26/06/2016 BBC Newsline

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The Republic of Ireland are out of the European Championships

Robbie Brady's penalty in the second minute

wasn't enough to hold off the tournament favourites.

The European adventure ended here in Lyon form Artur Daniel 's side

despite a brave performance against the hosts who went on to progress to

the quarterfinals. It was a dream start for the Republic. When Shane

Long was fouled, Robbie Brady make no mistake the penalty. There were

opportunities to extend the lead. The French piled on the pressure as

the game progressed. Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann scored twice

in 4/2 minutes in the second half to swing the game in favour of France.

Shane Duffy was dismissed soon after as a poster and equaliser but they

were unable to find a second goal. It has grown in seven or eight

minutes. I think that we could have utilised that in the last 30 minutes

of the game but I could not be more proud of the team. Really fantastic

effort. And throughout the tournament. I could not be more

proud. Of the supporters. The team will return to their team based in

Versailles following their most successful ever European

Championships, with plenty of positives to take, looking ahead to

the World Cup for the fine campaign. -- World Cup qualifying campaign.

Well our reporter Ita Dungan's been watching with the fans.

Ita, a lot of disappointment there, then?

Yes, we are here in the heart of Lyon. Unfortunately this will be the

last French city Irish fans will visit on their Euro 2016 two.

Playing the hosts was always going to be special. And this did not fail

to give that special feeling. Hundreds of fans still during to get

into the fan zone, and inside, it was absolutely packed with mostly

French bands, it has to be said, singing very loudly. That was until

that Robbie Brady penalty hit the back of the net. Then they were

silenced. Then in the second half, those two goals went in and

unfortunately it was time for the Irish fans to pack their cases and

head home. Absolutely brilliant. Absolutely

fantastic fans. Brilliant, fantastic. Disappointed, but that is

the way it goes. It has been a magic experience, fantastic, but the fans,

and the Northern Ireland fans, everyone, it's been absolutely

brilliant. We are proud of France and very proud of Ireland, because

their fans are very good fans. Fantastic. Great from the Irish

fans. Merci, Merci, Irlande. That sums up

the past three weeks. Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary

Vernon Coaker has become the eighth member of Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow

cabinet to resign today. It follws Mr Corbyn's decision

to sack Hilary Benn. Mr Coaker held the post twice -

first between 2011 and 2013 and was again appointed to the role

by Jeremy Corbyn The Secretary of State has dismissed

a claim by the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that

Stormont or the Scottish Parliament could veto the outcome

of the EU referendum. The Deputy First Minister Martin

McGuinness says he's requested Here's our political

correspondent Gareth Gordon. As soon as Brexit was confirmed on

Friday, Sinn Fein called for a board of Paul. Today they said that was

not their main priority. From my perspective in the immediate future,

although we are focused on the issue of the board of Paul and we believe

that there should be one at some stage in future, the immediate task

has to be how big democratically expressed wishes of the people he in

the north of Ireland candidate at four in the context of these huge

debate which will ensue over the course of the next number of months.

Could the result be vetoed in the places which voted to remain?

Northern Ireland and Scotland? Obviously Parliament is sovereign,

but in the weeks and months ahead, we will be working with both the

Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Assembly but ultimately it

is Parliament 's decision whether we repeal in 1972 European committees

act or whether we don't. It is a constitutional question at things

different answers from the Northern Ireland parties. I don't believe

that the Leave campaign has thought this through. They did not expect it

win and now they do not know how to deal with this. We believe that the

Northern Ireland Assembly at the Scottish Parliament have the

opportunity to say no. Parliamentarians who would

disrespect the view of the clear instructions given to them by the

British people would be making a huge mistake. There is no dispute

that those of us on the remain side won the referendum in Northern

Ireland, but it was a UK- wide referendum and the UK Parliament

still has primacy in these matters. The main union leader said we were

on the edge of an age of uncertainty. Quite a lot of

nationalists over recent years have been relaxed about their aspirations

for a united Ireland and have seen as an aspiration rather than

something they want to act to make a reality. And they are very angry,

and we need to listen to those voices. What is clear is that not

much is clear. That is unlikely to change, any time soon.

Good evening. We are at the start of weather. It has not been pleasant

today, dull and damp at times. This evening, a fair amount of cloud and

patches of rain and drizzle as the breeze picks up, that cloud will

start to break up with clear spells and one or two showers in the North

and West. Temperatures around 10 Celsius. Tomorrow, a brighter day.

Breezy with showers around, but not too many during the morning, when

they will be mainly light with decent spells of sunshine. A

brighter day for many parts tomorrow, when the cloud and rain

clears from the south-east. Lots of dry weather in the sunshine across

England and Wales. It will be quite warm sunshine when it comes through

as well. Plenty of showers across Scotland, some of those quite heavy.

The northern half of Ireland in the afternoon could well see one or two

sharp showers running through before they ease away on the breeze later

on with more in the way of sunshine to end the day. Some exposure to the

breeze on the north coast, maybe 16 Celsius with a bit of shelter. Not

feeling that bad. The rest of the week, one weather front after

another coming in with heavy bursts of rain at times and temperatures

generally feeling average. Our next BBC Newsline

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