17/05/2016 BBC Newsline

and these are the headlines this Tuesday evening.

Police describe an arms find in a forest near Larne

as one of the most significant discovered in recent years.

The Ulster Unionist leader is involved in controversy

after quoting a senior Nazi in a tweet.

The point I was making is that social media allows you to create a

light, which is what the Nazis did. 14 of our busiest libraries are

facing cuts to their opening hours. The sisters reunited

after over 60 years apart. in our series on Northern

Ireland's Muslim community, we look at what challenges face

young muslims living here. Brendan Rodgers is in talks with

Celtic as they seek to appoint a new manager.

And tomorrow looks like a fairly decent day for most -

I'll be back with the latest on how the rest of the week is shaping up.

The arms finds near Larne has been described by the police

as one of the most significant in recent years.

It included an armour-piercing rocket and anti-personnel mines.

Our north-east reporter, Sara Girvin, is at the scene.

This is an area popular with walkers, and it was on Saturday

night that two members of the public found suspicious objects in these

woods and contacted police. The PSNI have said that they are indebted to

those two individuals for their vigilance. They added that the

discovery of this has undoubtedly saved lives.

In Capanagh Forest, a dense wood in the hills above Larne

was hiding what police are describing

as one of the most significant terrorist arms finds for years.

Today, they released pictures of what had been found.

In three barrels buried in the ground were an armour-piercing

improvised rocket and two anti-personnel mines,

along with pipe bombs, parts for other explosives,

as well as ammunition for an assault rifle.

The police say a number of the devices

It's the second such discovery in the area in as many months.

Detectives are working to establish whether this terrorist hide

is linked to another, discovered just 11 miles from here,

at Carnfunnock Country Park in March.

Police also put that haul on display,

which they said belonged to dissident republicans.

It included components used to make under-car boobie trap bombs.

Following these two discoveries so close to one another, police are

asking them as of the public to remain vigilant and report any

suspicious activity. They say their main of enquiry is that these arms

belonged to dissident republicans. I'm joined by our home affairs

correspondent, Vincent Kearney. and heard what police have been

saying about this find. Is the belief that it is republican

or loyalist in origin? This certainly had police baffled.

Based on the location alone, police were reluctant to a scribe ownership

of these items. There is an improvised armour piercing rocket,

which points towards dissidents. It is a design that has been used in

the Middle East to great effect, it can penetrate the arm of any PSNI

vehicle, and it is a put that -- it is a warhead that can be fired from

a tripod or tubing. These discoveries have caught the police

are surprise and have them alarmed because it suggests that dissidents

are able to operate outside of what can be traditionally described as

the heartlands. What else was in this discovery? We are getting some

details of the scale of this. In addition to the armour piercing

warhead, which is of concern for obvious reasons, the police are

alarmed by the scale of it. There are timer switches, cables and so on

which allow them to make dozens of bombs. That has surprised the

police. Very are also worried about the discovery of two Claymore mines,

which could be used against people or vehicles. I am told that they

were not improvised, they were not home made, they were of military

grade, which is causing a great deal of concern. The police are concerned

and alarmed IB location of the find, by the quantity and by the quality

of what they found. Aer Lingus is closing

the majority of its 86 posts Most employees will be offered

redeployment in Dublin. 20 cabin staff are

remaining in Belfast while another 52 staff are being

offered positions in Dublin. The company says

there'll be no changes Politicians at Stormont

have been discussing the programme for government

for the new Executive. Mark Devenport is there -

what can you tell us? The main development has been that

the Alliance Party, which has been offered the sensitive justice

portfolio, has put in a three page document which it wants to see

improved. It is wanting to see a clear commitment in

relation to some of these areas. He says that unless those are

delivered, even if the Alliance Party agrees to take on the justice

ministry, and Alliance Minister may not remain in post unless there is

commitment are made. What timescale are the petition is

working to? They have until Wednesday to go

ahead with the appointment of a fresh batch of ministers. The ruling

council is meeting on Thursday night this week, and they want answers

before then. Thursday might also be a significant day in terms of seeing

whether the overall programme for government is acceptable to both

Alliance and the SDLP. Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt

has been criticised for a tweet he posted, quoting Nazi

Propaganda Chief Joseph Goebbels. Mr Nesbitt was responding

to allegations that he had sought public money to build

a mosque in Belfast. Our political correspondent,

Enda McCalfferty, reports. Mike Nesbitt found himself

in the middle of a protest today He joined students

at Queens this morning as they protested against

cuts to the University's budget. But he was also at centre

of an online protest because of what he posted

on twitter last night. He was hitting back at those

who accused him of wanting to use public funds to build

a new mosque in Belfast. But he went a step further

and used a quote from the Nazi Propaganda Minister

Joseph Goobbels to make his point. And that provoked an angry reaction

from some of his online followers. Some even compared the post

to comments made recently by Boris Johnson

when he linked the aims of the EU The Alliance party said Mike Nesbitt

should have thought more carefully For me, I consider this to be an ill

judged use, and it means that there was some thought put into it. I

think he should apologise, and there is a range of people who he needs to

apologise to, in relation to the raising of the spectre of the Nazis

and joseph Goebbels. But there was no sign

of an apology from the Ulster Unionist

leader today. In fact, he wasn't up

for talking about his tweet. The point I was making is that on

social media it is easy to spin a lie, the way the Nazis did. That is

the point I'm making. Is it appropriate to quote joseph

Goebbels? Unlike other political leaders

who have found themselves Mike Nesbit has not taken down

the offending tweet and it remains to be seen

if there will be any more fall out. But what he may have done

is make other politicians out there 14 of our busiest

libraries are facing cuts Libraries NI says

it is making the move because of a reduction

in its budget. A public consultation will be held

on the proposed change. Our education correspondent,

Robbie Meredith, has been finding out

what impact it may have. Is a chapter closing

for some of our libraries? Libraries NI plan to cut the opening

hours at 14 libraries in all. Belfast Central, Bangor Carnegie,

Derry Central, Lisburn City and Omagh libraries

will open for the equivalent Nine other libraries will open

for five fewer hours a week. We have ?2.173 million less than we

had this time last year. That is 7.28% of our budget. We are having

to take a range of measures, we are cutting our stock budget, now -- how

maintenance budget. Unfortunately, we are having to cut our opening

hours of our largest libraries. It is popular, and fans to reduce

the opening hours are not. You can come and sit and revise and chill

out here. You see a lot of the older generation coming here as an outlet.

It is a brilliant outlet to come here and socialise, have a cuppa

coffee. Meanwhile, Belfast Central Library

has stood on the city's Royal Avenue But that history won't

save it from cuts either. We will be devastated if it is going

to close. We will have two think about it. It is a lifeline because I

don't have a computer at home. I can use it whenever I want. My breeze

like this have had to change what they do in recent decades, but the

number of people using them has actually risen. Despite the

increase, for some of them, time might be running out.

The Belfast boy and his once-in-a-lifetime chance

to play alongside his hero in tomorrow's Irish Open Pro-Am.

Next, the story of two sisters who for 64 years lived apart

and then last week met for the first time.

One of them is Lesley Fagan from Ballinamallard,

that she had a sister who had been given up for adoption

at a Catholic mother and babies home in Manchester.

After a search lasting almost 30 years,

she tracked down her sibling to the other side of the world.

The pair have been talking to our south-west reporter, Julian Fowler.

A nervous wait, and then a tearful reunion.

The moment when the long search for her sister came to an end.

she came from a strict Catholic family in Salford.

She hid her pregnancy from her father.

She decided to... She found herself up tight, and booked herself into a

catholic maternity home in Prestwich in Manchester. I said to my mum, do

you ever think about her? And she said, every day. Every day, and

every 18th of July. She spent six weeks

with her daughter before she signed

the adoption papers, but crucially she saw

the name and address of the new parents -

names she never forgot - who promised she would

find her sister. Joan had moved with her

new family to Australia. My mum, although she never told me,

all my life, she said to me... I would ask her where I came from and

things like that, that when I was born, and how come I survived when

she had lost so many babies. She would say to me, because you are

chosen to survive. You were chosen. So I was there chosen child. When I

was little, it did not strike me as anything. Then I realised

afterwards. When she moved to Ballinamallard

last year, within a week,

her sister had been found. After 60 years apart, two sisters

were brought together at last. Heart pounding. We were just waiting

so long for this bonding Haq to stop -- this bonding hug. It was like we

were reading minds, and we had never been apart. That is what it is like.

I love you. I love you too, darling. The head of safety for

Northern Ireland Water has said a controversial drilling

operation in County Antrim does not pose a risk

to the water supply But protesters have pledged to stay

at the site near Carrickfergus, where the drilling company

is sinking a test well to check for what it believes

could be millions of barrels of oil. Our agriculture and

environment correspondent, They plan to drill down to climate

is in search of oil, and the work is now under way. The protesters who

try to stop this exploratory well say they were angry it had started,

and repeated their belief that it pose a risk to the public water

supply into several nearby reservoirs. The support for this

campaign is enormous, because there was no public consultation or

consensus for this well. This is a busy industrial site, including

metres of industrial fencing topped by razor wire and monitored by CCTV.

It is under permitted building right, without the need for planning

permission. After the lottery drill, they will

golf and assess the results. They could extra 35 million barrels of

oil, but they will have to go through the full planning process.

The safety of the public water supply is at the heart of this

dispute. The oil company and Northern Ireland water say it is

safe. It is what is known as a zero discharge site, which should mean no

run-off into nearby watercourses. The river which runs close to the

site and flows into nearby reservoirs has been diverted

directed to the sea. Monitoring has been introduced, for hydrocarbons

and oil. The fact that the water treatment works can close down if

anything is detected in the water, they are all measures that we have

put in place, which leads me to be content that we are sure that it

will be safe to drink. This dispute is far from over. The courts might

decide the next twist. The case comes up again on Thursday.

Terror attacks across the world by Islamic extremists

has put Muslims and their religion in the spotlight.

there are about 5,000 Muslims in Northern Ireland,

Islam is a mystery or misunderstood by many others.

For the first in a series of BBC Newsline reports, Rick Faragher

talks to young Muslims and discovers the challenges they face.

If I ask you about the definition of terrorism, what does it mean? You

hear about this word, you find this word in the newspapers, on the TV...

A Sunday school for muslins in the heart of Belfast. These teenagers

are studying for a GCSE in Islamic studies, and they are not scared to

express their views. Terrorism is whenever a certain group of people

use violence or a threat of violence to get that democratic points of

view across. Is it right, from the Muslim prospect, that they'd use

these terrorist attacks to express your views? Islam teaches us that

terrorism is wrong, it is against Islam. You have do not harm any

innocent people. In terrorism, that is basically ignored. I have to

encourage them to address any thoughts they have, especially with

current events, what they see in the media, what they hear about. They

need to reflect upon these events, and I think it is important to

provide them with a safe platform to express these views. From Sunday

school to school, this year they lifted the schools cup. Yasser

played a key role. His friend addressed the school Assembly after

the terrorist attacks in Paris. We knew there would be a spotlight on

local Muslim here. It can be difficult, repeatedly having to be

on the defensive, despite the messages that we are not violent and

so on. There is an element of responsibility among local Muslims

and the rest of society as well, to differentiate between local Muslims

here and some of the violent actions. Is it difficult being a

Muslim here in Northern Ireland? It is at times, because you are tempted

to do things that are bad in Islam. If people ask if I want to go out

clubbing, I second because it is against my faith. I will have to

tell them, but they have do understand it. We're not allowed to

have girlfriends, because it is immodest. You looked at differently

if something happens abroad. You are always asked to condemn it or

perhaps exclude yourself from it, so it is accepting that you are a

terrorist and you have to exclude yourself from it.

And on tomorrow's programme, Rick looks at Islam's ancient

sectarian divide between Sunnis and Shia Muslims

Is a man from County Antrim about to take over

Thomas Niblock is here with news of that.

No confirmation yet, Donna, on who will succeed Ronny Delia,

but what we can confirm is that Brendan Rodgers has been in talks

with Celtic Football Club as they seek to appoint a new manager.

The Carnlough man has been out of work since October of last year

when he was replaced by Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool boss.

Celtic football has yet to make any official comment.

Derry City looks set to lodge a formal complaint

with the Football Association of Ireland

directed at its manager, Kenny Shiels.

But coming from a goal down to win the game in injury time,

Here's our north-west reporter, Keiron Tourish.

The incident of alleged sectarian abuse came at the end

of the Cork City game at Turners Cross on Friday night.

but in the dying minutes Cork scored twice to clinch a dramatic victory.

The Derry City manager, Kenny Shiels, claims

he was subjected to sectarian comments at the end of the game.

I went to the referee and I said, surely you have seen that was a goal

kick, it was not a corner? I said it like that, without a threat. The

referee said he would look at it later. I was told I had been played

off the park, and then someone used a sectarian name. It is a storm in

18 cup. I have seen 100 things, but that is the first I have heard of

that. He was really disappointed. We were excited, and some of our

management were excited. At the same time, there was nothing in it.

Surprised about that comment. The Cork City chairman said he had

no knowledge of the incident. In a statement, the Football

Association of Ireland said it has "received the referee's report

and will review what is contained in that report before deciding

if further action is required." It added, "The Football Association

of Ireland takes any matters of Kenny Shiels met with his

club chairman yesterday The club is expected to lodge

a formal complaint with the FAI. Neither Kenny Shiels

nor anyone from the club Rory McIlroy might be

world number three, but 13-year-old Tom McKibbin

is a world champion. The Belfast Royal Academy student

won last year's World Junior Event Tomorrow, he'll play alongside his

hero in the Irish Open Pro-Am event. From the K Club in County Kildare,

Stephen Watson reports. Watching his hero practice before

his big day tomorrow. 13-year-old Tom McKibbin has won some of the

biggest kids tournaments in the world, but he will never have

experienced anything quite like this before. I was really excited,

because either wanted to play him, and I cannot wait. Just overwhelmed.

It will be a great experience and I will learn from him quite a bit, and

I'm really excited. How much did you learn when you out there today? I

learned a lot, and it's just great to watch up close. I think it is

important for me because when I go there and play in these tournaments,

I can try and copy how he's doing it and just take in how they are

learning the course before they go out for the tournaments. The world

could's champion will tee off tomorrow before the serious stuff

gets under way. Rory McIlroy is determined to show his best form. It

is always important to win you home open. Everyone who plays this game

has doomed of doing that. I haven't given the best account of myself at

this tournament in the last few years. Hopefully I can change that

this week. I would say, outside of the four majors, it is one of the

tournaments that I would like to win. The Irish open has not been a

happy home for Rory McIlroy in recent years, but he is determined

to get himself into contention this year. As for young Tom McKibbin, he

is about to get a taste of the golfing big-time.

13 years old and playing with Rory McIlroy, the stuff of dreams!

We got some rain eventually today. There will not be too many nice

sunsets around this evening. We're not finished with the rain yet.

Still a couple of hours of rain to come before it finally clears away

leaving the rest of the night largely dry. Or two showers around,

mainly in the West, and it will not be a cold night. The last couple of

nights have been chilly, but it feels fairly marred tonight.

Tomorrow will be very good for golfing, and for most of us. The

best of the next few days. There will be a lot of dry weather around

and some sunshine. To begin with, they could be some showers towards

the north coast, perhaps down the Antrim coast. Any showers tomorrow

morning not a major feature of the weather was up lots of places will

start dry and bright with some sunshine. Not too cold either, with

temperatures around nine or 10 degrees. The breezes from the

north-west, coming off the sea. Cool and fresh it was the north coast

compared to today. Temperatures across Belfast and County Down

should reach 15 or 16 degrees. With light winds, it will feel nice in

the sunshine. A nice evening tomorrow night, it will cool off to

some extent. Most of the night will be dry as well. The next weather

system will then start to come in from the west on Thursday. For the

rest of the week, it is looking very unsettled as low pressure will bring

rain and strong winds at times, particularly on Thursday and

Saturday. As we were hearing, the Irish Open tees off at the K Club on

Thursday, added looks as though they will be some rain at times. Some of

that could be sharp for a while, with some blustery winds. It will

dry up later in the day. This is the low pressure for Saturday. There is

uncertainty as to how deep this low pressure will be, but it looks as

though it will bring rain and strong winds at some stage of the day. They

could even be gale force winds for a time as well. Tomorrow is the best

day of the next few, with some rain and some blustery winds. Better on

Friday, although they could be some heavy showers. Wet and windy on

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