04/05/2016 BBC Newsline

The man accused of murdering prison officer Adrian Ismay had worked

with him as a charity volunteer, the High Court was told today

Mr Ismay died almost two weeks after a bomb exploded

The judge granted bail to the accused saying

while there was a natural revulsion to the crime, there was also

52-year-old Adrian Ismay was seriously injured in the attack on

the 4th of March. He died 11 days later from a heart attack which was

triggered by a blood clot. Today the court was told there was a firm link

to those injuries and is there. At the time, dissident republicans

claimed responsibility. They accuse of his murder, is 45-year-old

Christopher Alphonsos Robinson, from Aspen Park in Dunmurry but because

with those words during the course of an interview that the accused

told the police he knew Adrian Ismay. He said they both work as

volunteers with the St John's ambulance. They had what was

described in court as a good working relationship. Christopher Robinson

appearing by video link from Maghaberry prison sat throughout the

hearing with his arms folded and speaking only to confirm his name

and that he could see and hear the court proceedings. The prosecution

outlined its reasons for refusing bail. It claimed there was a risk

that the applicant reoffending, and interfering with witnesses. Anyone

seeing this target for disappointment republic activity

would be at significant risk. To the public, police officers, and prison

officers. Do court was told about CCTV footage seeing the device

planted at the home. Prices were confirmed of high expose of

material. For all sorts of selfish reasons, said the defence, there was

no way Christopher Robinson would jeopardise the trial. The barrister

says dissidents resign on secrecy and illicit behaviour. The police

will be monitoring his movement very carefully put the judge noted the

applicant knew the victim, which he said made it more heinous if found

guilty. Bail was granted. Northern Ireland's top judge

says he's disappointed the Stormont Executive has not yet

made a bid for funding for inquests into some of the most controversial

killings of the Troubles. Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan

responded after BBC Newsline revealed last night that his five

year plan to hear the inquests hasn't even been discussed

by ministers and is now on hold. Our home affairs correspondent

Vincent Kearney has more. This is the moment so that in Morgan

left the privacy of his court chambers and stepped into the public

and political I domain. Three months ago the chief justice met families

of those killed during some of the most obvious you -- controversial

times of the Troubles. Afterwards he has confidence that the government

would give a sympathetic ear to a request for funding. I haven't given

to understand that if resources are asked for four four request, the

request will be given serious consideration. Those requests were

never made and his plan is now on hold. A proposal asked the secretary

of state for ?10 million of funding earmarked for dealing with the past,

and wasn't even discussed by the Stormont Executive because First

Minister Arlene Foster blocks its inclusion on the agenda. She

explained why during the leaders' debate on BBC One last night. I

wanted the opportunity to discuss further with the Lord Chief Justice

around the issues of innocent victims and how we could deal with

their issues, and I make no apology for that whatsoever. I think the

rights of innocent victims are very key in all of this and I will not

allow, I will not allow any process to rewrite the past of what happened

in Northern Ireland. The Deputy First Minister made it clear that he

had a different view cost of I gave my assent to the funding for those

cases to be heard under the plan put forward by the Lord Chief Justice.

The leader of the SDLP said waiting for the inquest to be held it was a

let down. The Lord Chief Justice had begun to set about the process, the

victims families were happy, and they have been put to melt time and

time again. The Minister for Justice whose department sent the Executive

the proposal asking for the funding for the secretary last the agreed

victims who thought when they had accommodations with senior members

of the judiciary thought they were going to get a deal at last. They

now seem to be left back in the lurch yet again and I think that is

an absolute tragedy. The UUP leader focused on what Martin McGuinness

might be revealing about the activities of the IRA are part of

any enquiries into the past. These several transcripts saying Martin

McGuinness will not discuss certain things under any circumstances.

Well, I mean... And I know that. I am right. As I said earlier, that

was then, this is now. The Lord Chief Justice today made it clear

that he's is unhappy about the way the issue has been handled and in a

statements said Edwin Morgan said he is disappointed the Executive has

not yet submitted as request for funding. He also said that after

these it elections the incoming executive needs to agree a way

forward on these cases and all outstanding issues of the past as a

matter of urgency. The DUP's reluctance to request funding for

said that in Morgan's Flannan debut claimed by the vast majority of the

inquest involves death caused by the state, are linked by police officers

and soldiers, and incidences where there are allegations of collusion.

Whatever the reason the demand for answers aren't going to go away.

After weeks of promises about what will happen in the future, after

tomorrow's assembly election, the question of how to deal with the

past is likely to be one of the items at the top of the agenda in

the months ahead. The body of a baby girl has been

found in County Wicklow. The newborn was found at a recycling

plant in Bray this morning. Gardai say they're keeping an open

mind and are investigating whether it should be treated

as a personal tragedy A postmortem examination is expected

to take place tomorrow. A 34-year-old man who downloaded

thousands of images of children being sexually abused has been given

three years probation. Edward Alexander Lee, who's

originally from Whitehall Square in Belfast, but now lives

in England, pleaded The judge ordered Lee

to complete a course on sexual offending,

saying it may help him to stop viewing

such images, and that that

would ultimately provide A County Antrim woman

says her 83-year-old mother, who's dying of cancer,

spent 15 hours lying on a trolley in the emergency department

of Antrim Area Hospital. The woman, who doesn't

want to be named, says she's very

concerned by what happened. Last night when I arrived at the

hospital it was extremely busy, and mum was left on a trolley pushed up

against the wall. In fact there were lots of volleys against the wall,

and it was really really busy. I phoned this morning, and found out

she is still on a trolley, 15 hours later but I'm very concerned,

because she is a very ill lady, she has cancer stop she is a palliative

patient. The Northern Trust said

in a statement that it was sorry the patient and her family

were disappointed with the care received in

the Emergency Department. It added that the department had

been extremely busy since last Friday and that all possible

measures were being taken to ensure A young woman from south Armagh

accused of running a bomb-making factory for dissident republicans

has been acquitted of all charges. Her boyfriend was cleared

of the majority of the charges. The house in Forkill

shared by Orla O'Hanlon, seen here leaving

an earlier court hearing, was raided by police

in December 2013. Officers found a number of items,

including an industrial grinder and fertilizer, that prosecutors

claimed could be used McConnan was convicted of two counts

of possessing items School principals have been warned

that the Education Authority faces difficult

decisions because of a ?22 million reduction

in its budget this year. They've been voicing their concerns

about the impact on their schools. Our education correspondent

Robbie Meredith has more. The education authority provides and

pays for transport, meals and other services for pupils like these at

Seaview primary School in Belfast. But in his letter to principles,

chief executive Gavin Boyd warns that losing ?22 million will lead to

very wield pressures for the authority as demand for services

continues to increase. Seaview's printable says essential services

like education and psychology, and help for children not attending

school enough are at risk from stock we have a number of children here

coming into school with poor English, we have a number of

children coming into school who find it very difficult to cope in a

mainstream situation, but because the support isn't there for

children, we are having to deal with the out ratings of that, and any

teacher in Northern Ireland may see the next few years as very

stressful. This is the second part of a double financial blow for

schools. Many principals say they will have two loose teachers because

of their cuts to their budgets. In the last weeks, some have written to

parents pointing at the edge difficulties the loss will cause.

Including this principle of a 200 pupil school in County Down. Parents

need to be aware, especially that there are challenging circumstances,

especially after the election on Thursday, that these challenging

circumstances will affect their children. The only way we can get

the change we need for the education system is to fund it properly. A new

assembly and a new educational Minister will need to meet that

challenge. A look ahead now to a story

we'll have on tomorrow night's BBC Newsline,

when we'll be looking at parental leave, and how many dads

are taking advantage of a change in the law to stay at home

with their little ones. That's tomorrow night

on BBC Newsline at 6:30pm. Bethany Firth has won a silver medal

in the women's 100m breaststroke at the IPC

European Swimming championships. Firth, from Seaforde

in County Down, came second It's the first time she has been

in international competition as a Team GB swimmer since switching

from Team Ireland. Time now for a look

at what the weather has in store Hello, good evening. With the

exception of Saturday, the next few days are looking quite settled,

again, and today's patchy rain clearing away tonight to leave a

lots of dry weather, that will bring wet and windy

conditions to the north-west. The rest of the country sees a lot of

dry weather. Some sunshine in spots, but the best of the sunshine will be

to the south across England and Wales, temperatures continuing to

rise, getting up to 18 to 20 degrees. For Northern Ireland and

the afternoon, by then the winds are coming down, so it should feel a

little bit better. There will be some fair weather cloud coming and

going but even then it will be bright and sunny spells, and fairly

decent averages, getting up into the mid-teens again, 14 or 15 degrees.

As for Friday, well, a ridge of high pressure keeps it dry, but this

feature runs northward on Saturday likely to bring showery outbreaks.

Tight Isa bras so brisk winds. -- isobars. Dry weather on Sunday stop

high temperatures. Our next BBC Newsline

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