26/04/2016 BBC Newsline


26/04/2016

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One of two men shot dead in Dublin last night

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34-year-old Michael Barr was involved in dissident republican

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activity and had been in court on IRA membership charges.

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It's believed he's the latest victim of a feud between

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Our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison reports.

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Last night around 9.30am, two gunmen described as skinny

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and wearing masks entered the Sunset House pub near Croke Park

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They and a getaway driver escaped in a silver Audi

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that was later found burned out nearby in Drumcondra.

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The murdered man, Michael Barr, was originally from County Tyrone

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Michael Barr was known to Gardai as a dissident republican.

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He had appeared before the anti-terrorist special criminal

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court charged with membership of an unlawful organisation

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Last week, detectives who are investigating one

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of the murders in the Hutch-Kinahan feud raided his home.

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The feud has so far claimed the lives of five other men.

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The first on Irish soil was that of was David Byrne murdered

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at a boxing weigh in at the Regency Airport Hotel.

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It's widely believed that another dissident from County Tyrone was one

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of the murderers and that dissidents provided some of the weapons

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But at a news conference this morning, Gardai said that at this

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early stage of their investigation they were keeping an open mind

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about who was responsible for last night's killing.

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Obviously we will be looking closely at possible links between this

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murder and previous murders in the area.

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Another line of inquiry will be in relation to dissident activity.

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Those in the area willing to talk on camera spoke of a sense

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Don't get involved. You don't say nothing to nobody.

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Just keep to yourself and that way you won't get hurt.

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It goes on. What else can I say?

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In an unrelated murder, a 37-year-old man, Farnan,

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was shot dead in a house in Clondalkin in the west

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Although once known to Gardai, he had not been involved

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The soldier who fired a rubber bullet which killed an 11-year-old

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child 44 years ago has told an inquest he has no concerns

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Identified only as Soldier B, he was giving evidence

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at the inquest into the death of Frank Rowntree who was injured

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near Divis Tower in Belfast, in April 1972.

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11-year-old Frank Rowntree died two days after being struck at close

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Today his family got to hear the voice of the man

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But they couldn't actually see the former company Sergeant Major.

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Soldier B gave evidence by video-link and after a ruling

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by the coroner the chairs for the Rowntree family were moved

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across the courtroom where they couldn't see his

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In fact his face was visible only to the coroner,

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legal representatives and courtroom staff.

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Soldier B said he did couldn't recall the specific

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Soldier B said he couldn't recall the specific

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But asked about his conduct on the day Frank was shot,

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He agreed that he later heard a child had been killed.

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Talking of dealing with riots he said:

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For members of the Rowntree family,

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It is very upsetting. It's as if we're not going anywhere.

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They are just digging their heels in every time.

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They wouldn't even let us see him on video-link.

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Soldier B later denied making up his statement

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But it also became clear during his evidence that he had

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arrived in the witness box still wanting confirmation

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of what the inquest has been hearing from the very start,

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that it was his shot, his rubber bullet which had

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A man has been found dead following a house

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The blaze at Barrack Street in Coalisland was already out

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by the time firefighters reached the scene at midday.

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A man is in a critical condition in hospital after a workplace

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It's believed he was working in a cage attached to a forklift

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The Health and Safety Executive is investigating.

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Lawyers acting for a former IRA member are taking legal action

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to prevent his interviews in the Boston College project

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Anthony McIntyre was one of the main researchers in the Troubles

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His legal team says the request by the Public Prosecution Service

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Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.

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Anthony McIntyre regrets ever becoming involved

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A number of former IRA members and loyalist paramilitaries recorded

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interviews about their activities during the troubles.

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They did so on the basis of the material will be kept under

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lock and key at Boston College until they were dead.

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In recent years, the PSNI has successfully taken legal

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action to gain access to some of the tapes.

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Now the police are going after Anthony McIntyre.

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I see this as an attempt by the PSNI to force me to become a witness

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against people that they allege I interviewed or to reveal

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the contents and identities of those who I have interviewed.

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There are no circumstances under which I will be doing that.

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Anthony McIntyre now lives in Drogheda and no longer lives

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in Northern Ireland because he fears that he will be arrested.

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He served 18 years in prison for IRA offences and insists the police have

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already questioned him about all of the issues listed

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in a subpoena served on Boston College at the weekend.

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Everybody seems to be agreed that the war is over

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and if the war is over, why is the British state

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A subpoena seeking copies of interviews he recorded

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about his IRA activities were served by a lawyer for the

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They acted after the PSNI used an international

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A representative of the college has been ordered to appeal in court

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A representative of the college has been ordered to appear in court

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in Massachusetts next Friday to provide the material requested,

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but Anthony McIntyre's legal team says that request was unlawful.

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The application for the subpoenas have to be grounded on two basis.

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Firstly, there has to be some evidence of the commission of some

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offence and secondly, there has to be an ongoing

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In this instance there is no evidence or basis of any of that.

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So in the absence of that we say this points to a fishing exercise

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and we say it doesn't stand up in a court.

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The researcher's legal team had given the PPS

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until five o'clock today to withdraw its request

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for international assistance but didn't do so.

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The lawyers will lodge papers at the High Court

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in Belfast tomorrow seeking an emergency review

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What began as a secret project about Northern Ireland's past is now

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scheduled to be the subject of a secret hearing

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Those involved in compiling the Boston tapes say they will not

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comply with the police investigation.

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A construction firm in Newtownabbey has been placed into administration.

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T and A Kernohan Limited has been operating for more than 25 years.

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Upwards of 50 jobs could now be lost.

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In a statement the company said it was "profoundly

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Two weeks ago we reported on the theft of some world war one

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medals from a house in north Belfast.

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They were described as being of great sentimental value.

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Well, last night those medals were returned to the grandson

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Our reporter David Maxwell has been to meet him.

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John thought he would never seen medals again. They were stolen from

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his north Belfast home over two weeks ago. The medals belonged to

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his grandfather, McIntyre Shields Pelan. A sapper in the Royal

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Engineers who fought at the Battle of the Somme. But last night, he got

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a welcome surprise. I heard our gate swek and I looked out and our light

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was on outside and I saw on the bonnet of the car a small black bag

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like a wash bag. And I said to the wife at the time I think that's

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something, has returned our medals. They were returned undamaged, just a

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little damp. Among them his grandfather's military medal for

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bravery on the battlefield and a distinguished conduct medal awarded

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to John's great-uncle who died in France. There maybe something in our

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story and my grandfather's and my great-uncle's story resonated with

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them. I'm so pleased they did return it. The medals aren't worth much

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money, but are of great sentimental value, especially this year. This

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September it will be 100 years since my great-uncle lost his life in the

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war and to have, this is the only relics of his past and his

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endeavours and the loss and the tragedy, you know, that these men,

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young men faced, this is all we have left of them. John says the response

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he has had from the public since his appeal for the return of the medals

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and the thief's decision to return them has restored his faith in human

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nature. The Paralympic champion

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Bethany Firth has broken the world record in the 200 metres freestyle

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to qualify for the Rio Her time of 2 minutes 3.7 seconds

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beat her personal best mark and it means the woman from Seaforde

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in County Down will now swim in at least three

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disciplines in Brazil. She hopes to qualify for the 200

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metres individual medley tomorrow. It was a really tough race for me

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and I was praying the whole way through it and I could see Jess was

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beside me and she really wanted to be in the team for Rio that really

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pushed me on to touch the wall and keep ahead. Were you prepared for

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these swims? Me and my coach has been talking through it and I did

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well in the breaststroke. I was happy enough with my time. I wanted

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to give it my all and I really did in that race.

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Well done to her. The latest weather forecast

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now with Cecilia Daly. It is very cold again tonight. We

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have this cold Arctic air for another 24 hours. This yellow area,

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it will move in towards us by the time we get to the weekend. So there

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is hope for the end of the week. Cold tonight. Frost in many areas.

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Some wintry showers. There could be patches of snow over the hills and

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on car windscreens by the end of the night. Our lowest temperatures are

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likely to be over parts of Armagh and County Down.

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So a bit of a wintry start. Maybe ice on car windscreens, but lots of

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bright skies to begin with. The sun is up early so any ice will melt

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quickly and any lying snow will disappear quickly too. There will be

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further wintry showers through the morning, but strong sunshine in

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places too, but it will feel cold in the wind. The bulk of the wintry

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showers in northern and western areas of Britain. So more sheltered

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towards the South East. Cloudier skies moving in across the Republic

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of Ireland. It could bring wetter weather and some of the rain could

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affect Fermanagh and Tyrone. Other wirks there will be dry and sunny

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weather tomorrow, but always the risk of wintery showers especially

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in the north and the west and temperatures below average

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everywhere. The wind will gradually ease. On Thursday, it won't be quite

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as bitter through the morning, not a bad morning, but there will be cloud

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and rain moving in later in the day and it will still feel chilly. We

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are expecting double digit temperatures on Saturday.

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That was BBC Newsline, good

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