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This is BBC Newsline with Tara Mills.

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As this prisoner remains on the run, the head of the Prison Service

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apologises to the family of the victim he's accused

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More details emerge about the way the RHI inquiry

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the political instability is letting her and

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It makes me feel like nobody is there to fight Michaels. It makes me

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feel like a second-class citizen. The Tuam mother and baby home

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scandal - the Catholic primate tells us he's ashamed over

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the revelations. The best thing to do is to establish

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the truth about what happened. victim tells us how he was defrauded

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out of almost ?1,200. It'll be a noisy night in Cardiff

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as Ireland agree to play Wales So the weather won't get in the way

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of the rugby in Cardiff. But at home it will be a bit

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of a dull and damp day tomorrow. The Head of the Northern Ireland

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Prison Service has apologised to the family of Stephen Carson

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after one of the men accused 38-year-old Michael Lawrence

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Smith was on remand. He was released from

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Maghaberry Prison on Tuesday Michael Smith was released

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from prison despite being refused He had applied for

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compassionate bail on Monday The Prison Service says

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he was collected by a family member The mistake was realised a few hours

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later around half past four. I want to apologise to the public

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this morning for what is he very serious mistake on the part of the

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prison service. It is the role of the service to hold those people in

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care and on this occasion, we have failed in our responsibility. The

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Brady serious situation has arisen. Mr Armour, who declined a request

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for a television interview, has also apologised to the family

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of Stephen Carson, He was shot dead in front

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of his partner and young son in their home off

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the Ormeau Road last year. Yesterday the police took

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the unusual step of publishing this photograph of Michael Smith

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in an appeal for his whereabouts. He's said to be dangerous

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with a history of violence. The police are urging

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the public not to approach him Michael Smith was last seen

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here in Finaghy around two o'clock More than 48 hours

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later, and the police Whilst the police have

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launched a man hunt, It says procedures will be robustly

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reviewed to ensure this The judge overseeing the inquiry

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into the renewable heat incentive scheme has said he won't be

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reporting within months, The first public session

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of the inquiry is due in April, but it could be some time before

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witnesses are called Here's our Agriculture

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and Environment Correspondent The Senate chamber at Stormont

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will be the setting for a drama that This is where witnesses will come

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to tell what they know about the setting up and running

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of the Renewable Heat Today the man in charge set

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out his housekeeping rules. Sir Patrick Coghlin,

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who'll chair the inquiry ruled out Sir Patrick Coghlin,

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who'll chair the inquiry, ruled out He said his inquiry

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was a fact-finding mission, "no power to determine any person's

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criminal or civil liability. He poured cold water on talk

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of a six-month timeframe, saying "no-one would thank the inquiry team

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for producing a fast And he ruled out an interim report

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some have looked to as a way out of the current political stalemate

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saying any prelimininary conclusions that

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could be reached would necessarily So no commitment from Sir Patrick

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to any kind of a timeframe, other than a promise to do the work

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as quickly as possible Those who thought the inquiry might

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provide a quick political fix, or could run side by side

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with the negotiations at Stormont now have a much clearer idea

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of the potential timeframe - and it seems to be stretching

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into the distance a bit. The Secretary of State James

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Brokenshire has warned that voters could be asked to return

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to the polls if the parties can't reach agreement

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in the next three weeks. In a letter to all MPs,

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Mr Brokenshire said there would be "significant consequences"

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if there is no deal to restore Here's our Political

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Correspondent Stephen Walker. Stormont - to some,

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it's an uphill struggle. To others, a chance to catch

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a glimpse of this history. Away from the cameras

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the talking continues. Today in a letter to MPs,

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the Secretary of State said he wanted devolution to work

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but warned that if there is no deal So should we get

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ready to vote again? I think if there was another

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election, there would be huge frustrations. The people have given

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their say and they have been very clear about the message they have

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sent. Never mind about elections or

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anything else, this is about the public, who came out in very large

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numbers to tell us to get the job done.

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discussions particularly when the Ulster Unionists met

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He also said they were still following very far short in giving

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what the UK Government promised, which was full disclosure.

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that it was British Government who had reneged on agreements.

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As we come towards the end of week one, we haven't seen anything

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written the table from the British government on how we can deliver on

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important issues. The public are action.

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Tonight the Irish Foreign Affairs Minister

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Charlie Flanagan left Belfast after two days of talking.

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I do detect willingness to do business. I'm not underestimating

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the challenge. There are real and serious issues outstanding, some of

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which go back 18 years. So another day of talking ends

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the day will be perhaps be remembered for this stark warning

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by the Secretary of State - if you don't do a deal,

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prepare for another election. Stephen Walker, BBC

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Newsline, Stormont. A terminally ill woman has told

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the BBC that without a government or Health Minister in place

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she feels that no-one Melanie Kennedy, who stood

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as a candidate in the recent elections, says politicians'

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priorities need to change. Health organisations are also

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warning that the continuing political impasse is preventing

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important decisions being taken. Our Health Correspondent

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Marie-Louise Connolly reports. Despite having terminal cancer,

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Melanie Kennedy stood as a candidate She says she felt so passionately

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about someone leading the charge on health -

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but now the current impasse has let The reason I started all this is

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because, where do I turn? I am at the point where I could be told in

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the next couple of months that that reasonable treatment for me and that

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I should go home and make my plans and say goodbye to my children.

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Where can I turn when there is no stable government or health

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Minister? are being put on hold including

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implementing a cancer strategy Take cancer and performance targets

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in Scotland, where they are sitting at 90% and there is a public outcry.

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We have been sitting at 70% and less for a considerable period of time,

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and I think there is a real understanding now that that is not

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acceptable and we need our strategy in place to address this going

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forward. Take mental health -

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before stormont's latest fall Take mental health -

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before Stormont's latest fall momentum had been building

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to improve access and waiting Now that's its broken fears

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are growing for how quickly As professionals, it is very

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frustrating. We have met with ministers, and while there is a

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commitment to improve mental health, it is deeply frustrating and

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disappointing that any delay will prevent the development of these

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essential services. the more contentious issues such

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as how NI should deal with cases A report had reached the Executive -

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that too is on hold. I suppose we felt progress was being

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made, and given the current political situation, we are at a

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standstill, hopefully not for too long. I suppose much depends on what

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happens in the next few weeks. With those working in social care, autism

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and speech therapy, you could argue that rebooting Stormont can't happen

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soon enough. An Irish language act

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is a "necessity" which has been That's one of the key

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findings of a report from the Council of Europe,

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which is highly critical Our Education Correspondent

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Robbie Meredith reports: It has led to protests and political

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arguments. Now campaigners for an Irish Language Act have received

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support from the Council of Europe. The report says...

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The Council of Europe is the leading human rights body in Europe and what

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they have stated reinforces what the Irish language community have been

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saying for many years, that we need political protection for the

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language within domestic law. We want this dealt with in a

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comprehensive manner and we want to keep it away from the politicians.

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But the executive didn't give any information to the report's authors,

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and for some, that makes it forward. Then the response was good to the

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executive, there was no agreement and no submission, so with no input

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from the Northern Ireland executive, it was largely shaped by lobby

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groups in various sectors, and so is of limited value. But the report

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says responsibility for an act goes beyond the executive. It wants the

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UK Government to push for one. In this spirit of external experts

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saying this is the way forward, it would be politic for the British

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government to go ahead and introduce an Irish language act. The Council

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of Europe is monitoring body, it cannot compel the executive or the

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UK Government to do anything. But at a time when an Irish language act is

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high on the agenda, what this report says and how it says will attend

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attention at Stormont and beyond. Ulster Bank is to close

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nine of its 64 branches It says it has made the decision

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as more of its customers It is understood the move

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will affect 16 jobs, 10 of them The Catholic primate

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Archbishop Eamon Martin has said he is ashamed of revelations

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about the Tuam mother and baby home in Co.

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Galway. A recent report found

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that there were significant human remains buried in a field linked

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to the home that was run by nuns Our Dublin correspondent

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Shane Harrison has been Where the remains of nearly 800

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children and babies, some unborn, buried beneath this field, some in a

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septic tank. At question was first asked by a local historian in Tuam

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three years ago, and after last Friday's report that found evidence

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of significant human remains there, she feels vindicated. It is a great

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day for survivors, to know that they may be able to find their own

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relatives and give them a proper burial. Society's then attitude to

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unmarried pregnant women was harsh. The Tuam mother and baby corn was

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just one institution run by nuns to which they were sent, mimicked by

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their families. Barnes broke into our homes to kidnap her children, we

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gave them up maybe to spare them the savagery of gossip. The language of

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delight in which the holier than now are particularly fluent. In his

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remarks this week, Ireland's first Citizen said the Tuam report was a

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necessary step in blowing open the locked doors of Ireland's hidden

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doors. The attitudes to wards what were called unmarried women and

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illegitimate babies. The order of nuns which ran the Tuam home still

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operates some hospitals today. It has shipped to comment on the detail

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of Friday's report. The Catholic bishops met this week and the prime

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at again apologised for what he called the mistakes of past. Many

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people in the church and society are ashamed of the past. The best thing

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for us to do is to open it up carefully and respectfully, and I

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think establish the truth, the whole truth about what happened at that

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time, so that we as a community, as a society, as people in this island,

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can move on, understanding the shadows and the darkness and those

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terrible chapters our past. The last week has seen the Republic witness

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the international glare of media attention on the past relationship

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between the church and state. And yet, little mention of the role of

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fathers at Tuam and other baby homes. There will be more reports

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and more like Sean on that dark past.

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A researcher at Queen's University has been defrauded out of almost

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?1,200 after scammers pretending to be from the Home

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The man, who doesn't want to be identified, moved

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The man came to Northern Ireland with his wife and two young children

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to work at the University as a researcher. Yesterday, he was

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contacted by someone claiming to be from the Home Office. He told he was

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being investigated for financial crimes committed in India. The given

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two to leave the UK in 24 hours or pay a fine. The fine. I said to them

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I don't have ?1800. They said you can transfer what you have and we

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can manage the rest. Unfortunately, I made the transfer. I consider

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myself fairly educated, but if it can happen to me, it could happen to

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anyone. According to the police, in the last three years, 17% of people

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living here have been the victim of scams, but this doesn't include the

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thousands of others who have recognised a scam or those who

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haven't reported one. The police it's important to know what to look

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for. I don't know of any government agency or a public body whoever

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demands money from people over the phone. If you get a call at

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that, put the phone down. Just don't answer the call. But for this man,

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that advice is too late. He says the scammers now left struggling to

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support his family. I have just started my new job in Belfast in

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February, and I've already spent ?5,000 on visas and everything to be

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here. I don't know how to survive for this month, to pay my rent next

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week. The advice from police is that if you are contacted out of the

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blue, asked for money and personal details over the phone, it is

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probably a scam. The Queen was among those

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who attended a commemoration event in London today to remember those

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who served and died during the conflicts

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in Iraq and Afghanistan. However there's been controversy

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over who was and wasn't invited from Northern Ireland among those

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left feeling angry and upset. The Queen and the Prime Minister

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were among the VIPs at today's service of commemoration

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and memorial unveiling. But it's the questions that have

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arisen around who weren't there that's shrouded

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the event in controversey. Bereaved families of soldiers killed

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during the conflicts are angry that they werent asked

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to attend...among them Brenda Hale, whose Army captain husband Mark

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was killed in Afghanistan in 2009. We've all been in contact over the

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last 48 hours and we are all hurt. This is like a scam, they have left

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is bleeding. They are traumatised, lots of families, we'll go back to

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that day when our doors were locked and we were told they were not

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coming home. And to find the Ministry of Defence cannot even pay

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respect to those soldiers by inviting their next of kin to the

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event, is very difficult to stomach. There is a time for everything and a

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season for every activity under heaven. Add time to be born at the

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to die. -- a time to be born and E time to die.

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There were representatives of service personnel

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from Northern Ireland at the event....but a former

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veteran who was awarded the Military Cross serving

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with the Royal Irish Regiment believes the Ministry of Defence

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They maybe didn't realise about this sensitivity. The controversy around

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this commemoration shows the depth of feeling that exists within the

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families of those killed fighting in conflict zones around the world.

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Sales of Northern Ireland goods to overseas markets are booming.

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Official figures from HM Revenue and Customs show the region

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is out-performing all other parts of the UK in growing exports.

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Our business correspondent Julian O'Neill has been

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to Ulster Carpets - a company whose customers include

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Ulster Carpets are spending on its future, new facilities in Portadown

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are part of the ?35 million expansion. Seals to overseas markets

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are buoyant, but the post-referendum slump in sterling is making luxury

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carpets cheaper to customers in Europe and beyond. As a business, we

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keep focused on what we are doing. They always have been a strong

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export company and we see strong figures coming through. New figures

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show solid growth for Northern Ireland or the role. Export values

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rose to nearly ?8 billion. That's up by almost 12% on 2015. Just over

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half our goods went to European Union countries. The Republic is our

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biggest market. Other destinations accounted for 45% of exports, with

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sales to the USA currently sorting. Exports are just one part of the

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economy. A weaker pound cuts both ways, driving up the cost of

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imported goods. That might not be much of an issue here, most of the

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war comes from England, but it is impacting on other businesses and,

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of course, consumers. Exports are key to adding value to our economy.

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The boss here is also president of the Northern Ireland should chamber

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of Commerce and he wants other companies thinking globally. We need

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people to have the ambition, the drive, to take that risk, the first

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step. There's a great opportunity for Northern Ireland as a whole.

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Ulster Carpets has just won another order from a Las Vegas casino.

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Business is strong, but the great unknown for all companies is what

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kind of trade deals exit will bring. -- Brexit will bring.

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It's been confirmed the stadium roof will be closed for Ireland's six

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nations match in Cardiff tomorrow night - Mark is here

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It will be raucous Tara - evening, everyone -

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the theory is that the closed roof generates more noise handing

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The exchange a few blows and lifted one trophy. But for the first time

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in this six Nations championship, Ireland have agreed to play with the

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roof closed. A hostile environment is expected under the Friday night

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lights and the team are ready for a cauldron of noise. Regardless of the

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roof open or closed, it will be loaded. From an international point

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of view, is probably one of the best stadiums in the world to play in,

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because the atmosphere is electric. If you feel you're shouting at your

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fellow players during a normal game, it will be really hard to heed each

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other here. They want to avoid a third six Nations defeat in a row.

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We are in a goldfish bowl in Wales and year we had of bit. At the

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national team doesn't succeed, you will get a fair bit of flak. That's

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life, nothing changes. They have to knuckle down and gets to do it. All

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roads lead to the Welsh capital till tomorrow night, where it is win or

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bust for our island. The weigh-ins have taken place ahead

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of tomorrow night's big boxing bill Paddy Barnes, who won his

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professional debut when his then opponent was disqualified

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for lifting, is hoping tomorrow's bout against

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Argentina's Adrien Damos Garzon - He's not that strong, so I don't see

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any problems. Boxing is an individual sport, how important is

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it to make sure events at this happen more often here? It's really

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important. It is something that has been lacking in the last few years.

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It affects myself, Jamie and Tyrone. Colourful and feisty.

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Finally, despite a persistent groin problem which has sidelined him

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for over two months, Corry Evans is expected

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to be named tomorrow, in Northern Ireland's squad

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for Sunday fortnight's World Cup qualifier at home to Norway.

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We have had some fantastic pictures in over the 24 hours. This was the

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sunset last. Tonight, too much cloud for a similar scenes, but I'm sure

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our photographers will do the best to prove me wrong. Overnight, the

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sky is clouding over and that rain moving through. It introduces Miles,

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damp air. Tomorrow is going to be a career picture. Dal, damp and

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drizzle never very far away. Top temperatures 11 or 12 degrees. We

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are drawing in warm air from the sides. The best chance of brightness

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as that cloud clears will be to the North of any high ground. As we go

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overnight Friday to Saturday, more rain coming across, and cloud cover

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again. A mild night. The rain is on schedule to come through overnight

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for the next couple of nights. This is good news if you want to get out

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and about in the daytime. Saturday will get off to a cloudy start, but

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it will improve as we go through the days. On sat rain clears out of the

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way, it is going to be dry. Temperatures up to 30 degrees, which

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is very respectable for early March. On Sunday, cooler air, but plenty of

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brightness. We are into some pretty settled weather as we head into the

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start of next week. It might be daring to say Spring has sprung, but

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there has been more of a springlike fields are weather recently.

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Our late summary is at half past ten.

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