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This is BBC Newsline and these are the headlines.

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The Taoiseach's idea of an all-Ireland forum to deal

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with Brexit hits the buffers as the First Minister says

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This man is sentenced to at least 12 years in jail for murdering his

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In what is and discuss with me at any stage.

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This man is sentenced to at least 12 years in jail for murdering his

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Volunteers are drafted in as the ambulance service says it

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will be months before it can provide full cover at weekends.

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Concerns are raised about the safety of an 11th Night

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And the drier weather returns for Tuesday but how long will it last?

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I'll tell you later. It was proposed by the Taoiseach

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as a body on which parties north and south could discuss a way

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forward after the UK voted to leave the European Union but no sooner had

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the All-Ireland Forum been proposed over the weekend than the idea

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disappeared when the First Minister and DUP leader Arlene Foster said

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she hadn't been consulted after a meeting of Executive

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and Irish Government ministers in Dublin, from where our

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political correspondent The first North-South meeting after

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Brexit, time to agree a way forward. I think the important thing is that

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the Taoiseach has agreed to establish a forum to deal with the

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massive challenges that face all the buzz on this island in the time and

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that's a good thing. The Taoiseach may have agreed it but it neglected

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to mention it to the First Minister and the DUP did not want another

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North-South body so when the ministers re-emerged the forum did

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not feature as one of the points agreed on. It wasn't discussed with

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me at any stage at the weekend before and it wasn't discussed today

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but what was discussed was the fact that we do intend to continue to use

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all of those different mechanisms which end there's talked about, the

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Irish council, the ministerial council and and all of our

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continuing talks between the different ministers, they take place

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on an ongoing basis in any event. That wasn't what her partner in

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government wanted to hear. I still think that the forum suggestion is a

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good suggestion. I don't believe that there should be a veto. I

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believe there many people throughout the island, many say: is an business

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groups and Fireman associations, many others in the North who would

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gladly accept the opportunity to participate in a conversation which

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is about facing up to the huge challenges which this decision that

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has been made posers for all abuzz on the island. All rather

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embarrassing for the Irish government. That imitation is open

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to everybody but obviously it couldn't function effectively as

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unless you are buying from everybody. Wherever we go from here,

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it won't be via an All-Ireland Forum. The Irish government 's

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handling of this forum idea has been described as cack-handed, it's not a

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good beginning to a period where everybody will have to be

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sure-footed. The Northern Ireland

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Executive is sticking to its key economic policy -

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a plan to cut the tax companies Arlene Foster says there's nothing

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to fear from the UK government planning another big reduction

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in its corporation tax rate. Our business correspondent

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Julian O'Neill is here. The Chancellor, is he stealing

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the Executive's clothes on this one? He is looking to do exactly what the

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executive wants to do and that is to the rain foreign direct investment

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with the prospect of lower taxes. In the case of Northern Ireland, it

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wanted to do this to take as away from reliance on the public sector

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and rebalance the economy and George Osborne wants to attract Company to

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may be convened twice about investing in the UK because of a

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Brexit. George Osborne used the Financial Times today to talk about

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taking the corporation tax rate below 15%, currently has 20% and it

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will be going to 17% by 2020 but the outcome of the referendum looks like

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taking the UK ever closer to the Northern Ireland rate of 12.5% which

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is to be introduced in 2018. The upside of this would be it would

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cost Stormont less, the narrow the gap between the UK rate and the

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Northern Ireland rate, the less the hit the grand takes, those are the

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rules at the moment. The downside would be it would lessen Northern

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Ireland 's attractiveness compared to other parts of the UK, it would

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bridge use our competitiveness. What would it mean for the jobs which the

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executive hopes to create for us benefiting from the lower

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corporation tax? It would almost certainly mean a revision of the

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jobs benefits of corporation tax. The executive has fought a long and

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hard battle to get to this point and all through this time the ground has

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shifted needs its feet. When it started in this journey, the

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corporation tax rate in the UK was but cut after cut has reduced it,

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reduces selling point that 12.5% and the jobs dividend has been reduced

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accordingly. It was 58,000 jobs, it's now 32,000, that before 17% in

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2020, before taking it below 15% and that below a Brexit referendum

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result so UK collisions are needed, new costs as well as the benefits,

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Arlene Foster said we have nothing to fear from this move by the UK,

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Northern Ireland is a cheaper place to do business in other parts of the

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UK, our wages are lower, office cost lower and we have a talented

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workforce but no two ways about it when it comes to launching this

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flagship Aussie in 2018 the executive will do it in a much more

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challenging environment. Thank you. Meanwhile, health ministers on both

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sides of the border have opened a new specialist cardiac facility

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in Dublin that will be used to treat children on both

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sides of the border. The aim is to carry out all child

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heart surgery at the facility in Our Lady's Children's Hospital

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by 2018. The two governments have committed

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?42 million to the service. Stormont's health minister

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Michelle O'Neill has also announced ?1 million to enhance facilities

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at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, where

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children will receive pre- A care worker who murdered his

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friend by stabbing him about 200 times at a house in Comber in April

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last year has been sentenced Wesley Harry Vance admitted

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murdering 23-year-old Kyle Neil Rick Faragher was at Belfast Crown

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Court. This is Kyle Neil, a father of one

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from Belfast to have been living in Banga. He was stabbed 200 times

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including 50 times to the head and face. Following a house party in

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combat in April last year. The police have called it a brutal act

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of violence. This is his killer. 20 age old Wesley Harry Barnes, here

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previously completed guilty to murder at the Churchgate Studios

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address he was living at the time. He will spend a minimum of 12 years

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in prison. The court approves the heard that both men were drunk when

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a heated argument happened after the other guests have left the party.

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His governor the time Stephanie Todd from Russell court in Belfast

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admitted obstructing police of the murder. The 26 rolled also admitted

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driving under excessive alcohol. She arrived in court today to be handed

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a 12 month conditional discharge and a three month driving ban. She was

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asleep during the time of the attack and later drove vans and the body to

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her mother 's home in Windsor Avenue with the police were called and her

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vamps were arrested. In conclusion, the judge said he took into

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consideration the guilty plea and that the attack was not premeditated

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although he was fully aware of the deeply tragic impact on the victim

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's family. In a statement, Kyle Mills mother said her family were

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experiencing an incredibly difficult time. She said her son was a loyal

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friend but above all an amazing daddy to Sophie. Just been robbed of

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his love and he will never see the milestones throughout her life. She

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said the family are disappointed with the sentence and are exploring

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the option of an appeal. After the sentence was passed, there were

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heckles from the public gallery as vans was led away in handcuffs.

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The Ambulance Service says it will be months before it can provide

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It had 24 fewer staff than required on Saturday and so ambulances

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from the voluntary sector had to be drafted in to handle

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It's a vital part of the health service. Carrying patients to care.

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But staffing problems meant that on Saturday night 12 ambulances were

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which should been on the road couldn't operate. It meant less

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serious call-outs had to wait. I don't want to scaremonger or create

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a situation that is in there but there is a concern that had there

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been a crisis of the weekend the Amundsen 's would've been under

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pressure cause me concern. The reason for the problems and

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multiple. The services to recruit 60 emergency medical technicians, they

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assist paramedics. There are 80 staff of sake, that's 10% of the

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workforce. Some are on annual leave and on Saturday the ongoing problems

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were as updated by some staff counselling over time they'd agree

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to cover. It's well documented are from buying staff are unhappy and we

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try to work with them as best as we can to find resolutions. It is

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difficult but we will continue to work at it. The one thing I can

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assure you is that staff on the front line all want to make sure

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that the people they serve are protected at all times. These

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problems aren't We we can staffing has been a problem for two years.

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Unions say staff welfare needs to be taken seriously. Their working day

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is very difficult, they're not getting their breaks, working past

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that ours, relying on overtime to run the service and I think staff

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are tired. There are also morale, they're demoralised. There are staff

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issues within the service which they are working to rectify, we are

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recruiting for the Ambulance Service and we are looking at trainees. We

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can improve things in terms staff morale but I think over the weekend

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the service the right measure. The current recruitment drive may help

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but training will take time. For now, the service will continue to

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rely on the support of crews from St John's ambulance and the British Red

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Cross. The Ambulance Service is that that despite the ongoing problems

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with staffing the average response time is here are still better than

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those in great Britain. It says that anyone with a life-threatening

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condition should have no concerns that the level of cover will affect

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their careful Now a brief look at

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today's other news. Animal welfare charity the USPCA has

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sacked its chief executive The charity says Stephen Philpott's

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dismissal relates to his management An airport car park business

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near Belfast International Airport has announced that it is to close

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at the end of July. Karl Airport Parking,

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based in Muckamore, has been involved in a long-running dispute

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about its planning status. In a statement, it said remaining

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open risked further Customers who have had their parking

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cancelled will get a refund. The Secretary of State Theresa

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Villiers has given her backing to Andrea Leadsom as new leader

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of the Conservatives. Ms Villiers says the Foreign

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Secretary and leading Leave campaigner is the right

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person for the job. She says Ms Leadsom has the dynamism

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needed to make a success Talks are continuing

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to try to resolve an issue around an 11th Night bonfire in East

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Belfast. The city council are involved

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in discussions along with community representatives and the bonfire

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builders after safety this was the scene last year when

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the bonfire near the Hollywood arches was late. Nearby homes had to

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have windows boarded up and fire tried train hoses on the properties

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to prevent them from catching fire. At one point the huge bonfire fell

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over narrowly missing the properties. Since then, this part of

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the Cumber Greenway between the upper Falls Road and rivers cross at

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the new has seen community development including children's

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play park. While the bonfire is moved away from the homes of last

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year 's site, it is now close the new park and the counsellor said

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that preparing to remove the play a greater is -- play apparatus.

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They're still concerned about how high this will be eventually lead

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the 11th night. We are really concerned because after last year

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there would not be a bonfire again on that side, that's not the case.

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This lot are property including old people and flats and they have made

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representation tours, there's a number of houses, there's also a car

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wash so they are worried about their premises and the last thing we want

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to see is property being destroyed and stop the catcher mind back

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almost four months, we had houses blocked off, people leaving, you

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can't live in a society like that so what we are saying to those involved

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with the bonfire, we want to work with you, we want to consult with

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you but at the end of the day if there's going to be danger to life

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and property you have to do is say it's going to be scaled down

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otherwise it'll have to take action. Talks are continuing to try to reach

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a sad is that the outcome to this 11th night bonfire problem. --

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satisfactory outcome. The Ulster council today confirmed

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this year's Ulster final will take place at Clones and what a game

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it should be. Donegal dethroned the current Ulster

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champions Monaghan over the weekend and Tyrone eased past Cavan to earn

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a spot in this year's showpiece. There's an old expression in Gaelic

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football that goals win games. When you hit five, you're pretty much

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secured victory. Tyrone were at the very best yesterday against Cavan

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and speaking of the very best their number seven scored six times to

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secure a first Ulster final football in six years. It was a good win.

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Could be back in the final. We've achieved it and put on a good score

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but we conceded 17, if we can see that as Donegal then it'll be a

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different result. I don't think we have ever been involved in as many

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goals while the bin involved, it very un-Cavan. We didn't take a

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chance in the first half and that's where the pendulum swung. It's a

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good day but we conceded 217 so we wouldn't be happy with what we

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conceded, jabbing chip the ball to 17 is a serious score the ship.

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Tyrone will need to improve if they concede to 17 against this Donegal

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team then it's pretty much guarantee they won't win. Donegal 's margin of

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victory was just a single point against the defending champions

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Monaghan but in truth they were much better than the scoreline suggested.

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Something Tyrone will be very much aware of. But relishing the final,

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Donegal are the big kingpins of Ulster and between themselves and

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Monaghan they have shed the last five titles, we know what we're up

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against. They beat us on the way to those titles. It's a challenge but

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grade B in the position. The Ulster final take place in clonus a

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fortnight. Now, some of road racing's biggest

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names and brightest young talent To officially launch

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the 2016 Ulster Grand Prix. The racing doesn't take place

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until next month but the countdown to a great day's racing

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is already on. The world's fastest road race is

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just around the corner. That's how fast it is at the Ulster Grand Prix.

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New race leader! It's unique. It's fast and flowing, it suits my style

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to down to the ground. I enjoy it. It's an enjoyable circuit to ride

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and eight is pretty safe as well. It just make it so good to ride. This

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years event will see the engine option of a new super pole session

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with the fastest 12 riders in the Superbike practice session racing

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against the clock individually to find out their final grid position

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on race day. Good for riders and spectators because the riders will

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have clear road ahead of them, the 12 fastest in qualifying will be out

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on the track on their own and with no traffic so they should be good

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plus will have all the timing for the spectators so it's good for

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both. There will be interesting to see how it pans out. You might even

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see people putting qualifiers in Bray lap and who ultimately ends up

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fast as other that will be interesting to see. It will be

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strange doing that round such a big tracks and measure how that will

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work but it's something new and we are up for dries up the new and it

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will make it more exciting. One thing is the shore, fans are

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guaranteed an exhilarating day at the draw. -- at the track.

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We've a shorter programme because of the tennis coverage so,

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if you were waiting for our report on an old Plantation

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of Ulster document, we will try to have that tomorrow.

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Barra Best has the unenviable task of telling us

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It was grey. This is the picture across Northern Ireland. There is

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good news, blue sky is coming into the West just in time for this

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evening as that rain cleared us the way. Overnight tonight, largely dry.

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Cool in some places where this guide is clear. Temperatures dipping to

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the single figures but not a bad night to come. Tomorrow will be a

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much better day. Largely dry, lots of cloud but that cloud will break

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at times and will be sunny gaps coming out. That said, it will be

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thick enough time to give off the odd isolated shower but the emphasis

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tomorrow is on the dry conditions. Temperatures at best towards the

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north coast with 1415 degrees, inland if we do manage to get

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sunnier gaps were looking at 16 or 17 degrees. About normal for the

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time of year. As it make way towards the second part of the day tomorrow

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into the evening, it is a fine one. A lot of cloud but if you others

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will get to see some sunshine to end the day. Tomorrow night there will

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be a lot of clear skies. That means they'll will be cooler the badgers,

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they will dip to just seven or 8 degrees so the low average for the

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time of year but not too bad. If you are behind me, you'll see the next

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wave of rain ready to come in just in time for Wednesday. It returns,

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it would be widespread and it could be on the heavy side as well.

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Temperatures 15 or six in degrees but the winds start to change

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direction from the South, they were dragged in milder air for Thursday

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and Friday. Maybe touching 19 or 20 degrees but there will be some

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further spells of rain but on the upside at least the rain would be as

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