22/04/2016 BBC Newsline

A Belfast man consumed 13 drinks and a quantity of drugs,

before getting behind the wheel of his van,

which then mounted a footpath and killed a young student.

Enda Dolan was walking along the Malone Road in October 2014

Belfast Crown Court was told today that the driver now wishes

he could give his own life to bring him back.

The court heard that Enda Dolan was

He was knocked down and killed when he

was walking along the Malone Road on October 15 2014.

The court heard he was carried for 800 yards along

the road on the roof of the van, before it stopped.

21-year-old William Ross Casement

of Beaver Drive was a passenger in the van that was driven

by 31-year-old David Lee Stewart of Gray's Park Avenue in Belfast.

The court heard the pair had spent the evening

on a drinking session in south Belfast,

watching a Northern Ireland football game.

six pints of beer and an assortment of shots.

Evidence from CCTV footage also suggested

Stewart's wife Samantha gave evidence saying his

entire family was shocked and devastated by what he had done.

The court heard that Stewart told police,

"I would like to tell his family that I know

"I am deeply sorry for it, deeply, deeply sorry for it."

"If I could turn back time, I would give up my own

Mr Dolan's parents attended the hearing.

The two men who pleaded guilty to a number of offences,

A Lisburn-based construction firm has gone into liquidation

McGrath Brothers Engineering Group specialised in metalwork.

They worked on the aquatic centre for the London Olympics and

Earlier on BBC Newsline at 6.30, our Economics and Business Editor

John Campbell explained what had gone wrong for the company.

It's a hangover from the big construction crash. When that went

down, everybody was chasing work, everybody's profit margins went down

and some of the contracts that they got have turned out to be

loss-making. That put the business under pressure. They have had

disputes with contractors and it has hit cash flow. They have entered

voluntary agreements, they have agreed to pay some money owing over

time but they have needed to do that to make the business sustainable.

That has not proved possible. They have had to go into liquidation and

it will mean job losses across the UK.

80 of Northern Ireland's biggest schools are warning they'll

have larger class sizes and fewer teachers because of rising costs.

A joint statement has been issued by several organisations

representing principals, governors and school finance managers.

Our Education Correspondent Robbie Meredith has been hearing

Postprimary principals met today and money,

or the lack of it, was the only lesson.

I'm having additional costs for pension, National

Insurance and also for increase in pay rise.

That therefore is now going to put my school into a

School leaders say they used to get money from the

Department for Education to meet those costs but not any longer.

That is putting a big hole in school budgets

and having a real impact on

peoples like these at Saint Mary's grammar in the time, according to

I have gone from 40,000 surplus at the end of this financial

That means I'm going to have to find ways in

which I can reduce my staffing costs.

190,000 would dictate the reduction of four staff.

My A-level history this year has gone from 18 to 34 pupils.

I've had to reduce my curriculum offer.

I can no longer offer art, music, performing arts, Spanish.

Similar tough decisions are being taken in schools across the

It is across the board and across the sector.

Our schools are anticipating shortfalls in

funding between the regions of ?150,000 and ?500,000.

There are significant shortfalls in funding.

But the education minister says he can only spend what he has, too.

This year, I have cut spending in my own department by 5%.

We are directing as much funds as possible

into the schools but we need more money.

All parties can agree that if more money becomes available,

health and education are areas we want to pump that money into.

Schools here only control about 60% of their budgets.

The rest is centralised to meet costs like transport and meals.

Many principals say they would want that to change so who ever succeeds

the education minister after the election is likely to face

more problems in balancing the books.

A County Down doctor who was due to go on trial

of falsifying a clinical trial on patients

He changed his plea just as a jury was about to be sworn in.

59-year-old Doctor Hugh McGoldrick from Crossgar,

committed the offences at his GP practice in Downpatrick

He accepted he had conducted the clinical trial in deliberate

breach of the conditions and principles of good clinical

practice and that the patients enrolled onto the trial

were probably not eligible to take part in it.

He was paid for the clinical trial work he carried out.

His barrister has said he will pay back all that is owed.

One of the companies has since been liquidated.

The court was told that if any money was owed to that firm, he would pay

Other charges have been left on the books and will not be proceeded

with. It's been announced tonight World

boxing champion Carl Frampton After a brilliant will against Scott

later this year. After a brilliant will against Scott

Quigg, Carl Frampton said he wouldn't shy away from big fights.

He hasn't. Leo Santa Cruz is a world champion at three weights. He is one

of the best fighters on the planet. Barry McGuigan said that both camps

had come to an agreement to Barry McGuigan said that both camps

speculation that there could be a fight at Windsor Park in Belfast but

Barry McGuigan has confirmed that the next fight will take part in New

York City. It is a tough challenge but one Frampton is confident of

winning. BBC Northern Ireland

has picked up three awards at the Celtic Media Festival

in Waterford. BBC Radio Ulster took the top prize

in the radio documentary while The John Toal Show

won the award Television programme

True North: Keepin' Er Country took the main accolade in

the Factual Entertainment category. Now finally onto the weekend weather

forecast and here's Angie Phillips. A couple of days ago we had the

warmest day of the year so far but temperatures have been creeping

downwards. That cooling process will carry on into the weekend. Some fine

weather to begin with but cloud will gather into the second part of the

weekend and a few showers on Sunday. Generally speaking, tonight it is

dry with lengthy clear spells. There will be some frost tomorrow morning.

Not a bad day. Still a lot of dry weather tomorrow. It continues to

cool down. A chilly start with a few showers first thing in the morning.

Other than that, it is dry with some sunshine. There will be some showers

across Scotland. Some turning wintry over the Scottish mountains. Those

showers will push down into some parts of northern and eastern

England. The best of the weather will be further towards the West. It

will feel milder towards the south-west. For Northern Ireland in

the afternoon, generally dry with variable cloud. On Sunday, clouding

over with a few showers and cold into the start of next week.

That's it fom us until twenty to five tomorrow afternoon.

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From all of us here on the programme, goodnight