. It was considered a massive

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security operation success. But others say that the bomb

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was actually the biggest triumph The great irony to me is Canary

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Wharf got the Republicans to the table. The British are so much "The

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words are here and the actions are there" and the actions of the

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British are, yes, you can bomb your way to the conference table. That's

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really what Canary Wharf was. 20 years ago, the bomb rocked

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Britain's new financial district, but it's reverberations were felt

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just as deeply in Northern And you can see that programme

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at nine o'clock on Monday evening and a sprinkle of stardust -

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to a campaign to bring jobs back He has recorded a video message

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urging people to attend a rally in Ballymena tomorrow,

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calling for greater investment He's the Hollywood superstar who's

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never forgotten his roots . But now this action man is asking

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the people of Ballymena Hello, I am Liam Neeson, Fred

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Palomino man. I am backing the demand for jobs and investment for

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Ballymena -- are proud Ballymena man. I am asking you to attend a

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rally for the future of Ballymena at the bandstand on the moon -- on the

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sixth of every afternoon. Be there. His home town has had

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a tough time recently. The closures of the Michelin tyre

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factory and the Gallaghers cigarette plant have left more than 1,600

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workers facing unemployment. Now a campaign has been launched

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calling for more investment - and a brighter future -

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for the town. Locals say something

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needs to change. I have a sister who has worked at

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Gallagher is a over 40 years and I don't know where she will get a job

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now. So you back the campaign? Fully back it. There is a lot of

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competition and they look for a lot of criteria. In this day and age,

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workers not plentiful in Ballymena, so it is a bit of a disaster that

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people have lost their jobs. While the New York-based actor isn't

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expected to attend the rally in person tomorrow, the event's

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organisers say his message Out of the workforce here of 1700

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going into major plans, service industries and none of -- another

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thousand, we are looking public sector cuts being massive, massive

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impact and something needs to happen. Campaigners may have secured

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the backing of a famous Hollywood actor, but what is needed next is

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the support of the people of Ballymena and its politicians and,

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most importantly, the wider business community.

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Children in Lurgan got a special audience today with a man

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who is seen as a legend in the eyes of Manchester United and Republic

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Roy Keane signed all of the autographs and posed

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for all the photos and gave the young people some blunt advice

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Our reporter Keiron Tourish was there with them.

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He is one of the finest players of his era and today, Roy Keane

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captured the imagination of the next generation, all eager to hear his

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advice after such a distinguished career. You have got to enjoy. If

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you are not enjoying it, there is something drastically wrong. If you

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want to become good at any sport, there is hurling, football, the

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whole lot, basketball, boxing the some of the younger kids, unless you

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really love something, it is very hard to become really good at it. So

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enjoyed. Roy Keane was here at the invitation of former United

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team-mate Pat McGivern. He runs a project where the emphasis is on

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enjoying your sport and not winning at all costs. Between all the boys

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and girls, almost 300 of them here, this is something they can look back

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on for the rest of their lives. In this technology obsessed world, Roy

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Keane had some blunt advice. Throw them in the bin. Throw them in the

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bin. Play football. Practice. Kick the ball against the wall, play with

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your mates. Kids don't climb trees anymore. That is my advice for you,

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enjoy football and climb some trees. This is why I love the game,

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watching young kids starting out. And I suppose you are more pleased

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because you should be at school, should you? That is why they are

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really happy, not that I am here. Everyone knows Roy Keane never

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shirked a tackle, but he was asked if he ever made any mistakes on the

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pitch. I made one or two mistakes, but that is part of life. I swear, I

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am not standing here with a halo over my head. You make mistakes when

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you play sports. You get injured sometimes all you injure somebody. I

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was unfortunate, I came across a lot of bad referees. The some reason,

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they were always giving me red cards, it was weird. Bad referees.

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But you have to respect the officials as well, kids. Certainly a

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Davies children will never forget. -- certainly a day these children

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will never forget. They just loved him in Lurgan. To

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rugby next. He was overlooked for the World Cup,

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but Andrew Trimble is back in favour He was Ireland's Player of the Year

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in the 2014, so not a massive surprise that a fully fit Trimble

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starts Sunday's Six Nations opener Rory Best captains the side

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which sees South African-born CJ Stander make his debut

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in the back row. Ireland are the RBS Six Nations

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champions. Lifting the trophy last year was Paul O'Connell and

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celebrations were emphatic. Ireland were the best in the business and

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enthusiasm was everywhere ahead of the World Cup. Enthusiasm that was

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there the year before. But O Connell and O'Driscoll making what seemed

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like the annual pilgrimage to six days since success, they are no more

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and the World Cup campaign over but this year, Ireland could do

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something that has never been jailed in the 100 year plus history of the

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four, five, Six Nations Rugby, winning the championship for three

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consecutive years. I think with the quality of Wales, you cannot look

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beyond it. If you had a different quality of opposition, not that

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there are too many opponents in the Six Nations you can take lightly,

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but particularly Wales, with the way they finished the World Cup and the

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players they have got back into their fold, I have no doubt that

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will make it a real battle. Andrew Trimble was awarded the 2014 Ireland

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player of the year. Less than a year later, he was left out of the World

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Cup squad. On Sunday, he starts for Ireland. In no way do I begrudge any

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decisions made about the World Cup. At that stage, I had played one and

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a half games in close to ten months maybe and it wasn't enough to prove

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I was good enough to compete with some of the other guys in there, so

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the mindset now is I have my opportunity and I really want to

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take it. Trimble is one of a number of high-profile changes. Tommy

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O'Donnell, CJ Stander and Simon Stevo all come in. All change in the

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starting line-up but Ireland will be hoping for what now seems the

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traditional Six Nations result - a win.

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And The Island women get the ball rolling against Wales in Dublin

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tomorrow afternoon Jacques Ireland's women.

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Ulster are in action at home to Dragons tonight and a win

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would take Les Kisse's men top of the Pro 12 table.

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Here's veteran back row forward Roger Wilson.

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It is a big one and somewhere we haven't been for a while and we

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would like to get back up to. It takes is nicely then, or hopefully

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will, into the next four games, a block of games which again we feel

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like we can motor on and take some good points from those, but it would

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be a great start. That is live on BBC Two at 7:30pm.

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Golf and it's been a topsy-turvy day for Rory McIlroy in Dubai.

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But at the midway point of the Desert Classic,

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the defending champion remains in contention.

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The defending champion was already one over par when he fluffed this

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chip at the eighth, beginning a run of three bogeys in four holes,

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including this rush of blood to the head which led to a three pot at the

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11th and the world number two slipped outside the halfway cut

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mark. But McIlroy fought back with four birdies in his closing six

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holes, a fine approach at the 16th produced this birdie and once again

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he was moving in the right direction. And he rolled in this pot

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at the last to shoot a level par 72 and at four under par, he is six

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shots off the halfway leader Cabrera-Bello of Spain. Not such a

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good Dave Michael Hoey, Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke, who all

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missed the halfway cut -- not such a good day for.

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By this time tomorrow, the hurlers of Cushendall will know

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if they've made history - they play Sarsfields of Galway

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in Navan with a place in the All-Ireland club final

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Ruairiogs manager John "Smokey" McKillop says his players have done

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I think this is 240 something sessions and I guarantee you could

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count on your hand the number of people who have missed them.

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Everybody is up for them, every time you step out of the car, or in my

:25:22.:25:26.

case the lorry, it is all they want to talk about, the hurling match.

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This will be my third all Ireland semifinal, I have been playing for

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them since I was 15 and I'm 27 now, so that is 12 years and these

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chances don't come around often, you have to make them count. That is

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live on the radio, as is all the local football tomorrow. If you are

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heading to Dublin for the men's or women's Six Nations or for the

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hurling, the best person to tell us about the weather is Barra.

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I am not hopeful. It is a case of keeping everything handy, low

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pressure will be in control. We had rain today that has cleared away, a

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few showers behind it turning Chile for a while, possibly with the odd

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stretch of ice but overnight, the cloud built in, helping to lift

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temperatures and gets rid of the risk of icy conditions, but still,

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nevertheless, a chilly night. Tomorrow, the cloud sticks around, a

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disappointing day, rather unsettled and grey, and with rain and the wind

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picking up. To begin with, the wind not too bad but it will strengthen

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through the day, it will be grey and outbreaks of rain coming and going.

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Not wall-to-wall rain, some dry periods but not a lot of sunshine if

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any. Temperatures at best seven or 8 degrees. If you are travelling

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tomorrow, the area of low pressure is in control right across Britain

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and Ireland, so almost everywhere getting wet weather and very strong

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southerly winds but temperatures were quite a few places will be

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several degrees above normal for the time of year, 12, maybe 13 degrees

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for the south-east of England. So for Northern Ireland, for the second

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part of the afternoon and evening, a fair amount of dry weather around,

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maybe the odd glimmer of sunshine in the West but we will hold onto a lot

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of cloud and it will continue to bring in scattered showers. It will

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turn quite chilly tomorrow night so there is the risk that some areas

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could see some sleet and snow, maybe in hills and mountains, most

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low-level areas will see rain. Sunday gets off to a promising

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start, fairly cloudy with one or two glimmers of sun, but the rain will

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move in and everyone has some strong south-westerly winds building in, so

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a blustery end to the day. They spill overnight into Monday, so

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another unsettled start to the new week and for the time being, no

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settled spell in the forecast just yet.

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Oh dear. The late summary is at 10:30pm here on BBC One. From all of

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us, goodbye.

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