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Following the attempted murder of one of its officers,

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the prison service has asked an updated security assessment

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The prison officer was seriously injured in a bomb explosion in east

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The dissident republican organisation that describes itself

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as the IRA has told the BBC it was responsible.

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The Police believe the discovery of a small arms dump near Larne

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at the weekend may have disrupted plans for further attacks.

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Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.

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The 52-year-old prison officer targeted in last week's attack

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is said to be making a good recovery after surgery

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It is understood a bomb planted under his van partially exploded

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after being dislodged when he drove over a speed

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In a statement to the BBC, the group said the attack

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of an ongoing dispute between dissidents and the prison

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authorities about their treatment in Maghaberry prison near Lisburn.

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It said the officer was targeted because he was responsible

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for training prison officers who work in Roe House,

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a wing housing dissident Republicans at Maghaberry.

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The same dissident organisation shot dead

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prison officer David Black as he drove to work at the prison

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At the time it was said he was killed because of the dispute

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The statement said the prison officer who was attacked last week

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was one of a number on a list of potential targets.

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The prison service has now asked the police and updated assessment

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on the level of threat against its staff.

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The Assembly opened business today with

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words of support to the officer and condemnation for those

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There can be no justification whatsoever for this despicable act

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of these people who want to take us back to the days of the past.

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This attack on an individual is part of

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the ongoing campaign by Republican terrorists in Roe prison to get

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greater control, greater movement and to have the Maghaberry prison

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return to the way it was during the Maze.

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They have no support within the community.

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We have to send them a message that that is no place for this

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The police last week expressed deep concern that dissident

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Republicans will attempt to escalate the activities to mark the centenary

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When I say I am deeply concerned, I believe there are people

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within dissident Republicans

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groups who want to mark this centenary

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by killing police officers,

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prison officers or soldiers. Police believe the discovery

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of a small arms dump near Larne may have disrupted

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dissident Republicans The PSNI today

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released images of They included component parts

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that could have been used to make under car

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booby-trapped bombs. Three men and a woman arrested

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yesterday by detectives investigating the attack

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are still being questioned. The police say they believe

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an attack on a house in Londonderry A device, thought to be a pipe bomb,

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was found at the property The police say it isn't linked

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to recent attacks in other parts The Arlene Arkinson inquest has been

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told that the child cooler -- child killer Robert Howard

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was haunted by the face of a girl Howard who died in prison last year

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was always the main suspect Today's information came

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from a detective who spoke Arlene Arkinson's body was never

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found, a jury cleared Robert They had not known he

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already had a record But one police officer

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has told the inquest that after investigating

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Arlene's disappearance, he encountered Howard

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again a few years later. Trevor Stephenson told

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the court he had met Robert Howard in 1999

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in Deptford on another case. He says Howard told

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him the Castlederg years were a very dark time for him,

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that he was a coward, scared of what happened to him

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if he ever told what had done. Mr Stevenson told the court more

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of what Robert Howard Who was Howard talking about?

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A barrister asked. I believe it was Arlene

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the officer said. If you haunt someone,

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you need to be dead and he added that Robert Howard was one

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of the most evil men Stevenson said he kept

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the conversation going, he hoped Howard would reveal

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the location of the body Howard said the body would not have

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lasted all those years in water. He agreed in court

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that he could have Later a retired Detective Inspector

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explained how a complaint to the police ombudsman

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that officers had tried to induce Howard to cooperate

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by offering an easier prison regime Two men have been in court charged

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with the theft of a fire engine The pair face dozens

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of charges between them. That is what the residents

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of the Glenarm Road awoke to in the early hours

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of Saturday morning. A stolen fire engine

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smashed eight cars in its path before coming to rest

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on the front garden of a house, There was a long continuous, crash,

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bang, culminating in a final big I jumped out of bed

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and looked out the window. There was a fire engine

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in my front garden. in custody at Coleraine magistrates

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Court over this theft. Robert Duffin, 66,

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and from Green Link in Larne, Faced five charges

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linked to the incident. 19-year-old Ross Clarke

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from Fairway in the town They include burglary,

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aggravated vehicle taking, causing damage

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and various motoring offences. The pair will appear in court

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in Ballymena on Thursday when it is expected

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they will apply for bail. The trail of destruction

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began here at Larne fire The damage caused to this building

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during the theft was so severe Today's structural engineers

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are assessing repairs but the fire and rescue service

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have no idea how much it will cost to fix

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or when the station will be The stolen fire engine

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is also being examined to establish whether it can be

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repaired or needs to be written off. The fire service said the appliance

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has been replaced and the crew are working out of

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the building at Larne From our point of view,

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of service delivery, we have moved

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into We are still out there protecting

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the out of their homes as

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the clean-up work continues. But the consequences

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of what happened here on Saturday ?30 million has been allocated

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to try to tackle hospital In November 40 million was announced

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to tackle the problem. Currently about 400,000

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people are in a queue. Critics have said that knee jerk

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cash injections are no way Our Health Correspondent

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Marie-Louise Connolly reports. For some this is how it feels

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being on a waiting list. Eugene Kennedy has been

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waiting two years for surgery on his shoulders and 12

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months for a knee operation. He has written to the

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health minister about November's announcement of money

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being allocated to waiting lists. We have not felt the benefit

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of ?40 million, it has not It needs somebody to run

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this like a business. Stop this wasting, wasting,

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fix the damn thing once and for all. Somebody have the guts

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to sort this thing out. The BBC understands that while most

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of the ?40 million is being spent on patients, less than two

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thirds has actually gone We are already seeing it in part

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on Initial figures show there has

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been a decrease in those waiting longer than

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the target times. Despite spending ?80

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million in 2014, 12 months For those on the front line,

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the solution requires leadership including less

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political interference. An operational chief can be

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questioned or be sacked. There are too many people

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sticking their some regard them as knee jerk

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reactions which failed to offer We have eroded the value

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of the NHS over the years. Now is the time for

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a careful delivery. Considering some of the reaction,

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the health minister may well feel he is dammed

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if he does and dammed if he doesn't. Most of the critics

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are arguing for a But instead of having up

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to three years to spend this money David Jeffrey is the new manager

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of Ballymena United. The former Linfield boss has been

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given a three year contract and takes charge for the first time

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in Saturday's league game A look ahead to tomorrow's

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Good Morning Ulster programme. It will hear from a woman

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who says her father's funeral was made all the more upsetting

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because of the state of his burial plot at Roselawn

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Cemetery in Belfast. That's on air tomorrow

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on BBC Radio Ulster Now for the weather. Good evening.

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Last night conditions were perfect for the aurora borealis. It was a

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magnificent display. Tonight not so good, rain moving in from the West

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so that is a lot of cloud and snow on high ground. Most places will dry

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up by tomorrow. Not too cold wintry tomorrow morning. Some bright

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spells. Dry weather for a while. Lots of snow showers moving across

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Scotland in north-west England. Quite icy. Sunshine for East Anglia

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and the South of England but cloudy weather and patchy rain will arrive

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later in the day. There will also be early sunshine across the Republic

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before cloudy skies move in, bringing showers in the West.

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Showers on and off tomorrow afternoon. Cold in the breeze and by

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the end of the day longer spells of reading. Wet on Tuesday night. Some

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of their heavy rain could turn to snow over high ground. Not expected

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to be disruptive, most places will be dry by the end of the night. Cold

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to begin with on Wednesday although A dry day. More rain on Thursday.

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Things should warm up towards the end of the week. Temperatures in

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double figures. On Wednesday, cold and bright. A cold gusty wind. By

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the end of the week 11 degrees is lately.

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