02/09/2016 BBC Newsline

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A Royal Marine from Larne is charged with a dissident

The Irish cabinet agrees to appeal the Apple tax ruling.

A campaign to highlight hate crimes against people with disabilities.

They started to hit me and punch me, and they started to push me away in

my wheelchair. A woman is critically injured

by cattle in County Fermanagh. One in three dogs has a tick. What

should dog owners do? I've been getting some advice.

Can Ulster see off the Dragons in the opening game of the season?

Join me for all this evening's sport in the company of a former

And I'll have the very latest on the weekend weather

as well as a sneak preview of next week.

A Royal Marine from Northern Ireland has been charged with

a terror offence relating to dissident republicanism.

Ciaran Maxwell, who is aged 30 and originally from Larne,

He was arrested in Somerset last week after searches

The BBC's home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford is at

What charges were brought against Ciaran Maxwell? The main charge she

faces an ounce to preparing to assist someone in an act of

terrorism, and the details of that charge were given at some length

today and they amounted to purchasing substances to make

explosives, purchasing items to make explosive devices, getting hold of a

picture of a PSNI pass card, some items of a PSNI uniform, then

manufacturing some explosive substances, constructing explosive

devices, and hiding these explosive devices, some improvised explosive

devices as well, some weapons, including a handgun and ammunition,

in barrels in parkland in Northern Ireland. And also possessing some

documentation that might be useful to terrorists, namely some

information about how to construct explosive devices, and also tactics

that might be used by terrorist groups. Remind us how these charges

and the investigation came about. Well, it all came out of those two

big finds near to Larne in March and May where the PSNI, assisted by a

member of the public, found barrels stuffed full of these improvised

explosive devices, and some other weapons and ammunition. At the time,

the PSNI said they were investigating suspected dissident

republicanism. That investigation then broadened, they brought in the

MI5 and it was taken over, effectively, by the Metropolitan

police service in London, who take the lead for terrorist offences in

England. They got involved with the Devon and Cornwall Police, and it

led on August 24 the arrest of Ciaran Maxwell in Somerset, where he

is based as a Royal Marine, and a search of his home in Devon and

search of further parkland where more hides were found according to

the charges. This documentation was found there. Intriguingly, there are

two other charges he faces. One is the possession of cannabis with the

intention to supply. And the other is a fraud offence which leads to

the discovery of eight bank cards and numbers of them, and the ID

cards of eight military men. There is an allegation also so of an

attempt to commit fraud using bank cards. So, after today's court

hearing, what happens to Ciaran Maxwell next? Normally, he would go

to prison, he'd then appear at the Central criminal Court, the Old

Bailey in London. Slightly unusually what happened today was that he was

actually sent back to the police station while detectives carry out

further investigations and he will appear back here at Westminster

magistrates Court on Monday. That is an unusual procedure which is

frankly I've not seen before. But it is allowed under the Terrorism Act.

We see him back here on Monday after further investigation by the police.

Thank you. The Republic's cabinet has agreed

to appeal the European Commission's ruling that the government gave

undue tax benefits to Apple. The Commission wants the technology

giant to pay up to 13 billion euro Some opponents have likened this

Apple story to a fairy tale. Here's our Dublin

correspondent, Shane Harrison. Once upon a time, there was a big

row after Brussels accused Irish government and Apple of colluding in

tax avoidance in other countries. The penalty? Apple must pay Dublin,

who was reluctant to take it, 13 billion euros, plus interest. I was

snow-white today. Snow-white fell for a poison Apple, and we are

asking our government to take the tax and spend it on social services.

Apple employs 5,000 people in Ireland. Its headquarters are here.

It's going to appeal against the decision. After a joint Cabinet

meeting, the Irish government unanimously agreed to do likewise

and to forego the 13 billion euros plus interest, enough to pay for the

health service for one year. While Sinn Fein and the left may find that

decision outrageous and bizarre, those are the very words the finance

minister used about the commission's finding and because of its

implications for future jobs for multinationals. How can anyone else,

here if valid arrangements under law can be overturned and they are

liable to pay back money? That is the essential, key issue. If we were

to subscribe to that without an appeal, it would undermine the

400,000 jobs we have here. Independent ministers had asked for

more time to discuss the implications of the commission's

ruling before agreeing to the appeal. Their price was also an

early recall of the Dail from its summer break to discuss tax issues,

including justice. The government is expected to put down a motion on

Wednesday supporting both the decision to appeal and the

relatively low corporation tax rate of 12.5%. It is a vote it will

expect to win comfortably. The police have launched a campaign

to highlight hate crimes Officers have dealt with 66

incidents against disabled people in the past five months ranging

from name calling to assault Our home affairs correspondent,

Vincent Kearney, has more. Michael Bailey was afraid to turn on

his lights at night. Afraid he would be attacked in his own home. The

60-year-old father and grandfather from West Belfast spent years living

in fear of attack from local teenagers. I was sitting alone in

darkness, I kept turning the lights off in the house, I was pretending I

wasn't in. That's because if they knew you were in...? It would have

been far worse. Michael is sure he was being attacked because he is an

easy target in a wheelchair. He believes he was a victim of

disability hate crime. A group of teenagers even tried to steal his

wheelchair as he made his way home after attending a meeting of a

disability group. They started to hit me and punch me. And they

started to push me out of my wheelchair. I pressed the alarm. And

the guys disbursed. They surrounded the house. There must have been

about 40 of them. In a short video released as part of a short PSNI

campaign to put a spotlight on the issue, Michael spoke about his

ordeal. And about the psychological impact it has had. This story is far

from unique. Police say they've dealt with 66 incidents where the

motivation for an attack was a victim's disability during the past

five months. The incidents range from name-calling and anti-social

behaviour to assault and criminal damage to property. Police believe

the number of attacks on people with disabilities is much higher than the

recorded figures and are urging victims to come forward. No one has

yet been convicted for disability hate crime attacks and the police

say they also need the help of the public to catch those responsible.

To bring offenders to justice, to help people, we need victims'

corporation, we need people to cooperate with us to speak to us

about what has happened, but also for the wider community to tell us

about what's happening in communities. After a long period of

physical and verbal abuse, Michael and his wife left their home in the

West Belfast area. The police say anyone who wants

to report a hate crime should ring the non-emergency number 101,

contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111

or visit their website. A woman is in a stable condition

after an incident involving cattle She was walking her dog on Devenish

Island when they were attacked. Here's our south-west

reporter Julian Fowler. The coastguard helicopter from Sligo

lifting off from Devenish Island. It took the woman to the nearby South

Hospital before she was transferred to the Royal. The RNLI were also

called in to help. Our crew member on the craft stayed with the lady,

supported her, while the other crew transferred paramedics from where we

stand here over two Devenish Island. Then she was assessed by the

paramedics. It was deemed that the coastguard helicopter was needed.

Devenish Island is an ancient monastic site which attracts many

tourists. The woman from Belfast was visiting the island with her son

over the bank holiday weekend, and they'd taken their dog with them.

There are warning signs about livestock at the jetty where most

visitors arrive, but there are none where they landed on the other side

of the island. It isn't entirely clear where on the island this

incident took place but in order to get from the jetty on the west side

of Devenish Island to the monastic site, you

have to pass through this field, where cattle are free to graze. The

island is privately owned. The monastic site is managed by the

Department for Communities, and land is leased for grazing. The cattle

don't always stay on the right side of the fence. The health and safety

executive is investigating what happened.

The sacrifices on the Somme of the soldiers from the 16th

Irish Division are to be remembered in France.

An obstetrics consultant has told a coroner's court it would be

"completely inappropriate" to refuse a caesarean section to an expectant

mother who requested one, if she'd had the procedure before.

The inquest into the death of Cara Rocks,

at Coleraine's Causeway Hospital, is the first in Northern Ireland

Barry and Michelle are still looking for answers, trying to find out why

their baby died from the stillbirth. A Scottish -based consultant was

giving evidence today. The hearing was told a Caesarean section birth

was requested by Michelle rocks but initially refused. When asked how

she would have responded to a motherhood given birth previously by

Caesarean section, the consultant said I would have acceded to her

request. When she was asked for her view about this request being turned

down, she said she would consider that completely inappropriate. The

consultant also agreed with the coroner that a Caesarean section

isn't always necessary in such circumstances.

A man in his 20s has died following a crash in Crumlin,

23-year-old Michael Cusick died in the single-vehicle collision

at the junction of the Randox Road and Nutts Corner Road.

Tomorrow marks the centenary of a significant offensive

in the Battle of the Somme in the First World War.

Soldiers from the 16th Irish Division, which included

many men from Belfast, liberated the French village

of Guillemont after seven previous attempts had failed.

Tomorrow, the British and Irish armies will take part

in a commemoration ceremony to remember those who died.

The quiet village of Guillemont. If the locals weren't out something

special was happening this weekend, that all changed this morning.

Soldiers from the Royal Irish Regiment were being put through

their paces as the Cenotaph guard. This Celtic cross of granite is the

memorial to the soldiers of the 16th Irish Division who died at the

Somme. This village was totally obliterated during the fighting on

the third September 19 16. The German defenders were overwhelmed by

the British forces including soldiers from the 16th Irish

Division. The cost of that battle can be seen to this day. Killed,

about 1600, those 4300 would have been killed, wounded or missing, but

that it would've been 1600. It is a unique occasion where soldiers from

an Irish regiment in the British Army joined forces with the Irish

army to remember their forbearers who fell on the battlefields at the

Somme. It is definitely a unique ceremony for us. Usually we our own

ceremonies internally and island and to have an opportunity to do it with

the Royal Irish is something different. TRANSLATION: The

liberated us, and we learn from their courage and determination.

Tomorrow, the Stormont during -- junior minister will join other VIP

guests who will come to this rural French village to remember those who

died fighting here 100 years ago. And Mervyn will be reporting

on the commemoration itself The sewage lagoons being transformed

into a wild flower meadow. There is going to be swathes of

white, cascades of yellow, pink and purple across this landscape.

Dog owners dread their pets getting ticks which can carry

infections like Lyme disease, dangerous for both pets and people.

Well, a new study has found that around a third

BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson visited a vet to find out more.

This is Bella, she doesn't have a tick as far as we know but the bet

is with me now. John, if you are looking for a tick, how would you go

about it? Dogs would pick some up on their forelimbs, underneath on their

bellies. On their tummy. Armpits, groin, and frequently they will get

them around their face and ears because dogs, as we know, are very

inquisitive, and they will stick their noses into everything to

inspect, and they will frequently get tix for their efforts. What is

your advice when you find a tick? The classic reaction is they will

want to try to pull the tick off, and that isn't the thing to do,

that's the worst thing to do because the tick has teeth, and the teeth

bite into the skin and you actually can't see the teeth from the

outside. If your dog has a tick, the best thing to do is to bring it into

the vets. We use this little instrument, we slide it in

underneath the tick, and it is important that we use a twisting and

pulling action at the one time. Most commonly, dogs will get parasites in

areas where the air is thick, rough grass. Woodland areas, agricultural

areas and wet areas. So, good advice and a lot for dog owners to think

about. Thank you to John and of course to Bella. Gorgeous and well

groomed! More than 15 acres of former sewage

lagoons are being transformed into a wild flower meadow in County

Armagh. Our Agriculture and Environment

correspondent, Conor Macauley, The 15 acre site is at the back of a

waste water treatment plant on the shores of Loch neigh. The ground has

been reclaimed from what were once huge sewage lagoons. This treats

waste, and the by-product was dumped in the ponds, something that has now

stopped. They had to be cleaned up. Halfway through the ?6 million

project, Northern Ireland Water plumped for an innovative plan, to

develop a huge wild flower meadow. We identified this as an opportunity

to change from the initial proposal of simple grassland to wild flower

meadows, to give the benefit to the ecology and the area. Seeds from

native plants like this wild Mint were harvested. Wildflower meadows

from the area. Next summer should see flowers favoured by butterflies

and red clover covering this ground. But that is just the beginning.

There will be this cuckoo flower, which people identify with the

cuckoo. Then you have other animals that will also be in here like the

pygmy shrew, which attracts kestrels. Come next spring, this

whole area will be bursting with wild flowers and a lot of wildlife.

It's a good example of how industry and the environment can happily live

side-by-side. This just one drawback- as it is an industrial

site, no public access. At least that means the wildlife will be

undisturbed. Beautiful pictures there. The sport is next. And the

new Pro 12 season starts for Ulster rugby this evening.

Mark Sidebottom is at the Kingspan stadium

It's been a very bumpy week for Ulster rugby,

the anguish around the reluctant end of season departure of Ruan Piennar

to a degree offset by the arrival of all black Charles Piutau.

Let's start with the positive, Charles Piutau, is he the real deal

and how excited I buy his arrival? You showed last week he is the real

deal. He burned 60 metres with a good step at the end of it and

scored. He's the real deal and I can't wait to see him in his debut

for Ulster tonight. Behind the scrum, Ulster are spoiled for

choice, so much talent. There is. I'm sure he has a headache when it

comes to team selection, who to put out there on the backline, although

he has had headaches with the front row. There is a young lad in the

front row making his debut as well so hopefully the boys will go well

tonight. We spoke with the chief executive of Ulster a few nights ago

but Ruan Piennar, he's leaving, the Federation say they won't extend his

contract. How do you feel about it all? I'm gutted but I see where they

are coming from. I'd like to ask the question what scrum half are on

their succession plan? People don't understand the succession plan. It's

there to ensure that home-grown players, Irish qualified players,

are there and available for international selection. Ruan

Piennar is hampering someone coming through but I'd like to ask them who

is on their succession plan. One word, Ulster or dragons? Oh, Ulster.

That is on BBC Two at 7:30pm. Euro 2016 is scarcely over

and Northern Ireland are in Prague this weekend to take

on the Czech Republic in their A positive start is crucial

for Michael O'Neill's men. We've got to try to gain momentum

from early on in this campaign. And the aim is to make sure you come

away with something, do not lose, so you get the ball rolling. Officer,

the Czech Republic will be one of the better sides in the group, we

know that. So it's just about being confident and, basically, sticking

to the game plan. The manager and his backroom staff have a plan and

we are sticking and going along with that.

Locally Derry City could go top of the Airtricity Premier League

In addition to tomorrow's Danskebank Premiership football,

a crowd north of 8,000 is expected at Windsor Park to see a full

strength Rangers play Linfield in a testimonial for Jamie Mulgrew.

It should be a big crowd. It is a fantastic day for Jamie, for a club

of this size and stature, of Rangers, to come to Belfast. It is

all about Jamie on Saturday. The more people that come... Kick-off is

at 1pm. The new ice hockey season is also

upon us this weekend. And the Belfast Giants

begin their 17th campaign tomorrow away to the Fyfe flyers

in the Challenge Cup. A great place to play. They are

passionate, they hate on you when you're there and I love it! For a

small hockey market, they love it, which is what I love about playing

in the UK, everyone is so passionate, whether or not they hate

you and they are always out at every game.

One cricket result to give you, Ireland have beaten Hong Kong by 70

runs at Stormont in their latest Intercontinental Cup match.

A reminder that the Ulster-Dragons game is live on BBC Two from 7:30pm.

And it looks like a lovely evening is there in east Belfast. As well as

lots of sport this weekend, there are lots of events happening

outdoors, including the airshow import rush. You'll want to know

what the weather forecast has in store. As always, beautiful pictures

behind you, it looks like either Rapunzel or Cinderella's Castle.

That is what I'm going home to! Saturday's forecast has given us a

bit of a headache this week. It's down to Harry Kane Gaston, which

isn't affecting is directly but is influencing the weather system. By

tomorrow, it is not a hurricane anymore. We will see some rain

tomorrow and we are confident things will improve for Sunday. Simply put,

Saturday will bring rain, Sunday will be the better of the two days

and next week we are expecting temperatures to get back up into the

low 20s so summer hasn't given up on us just yet. The small chance of a

shower affecting the Ulster match this evening, otherwise one or two

showers. It will be largely dry, a little bit cooler than this in the

countryside. Tomorrow morning, dry first thing but it went last because

we expect the rain to move quickly North. It will head towards the

coast. There will be heavy and prolonged rain for a while,

particularly Belfast. Then it eases away south-east would so we should

see a dry gap developing around about lunchtime- early afternoon

just as the airshow kicks off. The showers will still be around and

there will be heavy showers later in the day so it is an unsettled day

but there may be some dry gaps for a little while in the afternoon with

temperatures up to 17 at best. Some rain at some stage tomorrow at

Portrush but a better day to come on Sunday. Hopefully things won't be

spoilt too much. This bunch of heavy showers will sweep in from the West

and there could be some thunder and lightning before they finally start

to clear away tomorrow evening. It is drying up tomorrow night, could

get a little bit chilly in the countryside with mist and fog, but

then a better day on Sunday with sunshine, light winds, and

temperatures up to 17 - 19. Things will get warmer still as we move

into the new week. Initially, blustery but we see more or in a way

of sunshine, and there is some hot air through Africa and up towards us

with temperatures up to the low 20s. It is mixed this weekend but warming

up next week. Love the sound of that. We have

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