10/10/2016 BBC Newsline

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A lap of legends at Windsor Park - two Paralympic champions ask why

I was wanting to know, or was it about who we represent? The two that

are either compete for Great Britain and those who are compete for the

Irish. Was it about achievement or not?

Described as the Orange Order's greatest advocate -

tributes are paid to Drew Nelson who has died.

The gift of free parking for christmas shoppers -

will Belfast council be convinced to take it back?

A digital detox - would losing their smartphones send

We'll have the latest from Hanover where Northern Ireland's footballers

are preparing to take on Germany in a World Cup qualifier.

And after another lovely day for most today -

find out how the rest of the week is shaping up

Saturday was supposed to be a night of celebration

at the new National football stadium at Windsor Park in Belfast.

But the official opening has now been overshadowed by who was not

invited to take part in a parade of local sporting greats -

what was called a "Lap of Legends" on the pitch.

Two of our Paralympic gold medallists - Jason Smyth

and Michael McKillop - were not originally

BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson is at Windsor Park.

It was quite a night on Saturday, the opening of the new

multi-million-pound stadium, the biggest crowd here for decades and

Northern Ireland work areas. There was a party atmosphere but some

believe the IFA spoiled the party by not inviting all the right people.

It wasn't just footballers who were invited to a lap of honour

around the new Windsor Park on Saturday night.

Soap star Charlie Lawson, once of Coronation Street, was there.

As did singer Gary Lightbody and goalkeeping great Pat Jennings.

Two Paralympic stars who recently represented Team GB were there -

But two runners who recently represented Team Ireland,

Jason Smyth and Michael McKillop, were not on

The standout thing was, who we represent?

The two that are there compete for Great Britain and the

Maybe that was me making an assumption but

that was the question that I was asking.

Michael McKillop also wasn't on the original invitation list. He was

invited at the last minute but he said that was too late. I would love

to have attended, I'm a massive sports fan and I've been to many

Northern Ireland matches in the past and it's coming down to politics and

who you compete for, and that's unfortunate because I have always

talked about representing the island. But the IFA say it was not

about politics but logistics. And the Sports Minister says that

should be the end of the matter. I have no doubt that the IFA had no

intention of causing offence to anybody, and we shouldn't allow this

to overshadow a successful occasion. It was certainly a night like no

other at Windsor Park. The IFA haven't just build a new

stadium here, they are trying to build a completely new era, a

cross-community era, and they have made enormous strides in recent

years, I saw it myself when I was in France for the Euros and we saw it

on Saturday when one of the VIPs invited was Martin McGuinness, but

this controversy over the invitation that, accidental or not, will lead

some to believe that the IFA still have some distance to go to create

new completely cross there. -- that new completely cross-community here.

Two men have been remanded in custody following a stabbing

in Lisnaskea when three men were wounded.

The incident happened in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Our south-west reporter, Julian Fowler, was at

The stabbings happened at Trasna Way in Lisnaksea.

Three men aged in their 20s were attacked in the early hours

They were taken to hospital for treatment.

None are thought to have life-threatening injuries.

Appearing at Enniskillen Magistrates' Court today were

26-year-old Brendan McLaughlin of Tempo Road in Tempo.

He faces two counts of attempted murder and one count of causing

Another 26-year-old, Peter Smith of Sycamore Drive in Enniskillen,

is accused of causing grievous bodily harm.

Both men also face a charge of entering a house

Brendan McLaughlin stood in the dock with his hand in a cast.

His solicitor said his client had spent some time in hospital

and a detective constable confirmed that he had obvious injuries

The officer, who said she could connect both men

to the charges, added that Mr McLaughlin had given two "no

Neither defendant applied for bail and they were both

A man in his 40s was stabbed in the head in Lurgan last night.

He was attacked by two men on a pathway in the Old Portadown

His injuries are described as non life-threatening.

call for a fresh investigation into his killing.

If you plan to head to Belfast for your Christmas shopping this

year, you may not be able to get free city centre parking.

Festive shoppers enjoyed the benefit last December.

Our business correspondent, Julian O'Neill, has the details.

Last year for the first time in four years Belfast City Council made 1500

car parking spaces available for free on week nights and at weekends.

The idea was to entice Christmas shoppers and help the cities

retailers, but Translink says it clogged up the city, making it too

congested and was counter-productive. It wants the

council to shell proposals for free parking this year and along with the

Department for Infrastructure has come up with some alternatives. In

December Translink says it would reduce the cost of bus and train

fares after the morning commute and extend the opening hours of its park

and ride facilities. But this proposal has to clear to hurdles,

first it needs the backing of a council committing on Wednesday and

then if successful would go forward for full adoption by the Council at

a monthly meeting in November. The First Minister Arlene Foster has

paid tribute to the senior Orangeman Drew Nelson who has died

after a short illness. Condolences have also been expressed

by the Ulster Unionist Party, The current Grand Master has

described Mr Nelson as perhaps Drew Nelson was regarded as one

of the most articulate voices He was seen as a moderniser

and a visionary within Orangeism. Before taking on a leading

role within the Order, he'd been an Ulster Unionist

councillor and former chair The Queens University graduate

was a solicitor in the Dromore area He was also a former part-time

member of But it was his profile as a leading

Orangeman that put him He was a much sought-after public

speaker on the institution and lobbied on its behalf amongst

the political elite on both sides of the border,

breaking new ground when he addressed the Irish

Senate four years ago. Thank you very much for

the invitation to come here today. He was also among Orange

delegations that met SDLP politicians, the former

Irish President Mary McAleese and the leader of the Catholic Church

in Ireland at the time, He kept in touch with

the institution's grassroots and was central to the parades

issue, showing his support for the protest at Twaddell Avenue

when it was still ongoing. I think he made a huge contribution

in terms of its cultural direction and I think in restoring the

reputation of the Order and looking The Order's Grand Secretary has been

described by fellow Orangemen as its greatest ever advocate,

with his greatest legacy Drew was a colossus within the

institution. A lifelong Orangemen, dedicated to the Orange cause.

His greatest legacy being the visit of Prince Charles

at Sloan's House in County Armagh earlier this year, and the level

of recognition that symbolised for the Institution.

The Union flag is flying at half-mast in memory Drew Nelson.

Those within the Orange Order and outside that are well aware that he

will be hard to replace. The family of a former UDR solider

who was murdered by the Real IRA in Londonderry 14 years ago

are calling for a fresh David Caldwell's partner

and daughter met the First Minister Arlene Foster

and the Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt at Stormont today

to seek their support Our political correspondent

Enda McClafferty is at Stormont. Remind us of the circumstances

of Mr Caldwell's murder. David Caldwell had retired from the

UDR and was carrying out construction work on the Territorial

Army base in the Waterside area in 2002 when he picked up a bomb hidden

in a lunchbox. He suffered multiple injuries and died two was later in

Altnagelvin the hospital. Police said he was a soft target working on

an unmanned station with no security. There was widespread

condemnation at the time about his murder, the real IRA admitted the

attack and despite the fact a number of people were arrested in question,

no one has been held accountable for his killing.

Why do the family want a fresh investigation now?

This stems from allegations which appeared in a book by a man who

claims he was a soldier working on covert operations in Derry around

the time of the murder. He details a surveillance operation during which

they were a link they suspect they believe to be transporting a bomb.

He said the car they were following. Alongside another vehicle and the

bomb was moved from one card to another and they tailed the wrong

car. They were not able to thought the attack and Mr Caldwell lost his

life. That raises serious questions for the family in terms of what was

known at the time. The author of the book refuses to divulge his real

liberty, so this account cannot be tested, but the Caldwell family say

there are many questions which need answered and they came to Stormont

to lobby support from Arlene Foster and Mike Nesbitt. This is what Mr

Caldwell's partner had to say. It is hurtful, some man knows details

about VB's death and could not come forward before this. Will weep

another 14 years to see who else will knock on the door? No, it has

to come to a stop. Mr Nesbitt says there are questions that need

answers around this and he has been in touch with the Chief Constable's

office and has quoted paragraphs from this book and urged the Chief

Constable to reopen the case. We await the response from the PSNI.

This is BBC Newsline, and still ahead on the programme:

We ask if history can be recreated in Hanover when Northern Ireland's

footballer 's take on Germany. A trial has been told that a woman

accused of killing a man and dumping his body in a bin tried

to stop her co-accused carrying out Shaunean Boyle from Edenderry Park

in Banbridge and Stephen Hughes, whose address was given

as Maghaberry Prison, have been jointly charged with

murdering Owen Creaney in Craigavon. Owen Creaney's body was discovered

in a wheelie bin at this It took the 40-year-old two days

to die from his injuries 29-year-old Stephen Hughes

and Shaunean Boyle, Today the court heard transcripts

of police interviews conducted with Shaunean Boyle

following her arrest. During her first interview

she refused to answer most of the questions but a pre-prepared

statement was given to the police. In her statement to police,

Shauneen Boyle said she tried to stop Stephen Hughes from hitting

Owen Creaney but he pushed her away. She said at one point Stephen Hughes

had a knife which she took off him She cleaned up Owen Creaney's face

when he was lying in the hall but said this was not a case

of her trying to cover anything up. Shaunean Boyle also told police

she stopped Hughes from hitting Mr Creaney over the head

with a dumbbell as he lay on his back after being punched,

kicked, beaten and stamped on. She said both her and Stephen Hughes

got Owen Creaney to his feet after the attack and carried him up

the stairs, where he was placed When asked by police if she knew why

Stephen Hughes had attacked Owen Creaney, Shaunean Boyle said

it was because he thought that Owen Creaney knew the identity

of a person who had trashed his I don't really think he went

to go that hard on him." During police interviews,

Shaunean Boyle also claimed that after attacking Owen Creaney,

Stephen Hughes was walking up and down saying, "What have I done?"

with his hands on his head. We're getting news this evening of a

fish kill. More than 1600 fish

are dead after a chemical spilled into a river in Co.

Down. The Northern Ireland Environment

Agency says there's been significant pollution of the Carrigs River

which runs from Castwellan The Agency says it has traced

the source and a clean-up We will have more on this story in

our late bulletin. we're looking at mobile technology

and the impact it's having On Friday, our reporter Mark Simpson

gave up his smartphone He's taking a break from being

connected online all the time. He's been asking commuters

on their way into Belfast I've given up my smartphone for a

week. You think you could do would? I could probably do a week but after

that I would get a bit tetchy, there withdrawals and cravings would kick

in. Probably not. I do everything on my phone. In your head its access to

communication with people and you convince yourself it's OK to be on

at all the time and then realising you're not communicating with

anyone, you're just looking up information. How do you think you

would cope with detox? I would probably be OK but I use it quite a

lot. Have you ever had a detox? I have. I'm going through one. How's

it going? Not good! You do still sees some people reading books or

newspapers, and although most people seem to be on their smartphones,

there are some exceptions like these two from Carrickfergus. People don't

communicate any longer. Do you not feel you are missing out without a

smartphone? No, I couldn't work it for a start. Would you not like to

have some apps? I don't even know what apps is! She doesn't know what

she's missing, or maybe she is one of the lucky ones.

On tomorrow's programme we visit the McDonald

family from Garvagh who have agreed to switch off their

There are two teenage girls in that house - so it could be quite

a sacrifice for them to be off-line with no internet for even a day

The switch-off happens live on the programme tomorrow

Now sport - and with the latest on the World Cup

The Northern Ireland squad have travelled to Germany

for their third World Cup qualifying tie in Group C.

The two countries met in the group stage of Euro 2016

of course, four months ago, when the Germans won one-nil.

But after a four-nil victory at home to San Marino,

which marked the opening of the new completed

National Stadium, Michael O'Neill's side have travelled in good heart.

Opening night at Northern Ireland football's new home. After years of

planning and the odd hiccup, this stage was finally step. Steve Davis

scored a first-half settler and a familiar face came off the bench to

help Jamie Ward up like the gloss. Two goals for Kyle Lafferty, his

second urgency provided by Davis, and the scoreline reflected the home

side's dominance. You always want to entertain the fans to open a new

stadium and our first time he says it has been completed, and

thankfully we got the four goals and hopefully the fans will be happy. We

will recover for two days and then on Monday be back at it. It will be

a different, on Tuesday we may see little of the ball but we need a

proper Northern Ireland performance to try to pick up a point. So after

playing one of the worst teams in the world, Michael O'Neill and his

players will face one of the best. Germany the world champions, have

played 86 World Cup qualifiers and only two. If you take anything in

this game it's a huge bonus, against the best international team in the

world at this moment so it is good to come here having won the game on

Saturday night. Taking anything from this game would be a major boost to

hopes of finishing as runners-up behind Germany in the group.

It has been a good few days for the Republic of Ireland.

Martin O'Neill's side followed up the victory against Georgia

with a 3-1 win away to Moldova, which leaves them well

It is now seven points for a possible nine

Everything looked to be going to plan when the visitors

Only for a lapse in concentration to gift Moldova an equaliser.

And he takes it! Could have maybe scored two or three before

half-time, a bit of a head moment and suddenly it's parity at

half-time, I think it should have been one.

They responded to the setback, mainly thanks to James McClean.

The West Brom forward finding the net twice in quick succession

after the players were on the end of a stern talking-to at half time.

a job here, my job is pretty important to me, players are

important, players have to respond to things you say and they have

responded the last couple of years. The games are tough, I think to try

and read anything into it after two games is too early but we are

delighted tonight, we have won away from home and were good.

The Republic face Austria next month, before

David Healy's Linfield were knocked out of the Scottish Challenge

But they took the game against Queen of the South to extra time.

A 2-0 defeat sealed with this excellent free kick.

In the Irish Premiership Dungannon Swifts scored

Coleraine left it late to record a 2-1 over Ards.

There was just one goal at Soltitude where home side

one nil, Davy McDaid on target, and Glentoran are still looking

for their first win in seven games after a one all draw

of the Euro Hockey League for the first time ever

after they qualified from the group phase,

which the club hosted over the weekend.

The tournament is hockey's equivalent of football's

Champions League, with all the top sides across Europe competing.

A 2-0 win for the hosts in their opening pool game against Paris St

Germain, it's meant a drop with Belgium's Royal Leopold would season

in the top 16 of the Euro league. They made the best possible start as

Eugene McGee scored after 90 seconds. But the Belgian giants hit

back twice to a multi-corners to lead 2-1 at half-time. Back came

Banbridge, schoolboy Cal Marshall deflecting home. A defensive error

handed the initiative back to Leopold within 60 seconds. But

Marshall then levelled matters again to make it 3-3, and Banbridge is

then held out for a place in the last 16, which will also include

Lisnagarvey. Banbridge have done it! And Northern Ireland get their

second club representative through to the 16. We're fighters and no

matter what the scoreline we will always keep fighting. We just stuck

it out. Leopold are a great team and we stuck it out. The legs were

tired, mentally we weren't there at the coach got us in, a few words and

the crowd helped us put it through. The lads found something extra to

date and we made history. Banbridge's step into the unknown,

the last 16 knockout phase, is in April.

the Tyrone Senior football final has gone to a replay after Coalisland

and Killyclogher fought out a draw at Healy Park yesterday.

Meanwhile the Ulster Senior Hurling final will be between Slaughtneil,

who comfortably beat Middletown, and Loughgiel -

who beat Ballygalget, by the emphatic scoreline of one

Benny McCarry here with the only goal of the game.

It was a lovely day to day, plenty of sunny spells around the place.

Let's get the forecast. Yesterday we had some glorious sunshine, people

thought yesterday was better than some days in the summer but its

autumn and were starting to see changes on the trees, the lovely

colours and this is how it looked at Tollymore forest. J Keogh looks like

he had some fun chasing those leaves around. The fine weather is due to

this area of high pressure from Scandinavia. We call this a blocking

high because it is not going anywhere fast and it is preventing

these weather systems from the Atlantic, they will dive off to the

north or the south-east. There could be some thicker cloud of bringing

showers this week but overall very little rain, some places will stay

dry but the breeze will pick up towards the east coast and cloud

amounts will vary, whether you have sunshine or not makes all the

difference. It has ended up pretty sunny in most places, a little cloud

this evening that it will get quite chilly. Temperatures could drop

close to freezing in somewhere like Katesbridge so frost on the grass

first thing, it would not be impossible for a little condensation

on car windscreens and mist and fog in the valleys, which might lift up

into low cloud for a short time after sunrise, but once that goes,

although it will be chilly it should turn out to be a fine day with some

good sunshine. Towards the east coast tomorrow there will be more of

a breeze, so it will feel cooler and Bartok temperatures are likely to be

out toward the West, around 15 degrees, the average for this time

of year is 13. Tomorrow night, more cloud with the odd shower, and on

Wednesday although it may start cloudy, it should get brighter as

the day goes on and end up mostly dry. Our late summary is at 10:30pm.