05/02/2016 BBC Newsline


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Good evening and welcome to BBC Newsline.

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One man was killed and two others seriously injured in a shooting

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It happened this afternoon at the Regency Hotel

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Tonight gardai said up to four gunmen were involved in the attack.

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Our reporter David Maxwell is in Dublin for us this evening.

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As you can see, the scene remained cordoned off behind me, what were

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supposed to happen today was a normal weigh-in ahead of a boxing

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event this weekend but it turned out to be anything but normal. Some

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viewers may find the scenes in my report upsetting. This video

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captured the dramatic moment up to four gunmen entered the Regency

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Hotel. Go, go! What's happened? Daddy, what

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was that? Using AK-47 assault rifles, they opened fire during a

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weigh-in for a boxing event. Witnesses described it as terrifying

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and surreal. I heard to gunshots and two gunmen dressed in gardai uniform

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came into the lobby to my left. One of them ran forward as if he was

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going to go into the restaurant and then one sky was running through the

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lobby, he turned and shot him in the leg. I jumped over the reception

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desk and shouted down and shoot, because I could hear further

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gunshots. The gunman then leaned over the desk, pointing the gun down

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at May, and I was screaming don't shoot, and he said something and

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left. The victims were three men in their 20s, one pronounced dead at

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the scene, the other two in hospital with injuries. Gardai say the men

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were wearing disguises. Two of the individuals were wearing what was

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described as police type uniforms, described as a SWAT uniform with

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metal helmets similar to what you would see in crime dramas. This is a

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particularly nasty incident where individuals went into a hotel

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populated, carrying severe weapons. The target and the motive for the --

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are not yet clear but gardai are linking it to gangland violence,

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which has dogged the city for years. One theory is that the -- was

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retaliation for the murder of eight dying member in southern Spain last

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year. Whatever the reasons, this organised execution has left shock

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in its wake. A car believed to be used in this attacks was found burnt

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out not far from here this evening. The identity of the dead man has yet

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to be revealed. The idea of an amnesty for those

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who committed crimes during the Troubles has been

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rejected before by many people, but an academic, who survived

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a paramilitary attack, says that's something that

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needs to be considered. Professor Adrian Guelke says

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the mounting cost of investigating the past means politicians should

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reconsider such a step. The gunman who tried to kill Adrian

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have never been caught. He was upstairs in his house in South

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Belfast when a loyalist gang shot him after mistakenly thinking the

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South African born professor was working for the IRA. He was wounded

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but survived. Today his focus is on the future.

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I'm just happy to move on and I don't

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see any purpose in pursuing people involved in my particular case.

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

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

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constitution that an amnesty would be granted.

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Victims' groups very commonly want both truth and justice.

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What people have to understand is they are more likely to get truth

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is they are more willing to be more flexible about justice and I think

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the cost of trying to deal with the past, we do need

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a different approach to the one that is being currently used.

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Dealing with the past has already been expensive,

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but many believe it is a price worth paying.

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At the same time, politicians still can't agree on a final

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framework for dealing with the past, but some kind of amnesty

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We are very clear as a party that that is not about to happen.

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There will be no amnesty, no rewriting of history

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in Northern Ireland and we will continue to fight

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For more than 20 years, politicians have been grappling

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It hasn't always been their number one priority but the fact

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that the issue is now right at the top of the political agenda

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at Stormont is in one way a sign of progress.

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New significant changes to taxi regulations

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You will be able to hail any taxi during certain hours of the weekend

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in Belfast City Centre without having a booking.

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It can be a confusing situation - which taxes can be hailed

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All taxes can be waved down, but here in Belfast city centre,

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Currently, only public hire taxis, or what we would know as black

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Other taxes have to be booked in advance.

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

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between the hours of 23:59 and 6am the following day,

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and on public holidays, members of the public will be able

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to hail any taxi in the two-mile zone within Belfast.

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We have done that because often demand outstrips supply

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and it is a way for the public to get a taxi quickly and get home

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

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Not everyone is happy about the change.

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If this is just to clear the streets, it is wrong,

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because if you are going to clear the streets, you must know

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that the clientele and the general public are getting into a legitimate

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taxi and not one that doesn't have that insurance.

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The DOE is also introducing new signage that will look something

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like this, to deter those operating illegally.

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Black taxi drivers don't understand why they need it also.

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Rugby, and Ulster have had a dramatic last-gasp penalty win

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over The Dragons in the Pro12 league at the Kingspan Stadium

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After the visitors took an early ten-point lead,

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Ulster hit back with this try from Sean Reidy.

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Eight points down in the second half, Ulster cut the deficit down

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But with almost two minutes left to the clock, up stepped Paddy Jackson

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to kick the winning penalty and give Ulster the victory.

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Children in Lurgan got a special audience today with a man

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Former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland player

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Roy Keane signed autographs, posed for photos and gave

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He also told his audience that he had made some mistakes

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I made one or two mistakes, but that's part of life.

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I swear, I'm not standing here with a halo over my head.

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You make mistakes when you play sports.

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You get injured sometimes or you injure somebody.

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I was unfortunate, I came across a lot of bad referees!

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Now here's Barra Best with the weekend weather forecast.

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It's turned much drier tonight after a wet they but we have some

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scattered showers. One or two clear patches may allow a touch of pies in

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untreated areas but it will not last long with more cloud either morning

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helping to lift temperatures. That cloud will stick with us through

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tomorrow, it will bring rain and some strong winds from the South,

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but to begin to wind will not be too strong, they will not begin to build

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until later, but it will be a cloudy start with wet weather. Low pressure

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is in control across and Ireland, unsettled for many of us, but

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perhaps for parts of the south-east of England, the North West of

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Scotland could be largely dry, unsettled elsewhere with sunny

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spells through the afternoon across Ireland but not many on offer. For

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Northern Ireland, temperatures will reach seven or eight and we will see

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that she rain, it will not be widespread, there will be some dry

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gaps. As we get into Sunday, not a bad start, if you were going to do

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anything out doors you would have the day before Maureen comes in

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later with strong south-westerly winds, so a blustery end to the day,

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temperatures six or seven at best. It will stay when the overnight into

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Monday and for next week at least, no settled spell on the way yet.

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