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of us on the team at the BBC News at six, goodbye from me, | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
The lifetime ban on gay men donating blood here is to be lifted. | :00:00. | :00:23. | |
40 years after the Kingsmills masscare, an emotional reunion | :00:24. | :00:26. | |
between the only survivor and a man who prayed with him | :00:27. | :00:28. | |
BHS, one of Northern Ireland's's best-known retail stores, has gone | :00:29. | :00:41. | |
into liquidation with the prospect of hundreds of job losses. | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness honours the men of the 36th | :00:46. | :00:47. | |
Ulster Division who died at the Battle of the Somme. | :00:48. | :00:50. | |
Six off-duty policemen are arrested after a fight outside | :00:51. | :00:52. | |
Backing the boys in green from across the border, but what chance | :00:53. | :01:01. | |
of unity among fans at the Euros? Temperatures have been | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
into the low 20s today again. There's more sunshine on the way | :01:05. | :01:06. | |
for tomorrow, and the weekend After only eight days in the job, | :01:07. | :01:08. | |
the Health Minister has lifted the ban on gay and bisexual | :01:09. | :01:19. | |
men giving blood, which her predecessors, | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
all DUP ministers, Michelle O'Neill said her decision | :01:25. | :01:25. | |
was based on sound scientific evidence that has been available | :01:26. | :01:31. | |
for some time. Our health correspondent | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
Marie-Louise Connolly reports. With barely 30 under the ministerial | :01:37. | :01:46. | |
table, Michelle O'Neill makes a decision -- with barely her feet. | :01:47. | :01:54. | |
These beads of reversing the ban -- the speed of reversing the ban took | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
many by surprise. The evidence has been there for some time. I have | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
been imposed for eight days. I looked at the evidence I had in | :02:05. | :02:07. | |
front of me. It is a positive story, I think it is the right decision we | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
have taken. My priority is obviously patient safety, and I have used the | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
scientific evidence available to me, which has allowed me to meet a | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
decision and the Executive have endorsed it. The reaction from those | :02:20. | :02:23. | |
at the centre of the story was positive. It makes us feel welcome. | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
It feels like another barrier towards equality has been addressed, | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
and we now know the Assembly can deliver for LGBT people. This is the | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
first move by our Assembly to address the inequalities these | :02:37. | :02:39. | |
beers, and this is something we very much welcome. So what has led to | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
today's nose-mac? The ban was put in place across the UK during the aid | :02:47. | :02:54. | |
presence of the 1980s. -- AIDS crisis. But the ban was lifted in | :02:55. | :03:05. | |
England, Scotland and Wales. In Northern Ireland, however, the | :03:06. | :03:07. | |
health ministers insisted it remain in place, on the grounds of patient | :03:08. | :03:14. | |
safety. That prompted protests from the LGBT community, who said keeping | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
the ban was discriminatory. A gay man to further action by launching a | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
judicial review challenging the decision. That led to a lengthy, | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
accommodated and expensive court battle, where at one point a judge | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
ruled that the decision not to change the policy was irrational and | :03:36. | :03:42. | |
infected with apparent bias. -- lengthy and complicated court | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
battle. A judge said the matter should be taken out of Northern | :03:46. | :03:51. | |
Island's hand and resolved by the Health Secretary. It ruled that | :03:52. | :03:58. | |
there should be time to review reversing the decision. They also | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
said there was no basis to conclude that the original decision was | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
predetermined by Kristian values. The decision comes into effect from | :04:08. | :04:14. | |
the 1st of September. As in England, to donate Lord, gay men will have to | :04:15. | :04:20. | |
have abstained from giving blood -- from having sex for one year. -- to | :04:21. | :04:28. | |
be able to donate blood. The only survivor of the Kingsmills | :04:29. | :04:30. | |
murders has been reunited, for the first time in 40 years, | :04:31. | :04:32. | |
with the man who found him Retired teacher Gerry McKeown said | :04:33. | :04:35. | |
an act of contrition for Alan Black and his murdered colleagues and held | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
Alan until medical help arrived. Shortly after the shootings, | :04:41. | :04:42. | |
Alan took his family to Scotland. It was to be four decades before | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
the men would meet again in what was another emotional | :04:46. | :04:48. | |
day at the new inquest. Our reporter in the south east, | :04:49. | :04:50. | |
Gordon Adair, was in court. The last time these two men were | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
side-by-side, they were right at the centre of a story of almost | :04:56. | :04:58. | |
unimaginable horror. Alan Black on the right was badly injured when my | :04:59. | :05:00. | |
in a ditch at Kingsmills. Gerry McKeown was one of the first on the | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
scene. He held Allen and said a prayer for him. Both men suffered | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
chilling flashbacks, but the overriding memory for Jerry is of | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
Alan's selflessness, and for Alan, Jerry's humanity. That memory stays | :05:16. | :05:23. | |
with me. We spoke about something this morning, about when I visited | :05:24. | :05:30. | |
him in hospital, I said, hello, Alan, and what did you say? I | :05:31. | :05:39. | |
couldn't see who had said it, but I said, I know that voice. I | :05:40. | :05:44. | |
recognised his voice, because he brought such comfort to me on the | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
side of that road. Saying peers over me, it brought me such comfort. -- | :05:50. | :05:57. | |
saying prayers. He described seeing a local farmer gathering up what he | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
believed to be spent bullet casings immediately after the attack, yet in | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
40 years, no police officers has ever spoken to him about this, | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
something he finds ethical to understand. Today Arlene Foster met | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
some families who were concerned that the recent reopening of the | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
criminal investigation could have an impact upon this inquest. -- | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
something he finds difficult to understand. They were assured this | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
is something that would not be allowed to happen. The evidence that | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
prompted that new investigation was uncovered when a forensic officer on | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
a tea break saw coverage of the inquest and asked to re-run tests on | :06:39. | :06:44. | |
a palm print, which turned up a link to a suspect. | :06:45. | :06:48. | |
The high street retailer BHS has gone into liquidation, | :06:49. | :06:50. | |
threatening 200 jobs here and thousands across the UK. | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
Mervyn Jess is in Belfast City Centre. | :06:56. | :07:02. | |
Yes, and not good news for BHS and the staff who work for it. In | :07:03. | :07:10. | |
Northern Ireland and the company has four stories. This one here in | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
Belfast city centre, one in Newtownabbey, one in Lisburn and one | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
in Hollywood. About 200 staff whose jobs are now under threat because of | :07:21. | :07:23. | |
this liquidation, which came about after the firm went into | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
administration and attempts were made to find a buyer. Those attempts | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
so far have failed, and today the liquidation order was announced. The | :07:32. | :07:35. | |
story behind us here would be well-known to many people who shop | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
in Belfast city centre. It has been here for decades, was here during | :07:40. | :07:44. | |
the height of bombing when we have the ring of steel around the city, | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
people on the door searching shoppers going in and out. It | :07:48. | :07:50. | |
survived all that, but did not survive the current market trains. | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
-- market trends. The Sinn Fein Deputy First Minister | :07:55. | :07:57. | |
has visited the site of the Battle After laying a wreath to the dead | :07:58. | :08:00. | |
of the 36th Ulster Division, Martin McGuinness admitted | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
he was out of his comfort zone. From France, here's our political | :08:05. | :08:06. | |
correspondent Gareth Gordon It was from these trenches that men | :08:07. | :08:16. | |
of the 36 firsts division went to their deaths 100 years ago. -- 36th | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
Ulster Division. Martin McGuinness was brought to see the front line | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
and Peters respects at the tower that serves as their memorial close | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
by. -- pay his respects. Martin McGuinness will see this as another | :08:33. | :08:35. | |
symbolic step on the road to the conciliation, but he will know that | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
for some it is too much and for others not enough. I am out of my | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
comfort zone here today, but that is what readers do. I think if you are | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
a leader you have to lead from the front and do what you think is | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
right. The memorial to the following the 16th Irish division much less | :08:54. | :08:57. | |
imposing, although the sacrifice was just the same. Next month and major | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
commemoration will mark the centenary of the awful events which | :09:03. | :09:06. | |
occurred here, but Martin McGuinness feared his presence would stop some | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
people from coming. A number of them said publicly that that was too much | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
for them, that was a journey to far for them. That said I was to be | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
there, they could not go. I am not going to be responsible for anybody | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
who wishes to go to the Somme to commemorate an event that is of | :09:25. | :09:27. | |
future litigants to them. I am not going to be the person responsible | :09:28. | :09:36. | |
for denying them that opportunity. -- of huge significance to them. One | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
of the organisers backs his decision to stay away. It is understandable | :09:41. | :09:48. | |
why some people might feel aggrieved by the Deputy First Minister coming | :09:49. | :09:55. | |
on the first of July. I think it is important to you has come today. He | :09:56. | :09:58. | |
has realised the significance of what the 1st of July is to be bold. | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
More centenary is lie ahead, threatening comfort zones on all | :10:04. | :10:06. | |
sides. A war memorial has been | :10:07. | :10:09. | |
attacked at Woodvale Park Republican slogans were | :10:10. | :10:11. | |
sprayed on A nearby commemoration | :10:12. | :10:15. | |
stone was also broken and The attack, which was discovered | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
early this morning, is thought to have taken | :10:19. | :10:24. | |
place sometime overnight. This is the third attack in three | :10:25. | :10:34. | |
weeks. Two weeks ago we had flagship down, plans to note. Last week reads | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
were stolen, and this week, worst of all, we have had IRA painted on the | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
war memorial, and unique memorial which remembers Belgian, French, | :10:45. | :10:51. | |
German and British shoulders. -- soldiers. | :10:52. | :10:53. | |
Six off-duty police officers have been arrested after a fight outside | :10:54. | :10:56. | |
It happened in the early hours of yesterday morning - | :10:57. | :10:59. | |
Our north-east reporter Sara Girvin has the details. | :11:00. | :11:02. | |
A fight in this area of Portstewart is now | :11:03. | :11:05. | |
Following the brawl at around 1am on Wednesday, eight | :11:06. | :11:08. | |
Six of them were off-duty police officers. | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
The other two were foreign nationals. | :11:14. | :11:15. | |
Three people were taken to hospital and treated | :11:16. | :11:17. | |
for what are described as minor injuries. | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
All eight of those arrested have now been released on bail. | :11:23. | :11:25. | |
The PSNI are now investigating if there was a hate crime | :11:26. | :11:27. | |
They've asked anyone who may have witnessed it to come forward. | :11:28. | :11:33. | |
Police have also launched an internal investigation. | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
That will be led by the PSNI's discipline branch. | :11:39. | :11:41. | |
The PSNI say their officers must act professionally, | :11:42. | :11:50. | |
ethically and with the greatest integrity at all times. | :11:51. | :11:52. | |
They say anything that falls below that standard is not acceptable. | :11:53. | :12:02. | |
Among the hundreds of thousands of supporters at the Euros in France | :12:03. | :12:05. | |
this month will be fans from Northern Ireland | :12:06. | :12:07. | |
So what's their attitude to the other team in green? | :12:08. | :12:10. | |
Football fans from west Belfast heading south | :12:11. | :12:21. | |
to watch their favourite team in green. | :12:22. | :12:23. | |
What is your feeling about Northern Ireland? Do you want them to do | :12:24. | :12:35. | |
well? I don't mind. I've got a bet on them. I've got a bet for them not | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
to score in the group stages, so I think that might go well. You have | :12:40. | :12:46. | |
got a bed for them not to score? Yes. Here's hoping. I hope both | :12:47. | :12:55. | |
sides do well, no problem at all. Outside the stadium in Dublin, | :12:56. | :12:58. | |
thousands of other fans who crossed the border to support the Republic. | :12:59. | :13:01. | |
What do you think about Northern Ireland? Lets not comment. Next | :13:02. | :13:09. | |
question. I like Northern Ireland to do well. I think it is great for | :13:10. | :13:12. | |
North and South that both countries are there, and we will be supporting | :13:13. | :13:18. | |
both. It's probably fair that Windsor Park has definitely opened | :13:19. | :13:27. | |
up, and I hope either team does well at the Euros. We wish them all the | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
best. We hope they do very well, both teams. We are obviously | :13:34. | :13:41. | |
nationalists, and we don't feel comfortable in Belfast. It is not | :13:42. | :13:44. | |
the best location for nationalists. We have no problem going in arable | :13:45. | :13:55. | |
patient -- in arable kitchen. I will Northern Ireland does well, but our | :13:56. | :13:59. | |
loyalties are with the Republic. Most readers of the Irish News | :14:00. | :14:02. | |
support the Republic, but the newspaper is sending reporters to | :14:03. | :14:06. | |
cover both teams in France. The paper 's editor says it is a sign of | :14:07. | :14:11. | |
changing times. Probably in the 80s and 90s, more tensions around, | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
things went on a different way, and there will always be people who just | :14:16. | :14:18. | |
do not associate with Northern Ireland, just as there are people | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
like that in the side. But newspapers have the task of | :14:24. | :14:25. | |
reflecting what is going on, analysing, assessing. Some believe | :14:26. | :14:36. | |
Northern Ireland would win even more support by not playing the Queen | :14:37. | :14:41. | |
before matches. Conor Devine says it could be a game changer. I just | :14:42. | :14:46. | |
think on the Nationalist party of the community, to have a more | :14:47. | :14:50. | |
inclusive and firm, maybe go down the route of the rugby, for example, | :14:51. | :14:55. | |
it would definitely reach out to more nationalists. -- and more | :14:56. | :15:01. | |
inclusive anthem. In time I think the FA will get there. Another happy | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
musings and discussions over this in the last two years, and it is | :15:06. | :15:11. | |
probably a matter of progression. An estimated 100,000 fans will be in | :15:12. | :15:14. | |
France this summer, supporting either Northern Ireland or the | :15:15. | :15:18. | |
Republic, and whether they want the other team in green to do well or | :15:19. | :15:22. | |
not, they will all be watching each other's results with interest. | :15:23. | :15:28. | |
There'll be thousands of fans travelling to France - | :15:29. | :15:30. | |
but what can they expect when they get there? | :15:31. | :15:33. | |
In a programme for BBC Northern Ireland, comedians | :15:34. | :15:35. | |
Colin Murphy and Jake O'Kane were dispatched to test the waters. | :15:36. | :15:43. | |
Don't drive, don't drive. Don't get on the roads, under normal | :15:44. | :15:52. | |
circumstances. Stay on the footpaths. Don't even cross the | :15:53. | :15:56. | |
roads. He is just running there with a helmet on. | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
We catch up with them on BBC Newsline | :16:01. | :16:02. | |
In just three weeks' time we'll have the referendum | :16:03. | :16:05. | |
which will decide whether the UK will leave or remain | :16:06. | :16:08. | |
Here on BBC Newsline we'll look at what the EU means for trade, | :16:09. | :16:12. | |
In a moment we'll be looking at the debate in | :16:13. | :16:17. | |
But first, our economics and business editor John Campbell | :16:18. | :16:20. | |
examines what Northern Ireland pays into the EU budget | :16:21. | :16:23. | |
In 2015 the UK's contribution to the EU budget was ?12.9 billion. | :16:24. | :16:36. | |
Some money then came back in the form of subsidies | :16:37. | :16:38. | |
But overall the UK puts in about ?8.5 billion more | :16:39. | :16:46. | |
The Leave side say all that money would be available for extra | :16:47. | :16:50. | |
But the Remain side cautions that we could still end up having | :16:51. | :16:55. | |
to pay to access the EU single market - and that any savings | :16:56. | :16:58. | |
would be cancelled out if the economy slows down | :16:59. | :17:00. | |
It's the ?12.9 billion contribution which is key to figuring | :17:01. | :17:06. | |
out the specific Northern Ireland situation. | :17:07. | :17:10. | |
We have 3% of the UK population, so are convolution could be estimated | :17:11. | :17:18. | |
at 3% of 12.9 billion, 374 million. In terms of what comes back, | :17:19. | :17:24. | |
subsidies for farming, fishing and structural funds were 220 million. | :17:25. | :17:31. | |
Peace and cross-border funds were 50 million, but we must getting much of | :17:32. | :17:38. | |
that funding after 2020. In all it is around 380 million, meaning at a | :17:39. | :17:44. | |
local level, we are probably still beneficiaries of the year, or at | :17:45. | :17:48. | |
least breaking even. The Leave say that in the event of a Brexit, the | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
UK Government could more than afford to replace those funds or more. But | :17:55. | :17:58. | |
the Remain side say there is no guarantee that the UK Government | :17:59. | :18:01. | |
would have that money to spend, nor that they would spend it here. | :18:02. | :18:03. | |
Much of the debate locally has been around the economy, | :18:04. | :18:06. | |
with Northern Ireland doing billions of pounds worth | :18:07. | :18:08. | |
Our business correspondent Julian O'Neill has been | :18:09. | :18:11. | |
Export businesses like this one are crucial to growing the Northern | :18:12. | :18:20. | |
Ireland economy. Then write in banker specialises in plastic | :18:21. | :18:26. | |
products, from here brushes to aeroplane parts. Its sales into the | :18:27. | :18:31. | |
EU and beyond, and is worried what an exit means for trading abroad. -- | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
it sells into the and beyond. You may get a different story in the | :18:39. | :18:41. | |
boardroom from the shop floor. I am looking at it from a business point | :18:42. | :18:46. | |
of view. If we have to renegotiate all those things going forward, what | :18:47. | :18:50. | |
does that mean? Tariffs coming in in various sectors that impacts our | :18:51. | :18:56. | |
sales? This is the larger trading lecture for Northern Ireland plc. | :18:57. | :19:00. | |
Local companies sold products and services worth ?66 billion in 2014, | :19:01. | :19:08. | |
about two thirds of that, 43 billion, we sold to ourselves. Our | :19:09. | :19:12. | |
largest external market is Great Britain. Trade worth almost 13 | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
billion. Exploris to the EU where worth nearly ?6 billion. And to the | :19:18. | :19:23. | |
rest of the world, ?4 billion. Keeping current trade relations is | :19:24. | :19:28. | |
why the likes of Bombardier are in the Remain camp. Surveys a among | :19:29. | :19:35. | |
local Avenue theatres and that a majority view. This man is a notable | :19:36. | :19:38. | |
exception. He and other Leave campaigners say that abandoning the | :19:39. | :19:44. | |
EU would free the UK to negotiate new deals. Trade around the world is | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
continuing to grow, but sadly the EU is not growing, and we will continue | :19:51. | :19:54. | |
to trade with our EU neighbours, but we also have an opportunity if we | :19:55. | :19:56. | |
leave to expand trade and the wider world. Many economists think UK | :19:57. | :20:01. | |
withdrawal would probably have a negative effect. As you believe | :20:02. | :20:07. | |
there may not be much impact. -- a few believe. It all adds to | :20:08. | :20:14. | |
uncertainty for this business and many like it. | :20:15. | :20:15. | |
A Northern Ireland World Cup legend has predicted that the class of 2016 | :20:16. | :20:19. | |
can cause an upset or two at the Euros in France - | :20:20. | :20:21. | |
Yes - Gerry Armstrong made his mark in the World Cup in 1982 with that | :20:22. | :20:28. | |
famous goal that ensured a shock victory over the hosts Spain. | :20:29. | :20:31. | |
Today, the legendary striker was in Belfast to conduct the draw | :20:32. | :20:35. | |
for the SuperCupNI, formerly the Milk Cup competition. | :20:36. | :20:42. | |
And he also tipped Michael O'Neill's side to make an impact in France | :20:43. | :20:45. | |
34 years have passed since that famous night in Valencia, by Gerry | :20:46. | :20:56. | |
Armstrong remains a big draw. Northern Ireland star striker in the | :20:57. | :21:02. | |
82 World Cup believes the new time that like the time is now right for | :21:03. | :21:07. | |
new heroes to spring a surprise or two in France. Starting to grow, the | :21:08. | :21:15. | |
belief is growing. Now it is a leading games without defeat, which | :21:16. | :21:21. | |
is a record. Fantastic achievements. They know their strengths and | :21:22. | :21:25. | |
weaknesses, are well organised. Michael has got them well organised. | :21:26. | :21:28. | |
I can see a lot of similarities between us and them, but now they | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
have to get onto the big stage and show everybody in Europe what they | :21:33. | :21:35. | |
can do. Paul are one of the papers of the great because they and are | :21:36. | :21:40. | |
tipped to come out of it. -- Poland are one of the favourites. That is | :21:41. | :21:43. | |
great for us as an underdog, because we can go in and cause an upset. | :21:44. | :21:52. | |
Northern Ireland's new Fifa ranking is up to 23rd in the world, an | :21:53. | :21:55. | |
all-time high. Meanwhile, in the Republic | :21:56. | :21:57. | |
of Ireland pre-tournament camp, striker Jonathan Walters didn't take | :21:58. | :21:59. | |
part in full training today due to a calf injury - | :22:00. | :22:01. | |
he wasn't risked as a precaution. But Martin O'Neill's side | :22:02. | :22:04. | |
were boosted by the return Thomas Kane is with | :22:05. | :22:06. | |
the squad in Cork. Given the weather this week, it has | :22:07. | :22:12. | |
felt more like the side of France and the southern point of Ireland, | :22:13. | :22:15. | |
and competition for places is certainly starting to hot up, none | :22:16. | :22:19. | |
more so than in the goalkeeping position, with these guys battling | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
it out with one of their childhood heroes for the spot. It is not just | :22:26. | :22:32. | |
about us, but about the country. We are all in it together. Shea is one | :22:33. | :22:49. | |
of my heroes. He is up there. We are best pals, man. We have lived | :22:50. | :22:55. | |
together for a while. Four, five years. I know you are trying to | :22:56. | :23:01. | |
create an illegal material, but we are best pals. The West Ham keeper | :23:02. | :23:07. | |
Randolph is likely to be first choice. Darren and his family grew | :23:08. | :23:22. | |
up in Bray. Good memories. How big an influence as your father been on | :23:23. | :23:26. | |
your career as a sportsman? Big from an early age. He has been a good | :23:27. | :23:35. | |
voice in the background. The players have been given time off this | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
afternoon. Many are playing golf and relaxing, but they will be acutely | :23:41. | :23:44. | |
aware that the intensity will increase in the coming days as the | :23:45. | :23:49. | |
turbulent approaches. -- as the tournament approaches. | :23:50. | :23:50. | |
Injuries have forced four changes to the Ireland rugby squad ahead | :23:51. | :23:53. | |
of this month's tour to South Africa. | :23:54. | :23:54. | |
The Kearney brothers along with Luke Fitzgerald | :23:55. | :23:56. | |
won't take on the Springboks, but perhaps the biggest | :23:57. | :23:58. | |
Mission almost impossible has, perhaps, become | :23:59. | :24:05. | |
This challenge in the Pro12 final at the weekend has ruled | :24:06. | :24:12. | |
Jonny Sexton out of Ireland's tour to South Africa. | :24:13. | :24:15. | |
He's one of four Leinster players who won't make the trip. | :24:16. | :24:17. | |
Although he misses the Springbok tests, | :24:18. | :24:19. | |
Joe Schmidt is hopeful Sexton will be back in time for next season | :24:20. | :24:23. | |
To do the full rehabilitation, it is probably about three months post | :24:24. | :24:36. | |
surgery. He should be pretty much up and running after that. For next | :24:37. | :24:44. | |
season he should be ready to start. Every cloud has a silver raining. | :24:45. | :24:48. | |
The absence of sex and perhaps provide the opportunity up for Paddy | :24:49. | :24:54. | |
Jackson to start at number ten. -- the absence of Sexton. It is a big | :24:55. | :25:01. | |
sure to fill with what Johnny has done for Ireland and Leinster. In | :25:02. | :25:04. | |
terms of that it is an opportunity for him and try to continue the form | :25:05. | :25:06. | |
he has shown. The only Irish players ever | :25:07. | :25:09. | |
to achieve victory on South African soil are those who played | :25:10. | :25:12. | |
for the Lions. If Ireland are to achieve a first | :25:13. | :25:14. | |
ever win, then much of that responsibility will rest | :25:15. | :25:17. | |
on the shoulders of At the Memorial Tournament in Ohio, | :25:18. | :25:19. | |
Rory McIlroy has had The World number three is level | :25:20. | :25:26. | |
par after an opening round of 71 - that's some eight | :25:27. | :25:36. | |
shots behind the early leader, We like the golfers and a high or | :25:37. | :25:47. | |
have been enjoying the sunshine. Is it going to continue? | :25:48. | :25:56. | |
Yes, we are in the sunshine island, but not everywhere in Europe. Still | :25:57. | :26:02. | |
plenty of time before we get to Euro fever for that weather over Europe | :26:03. | :26:05. | |
to implode. In the meantime, enjoy the sunshine. West is best. It is | :26:06. | :26:11. | |
worth getting up for the sunrise. This is how it looked this morning. | :26:12. | :26:17. | |
Miss and fog there are just lifting of. There will be some mist and fog | :26:18. | :26:24. | |
forming in the river valleys tonight again, but despite temperatures | :26:25. | :26:27. | |
getting into the low 20s by day, they still can follow way to quite | :26:28. | :26:33. | |
low values at night, making it more comfortable for sleeping. The sun is | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
up early. The morning mist and fog disappears quickly. The air warms up | :26:39. | :26:42. | |
quickly as well, and it will be a lovely sunny start. Light winds, | :26:43. | :26:47. | |
saying pretty sunny throughout the day. By lunchtime if you're heading | :26:48. | :26:52. | |
out, temperatures already into the high teens. Warmer likely on the | :26:53. | :26:59. | |
north Coast. The hotspots will probably be over parts of Fermanagh | :27:00. | :27:08. | |
and Tyrone. Tomorrow evening and tomorrow night, still dry and sunny, | :27:09. | :27:14. | |
but through the night, some cloud increases from the east, meaning it | :27:15. | :27:19. | |
won't get as cold. Maybe one or two spots of rain to the gardens, and | :27:20. | :27:23. | |
cloudy for awhile on Saturday. But don't panic, because it will | :27:24. | :27:27. | |
brighten up as the day goes on. It should still be nice on Saturday | :27:28. | :27:30. | |
evening and warm for barbecues. The sunny skies are back again on | :27:31. | :27:34. | |
Sunday, and look like hanging on for a few days next week. | :27:35. | :27:38. | |
We all love to see the clear skies. Thank you very much for that. | :27:39. | :27:40. | |
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